United States Census of 1900 - IPUMS Subset

United States, 1900

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USA_1900_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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Population of urban places (US1900A_URBPOP)

Data file: USA1900_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Continuous

Start: 225

End: 229

Width: 5

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Literal question

<svar a="all" v="US00A015 US00A016 US00A017 US00A018 US00A019 US00A020 US00A021 US00A022 US00A023 US00A024 US00A025 US00A026 US00A027 US00A028 US00A029 US00A030 US00A031 US00A032 US00A033 US00A034 US00A035">State __________, County ________________. Township or other division of county [Insert name of township, town, precinct, district, or other civil division, as the case may be] ______. Name of institution, _____________________. Name of incorporated city, town, or village within the above-named division, ___________. Ward of city, ___________________________. </svar>

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the population, in hundreds, of places considered "urban" according to the Census Bureau's 1930-1940 definition. All incorporated municipalities with a population of 2,500 or more were defined as urban, but this definition of urban also included some places that were not incorporated municipalities.

Universe

United States 1900: All households

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Concept

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

This is a 5-digit numeric variable with 0 implied decimal places

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