United States Census of 1870 - IPUMS Subset
United States, 1870
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USA_1870_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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- USA1870_PHC-H-H
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Metropolitan area (US1870A_METAREA)
Data file: USA1870_PHC-H-H
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Start:
184
End:
186
Width:
3
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US70A014 US70A015 US70A016 US70A017 US70A018 US70A019 US70A020 US70A021 US70A022 US70A023 US70A024 US70A025 US70A026 US70A027 US70A028 US70A029 US70A030 US70A031 US70A032 US70A033 US70A034 US70A051 US70A052"><span class="h3">Schedule 1</span><br /><span class="em">Free inhabitants in _________, in the county of ________, state of _________, enumerated by me, on the _____ day of ___________, 1870.<br /><br />___________________, Assistant Marshal<br /><br />Post-office: _______________________</span><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 000 | Not identifiable or not in an MSA |
| 016 | Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY |
| 072 | Baltimore, MD |
| 112 | Boston, MA/NH |
| 128 | Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY |
| 160 | Chicago, IL |
| 164 | Cincinnati-Hamilton, OH/KY/IN |
| 168 | Cleveland, OH |
| 216 | Detroit, MI |
| 452 | Louisville, KY/IN |
| 508 | Milwaukee, WI |
| 548 | New Haven-Meriden, CT |
| 556 | New Orleans, LA |
| 560 | New York-Northeastern NJ |
| 616 | Philadelphia, PA/NJ |
| 628 | Pittsburgh, PA |
| 648 | Providence-Fall River-Pawtucket, MA/RI |
| 676 | Richmond-Petersburg, VA |
| 684 | Rochester, NY |
| 704 | St. Louis, MO/IL |
| 736 | San Francisco-Oakland-Vallejo, CA |
| 884 | 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.
Description
Definition
Metropolitan area.
Universe
United States 1870: All households
concept
Concept