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United States Census of 1900 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1900
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City population, historical US and Canada (CITYPOPH)

Data file: USA1900_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 57
End: 62
Width: 6
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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Value Category
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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
CITYPOPH reports the population, in hundreds, for all incorporated municipalities in United States census datasets from 1850 to 1910. For the 1881 Canadian census, CITYPOPH is defined similarly as the population of incorporated places.

For the U.S. 1880 complete count census, CITYPOPH reports the population for all incorporated municipalities and for the portion of New England towns considered "urban" by the Census Bureau, as well as for a few other non-incorporated areas in other parts of the country. (See URBAN for discussion of how the U.S. Census Bureau defined the urban population.) See CITYH for identification of specific U.S. and Canadian cities.

Aggregate data for the 1880 complete count census for cities and counties is available in digital format for users with access to ICPSR, from datasets DS16, DS17, DS18, and DS48 in ICPSR File 02896. The original publications for the aggregate data are available to all users from the U.S. Census Bureau in PDF format. Publications from censuses other than 1880 are also available from the Census Bureau.

The source for Canadian city populations is Table I in the publication, Census of Canada, 1880-81, Volume 1 (Ottawa: MacLean, Roger and Co. Printers, Wellington Street, 1882). A scanned copy of this table is available. It contains aggregate statistics for each Canadian census sub-district (SDSTCA) and district (DISTCA) on the number of

Dwellings, sub-divided into vessels, shanties, inhabited, uninhabited, and under construction

Families

Population, by sex

Married population, by sex

Widowed population, by sex

Children and unmarried population, by sex
Additionally, the scanned table reports the area in square miles, square kilometers, and acres for every Canadian district in 1881. The latter information is available in the variable CNTYAREAH. The final page of the document contains summary statistics for the provinces (GEO1_CA1852_1911) and the country for all the aforementioned variables.

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