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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- USA1860_PHC-H-H
- USA1860_PHC-P-H
Occupation, 1950 basis (US1860A_OCC1950)
Data file: USA1860_PHC-P-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
308
End:
310
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v=" US60A440 US60A441 US60A442 US60A443">7. ____ Profession, occupation, or trade of each person, male or female, over 15 years of age<br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 000 | Accountants and auditors |
| 001 | Actors and actresses |
| 003 | Architects |
| 004 | Artists and art teachers |
| 005 | Athletes |
| 006 | Authors |
| 007 | Chemists |
| 009 | Clergymen |
| 010 | College presidents and deans |
| 018 | Mathematics |
| 019 | Medical sciences |
| 026 | Natural science (n.e.c.) |
| 027 | Social sciences (n.e.c.) |
| 028 | Nonscientific subjects |
| 029 | Subject not specified |
| 031 | Dancers and dancing teachers |
| 032 | Dentists |
| 033 | Designers |
| 035 | Draftsmen |
| 036 | Editors and reporters |
| 043 | Engineers, civil |
| 046 | Engineers, mechanical |
| 048 | Engineers, mining |
| 049 | Engineers (n.e.c.) |
| 051 | Entertainers (n.e.c.) |
| 052 | Farm and home management advisors |
| 053 | Foresters and conservationists |
| 054 | Funeral directors and embalmers |
| 055 | Lawyers and judges |
| 056 | Librarians |
| 057 | Musicians and music teachers |
| 062 | Biological scientists |
| 069 | Miscellaneous natural scientists |
| 073 | Pharmacists |
| 074 | Photographers |
| 075 | Physicians and surgeons |
| 078 | Religious workers |
| 092 | Surveyors |
| 093 | Teachers (n.e.c.) |
| 097 | Therapists and healers (n.e.c.) |
| 098 | Veterinarians |
| 099 | Professional, technical and kindred workers (n.e.c.) |
| 100 | Farmers (owners and tenants) |
| 123 | Farm managers |
| 200 | Buyers and department heads, store |
| 201 | Buyers and shippers, farm products |
| 203 | Conductors, railroad |
| 210 | Inspectors, public administration |
| 230 | Managers and superintendents, building |
| 240 | Officers, pilots, pursers and engineers, ship |
| 250 | Officials and administrators (n.e.c.), public administration |
| 270 | Postmasters |
| 290 | Managers, officials, and proprietors (n.e.c.) |
| 300 | Agents (n.e.c.) |
| 304 | Baggagemen, transportation |
| 305 | Bank tellers |
| 310 | Bookkeepers |
| 320 | Cashiers |
| 321 | Collectors, bill and account |
| 325 | Express messengers and railway mail clerks |
| 335 | Mail carriers |
| 340 | Messengers and office boys |
| 342 | Shipping and receiving clerks |
| 350 | Stenographers, typists, and secretaries |
| 365 | Telegraph operators |
| 380 | Ticket, station, and express agents |
| 390 | Clerical and kindred workers (n.e.c.) |
| 410 | Auctioneers |
| 430 | Hucksters and peddlers |
| 450 | Insurance agents and brokers |
| 460 | Newsboys |
| 470 | Real estate agents and brokers |
| 490 | Salesmen and sales clerks (n.e.c.) |
| 500 | Bakers |
| 501 | Blacksmiths |
| 502 | Bookbinders |
| 503 | Boilermakers |
| 504 | Brickmasons, stonemasons, and tile setters |
| 505 | Cabinetmakers |
| 510 | Carpenters |
| 511 | Cement and concrete finishers |
| 512 | Compositors and typesetters |
| 520 | Electrotypers and stereotypers |
| 521 | Engravers, except photoengravers |
| 523 | Foremen (n.e.c.) |
| 524 | Forgemen and hammermen |
| 525 | Furriers |
| 530 | Glaziers |
| 532 | Inspectors, scalers, and graders, log and lumber |
| 533 | Inspectors (n.e.c.) |
| 534 | Jewelers, watchmakers, goldsmiths, and silversmiths |
| 541 | Locomotive engineers |
| 542 | Locomotive firemen |
| 543 | Loom fixers |
| 544 | Machinists |
| 554 | Mechanics and repairmen (n.e.c.) |
| 555 | Millers, grain, flour, feed, etc. |
| 560 | Millwrights |
| 561 | Molders, metal |
| 563 | Opticians and lens grinders and polishers |
| 564 | Painters, construction and maintenance |
| 565 | Paperhangers |
| 570 | Pattern and model makers, except paper |
| 571 | Photoengravers and lithographers |
| 572 | Piano and organ tuners and repairmen |
| 573 | Plasterers |
| 574 | Plumbers and pipe fitters |
| 575 | Pressmen and plate printers, printing |
| 580 | Rollers and roll hands, metal |
| 581 | Roofers and slaters |
| 582 | Shoemakers and repairers, except factory |
| 583 | Stationary engineers |
| 584 | Stone cutters and stone carvers |
| 585 | Structural metal workers |
| 590 | Tailors and tailoresses |
| 591 | Tinsmiths, coppersmiths, and sheet metal workers |
| 592 | Tool makers, and die makers and setters |
| 593 | Upholsterers |
| 594 | Craftsmen and kindred workers (n.e.c.) |
| 595 | Members of the armed services |
| 601 | Apprentice bricklayers and masons |
| 602 | Apprentice carpenters |
| 604 | Apprentice machinists and toolmakers |
| 605 | Apprentice mechanics, except auto |
| 610 | Apprentice plumbers and pipe fitters |
| 611 | Apprentices, building trades (n.e.c.) |
| 612 | Apprentices, metalworking trades (n.e.c.) |
| 613 | Apprentices, printing trades |
| 614 | Apprentices, other specified trades |
| 615 | Apprentices, trade not specified |
| 623 | Boatmen, canalmen, and lock keepers |
| 624 | Brakemen, railroad |
| 625 | Bus drivers |
| 631 | Conductors, bus and street railway |
| 632 | Deliverymen and routemen |
| 633 | Dressmakers and seamstresses, except factory |
| 634 | Dyers |
| 635 | Filers, grinders, and polishers, metal |
| 641 | Furnacemen, smeltermen and pourers |
| 642 | Heaters, metal |
| 643 | Laundry and dry cleaning operatives |
| 644 | Meat cutters, except slaughter and packing house |
| 645 | Milliners |
| 650 | Mine operatives and laborers |
| 661 | Motormen, street, subway, and elevated railway |
| 670 | Painters, except construction or maintenance |
| 673 | Sailors and deck hands |
| 674 | Sawyers |
| 675 | Spinners, textile |
| 680 | Stationary firemen |
| 681 | Switchmen, railroad |
| 682 | Taxicab drivers and chauffers |
| 683 | Truck and tractor drivers |
| 684 | Weavers, textile |
| 685 | Welders and flame cutters |
| 690 | Operative and kindred workers (n.e.c.) |
| 700 | Housekeepers, private household |
| 710 | Laundressses, private household |
| 720 | Private household workers (n.e.c.) |
| 730 | Attendants, hospital and other institution |
| 731 | Attendants, professional and personal service (n.e.c.) |
| 740 | Barbers, beauticians, and manicurists |
| 750 | Bartenders |
| 751 | Bootblacks |
| 752 | Boarding and lodging house keepers |
| 753 | Charwomen and cleaners |
| 754 | Cooks, except private household |
| 762 | Firemen, fire protection |
| 763 | Guards, watchmen, and doorkeepers |
| 764 | Housekeepers and stewards, except private household |
| 770 | Janitors and sextons |
| 771 | Marshals and constables |
| 772 | Midwives |
| 773 | Policemen and detectives |
| 780 | Porters |
| 781 | Practical nurses |
| 782 | Sheriffs and bailiffs |
| 783 | Ushers, recreation and amusement |
| 784 | Waiters and waitresses |
| 785 | Watchmen (crossing) and bridge tenders |
| 790 | Service workers, except private household (n.e.c.) |
| 810 | Farm foremen |
| 820 | Farm laborers, wage workers |
| 840 | Farm service laborers, self-employed |
| 910 | Fishermen and oystermen |
| 930 | Gardeners, except farm, and groundskeepers |
| 940 | Longshoremen and stevedores |
| 950 | Lumbermen, raftsmen, and woodchoppers |
| 970 | Laborers (n.e.c.) |
| 980 | Keeps house/housekeeping at home/housewife |
| 981 | Imputed keeping house |
| 982 | Helping at home/helps parents/housework |
| 983 | At school/student |
| 984 | Retired |
| 986 | Invalid/disabled with no occupation reported |
| 987 | Inmate |
| 995 | Other non-occupational response |
| 999 | NIU (not in universe) (blank) |
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.
Description
Definition
Occupation, 1950 basis.
Universe
United States 1860: Free Persons age 15+
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