United States Census of 1860 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1860

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USA_1860_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Metropolitan area (detailed codes) (US1860A_METAREAD)

Data file: USA1860_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 187

End: 190

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
0000	Not identifiable or not in an MSA
0160	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
0720	Baltimore, MD
1120	Boston, MA/NH
1280	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY
1600	Chicago-Gary-Lake IL
1640	Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH/KY/IN
4520	Louisville, KY/IN
5560	New Orleans, LA
5600	New York-Northeastern NJ
6160	Philadelphia, PA/NJ
6280	Pittsburgh, PA
6480	Providence-Fall River-Pawtuckett, MA
7040	St. Louis, MO/IL
7360	San Francisco-Oakland-Vallejo, CA
8840	Washington, DC/MD/VA

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

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Definition

Metropolitan area (detailed codes).

Universe

United States 1860: All households

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