2000 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset
United States, 2000
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Reference ID
USA_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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U.S. Census Bureau, IPUMS
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- USA2000_PHC-H-H.dat
- USA2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Ancestry, first response (US2000A_ANCESTR1)
Data file: USA2000_PHC-P-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
294
End:
297
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
<svar a="all" v="US00A429 US00A431"><span class="em">10. What is this person's ancestry or ethnic origin?</span><br /><div class="i1">____<br />____<br /><br />(For example: Italian, Jamaican, African Am., Cambodian, Cape Verdean, Norwegian, Dominican, French Canadian, Haitian, Korean, Lebanese, Polish, Nigerian, Mexican, Taiwanese, Ukrainian, and so on.)</div><br /><br /></svar>
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 0010 | Alsatian |
| 0030 | Austrian |
| 0053 | Basque |
| 0080 | Belgian |
| 0090 | Flemish |
| 0110 | British |
| 0120 | British Isles |
| 0200 | Danish |
| 0210 | Dutch |
| 0220 | English |
| 0240 | Finnish |
| 0261 | French |
| 0321 | German |
| 0322 | Pennsylvania German |
| 0400 | Prussian |
| 0460 | Greek |
| 0490 | Icelander |
| 0500 | Irish |
| 0501 | Celtic |
| 0511 | Italian |
| 0680 | Sicilian |
| 0770 | Luxemburger |
| 0780 | Maltese |
| 0820 | Norwegian |
| 0840 | Portuguese |
| 0870 | Scotch Irish |
| 0880 | Scottish |
| 0890 | Swedish |
| 0910 | Swiss |
| 0970 | Welsh |
| 0980 | Scandinavian, Nordic |
| 1000 | Albanian |
| 1020 | Belorussian |
| 1030 | Bulgarian |
| 1090 | Croatian |
| 1110 | Czechoslovakian |
| 1111 | Czech |
| 1121 | Bohemian |
| 1150 | Estonian |
| 1222 | Germans from Russia |
| 1240 | Rom |
| 1250 | Hungarian |
| 1280 | Latvian |
| 1290 | Lithuanian |
| 1300 | Macedonian |
| 1420 | Polish |
| 1440 | Romanian |
| 1480 | Russian |
| 1521 | Serbian |
| 1522 | Bosnian, Herzegovian |
| 1530 | Slovak |
| 1540 | Slovene |
| 1711 | Ukrainian |
| 1760 | Yugoslavian |
| 1780 | Slav |
| 1830 | Northern European, n.e.c. |
| 1870 | Western European, n.e.c. |
| 1900 | Eastern European, n.e.c. |
| 1950 | European, n.e.c. |
| 2001 | Spaniard |
| 2101 | Mexican |
| 2102 | Mexicano/Mexicana |
| 2110 | Mexican American |
| 2111 | Mexican American Indian |
| 2130 | Chicano/Chicana |
| 2183 | Mexican State |
| 2210 | Costa Rican |
| 2220 | Guatemalan |
| 2230 | Honduran |
| 2240 | Nicaraguan |
| 2251 | Panamanian |
| 2260 | Salvadoran |
| 2271 | Central American |
| 2272 | Latin American |
| 2273 | Latino/Latina |
| 2274 | Latin |
| 2310 | Argentinean |
| 2320 | Bolivian |
| 2330 | Chilean |
| 2340 | Colombian |
| 2350 | Ecuadorian |
| 2370 | Peruvian |
| 2380 | Uruguayan |
| 2390 | Venezuelan |
| 2481 | South American |
| 2610 | Puerto Rican |
| 2710 | Cuban |
| 2750 | Dominican |
| 2900 | Hispanic |
| 2910 | Spanish |
| 2950 | Spanish American |
| 3000 | Bahamian |
| 3010 | Barbadian |
| 3020 | Belizean |
| 3080 | Jamaican |
| 3100 | Dutch West Indies |
| 3150 | Trinidadian |
| 3212 | Antigua |
| 3245 | St. Vincent Islander |
| 3290 | Grenadian |
| 3310 | St Lucia Islander |
| 3350 | West Indian |
| 3360 | Haitian |
| 3600 | Brazilian |
| 3700 | Guyanese/British Guiana |
| 4020 | Egyptian |
| 4060 | Moroccan |
| 4160 | Iranian |
| 4170 | Iraqi |
| 4190 | Israeli |
| 4210 | Jordanian |
| 4250 | Lebanese |
| 4290 | Syrian |
| 4310 | Armenian |
| 4340 | Turkish |
| 4350 | Yemeni |
| 4650 | Palestinian |
| 4821 | Assyrian |
| 4823 | Chaldean |
| 4900 | Middle Eastern |
| 4950 | Arab |
| 4951 | Arabic |
| 5100 | Cape Verdean |
| 5220 | Ethiopian |
| 5230 | Eritrean |
| 5290 | Ghanian |
| 5340 | Kenyan |
| 5410 | Liberian |
| 5530 | Nigerian |
| 5660 | Sierra Leonean |
| 5680 | Somalian |
| 5700 | South African |
| 5760 | Sudanese |
| 5990 | African |
| 6000 | Afghan |
| 6031 | Bangladeshi |
| 6032 | Bengali |
| 6090 | Nepali |
| 6151 | India |
| 6152 | East Indian |
| 6500 | Punjabi |
| 6801 | Pakistani |
| 6802 | Kashmiri |
| 6900 | Sri Lankan |
| 7000 | Burmese |
| 7030 | Cambodian |
| 7060 | Chinese |
| 7071 | Cantonese |
| 7160 | Hong Kong |
| 7200 | Filipino |
| 7301 | Indonesian |
| 7401 | Japanese |
| 7480 | Okinawan |
| 7500 | Korean |
| 7650 | Laotian |
| 7680 | Hmong |
| 7701 | Malaysian |
| 7760 | Thai |
| 7820 | Taiwanese |
| 7850 | Vietnamese |
| 7930 | Eurasian |
| 7950 | Asian |
| 8000 | Australian |
| 8030 | New Zealander |
| 8080 | Polynesian |
| 8110 | Hawaiian |
| 8140 | Samoan |
| 8150 | Tongan |
| 8210 | Guamanian |
| 8220 | Chamorro Islander |
| 8410 | Fijian |
| 8500 | Pacific Islander |
| 9001 | Afro-American |
| 9002 | Black |
| 9003 | Negro |
| 9006 | Creole |
| 9008 | Afro |
| 9020 | African-American |
| 9130 | Central American Indian |
| 9140 | South American Indian |
| 9200 | American Indian (all tribes) |
| 9205 | Cherokee |
| 9206 | Native American |
| 9207 | Indian |
| 9210 | Aleut |
| 9220 | Eskimo |
| 9241 | White/Caucasian |
| 9242 | Anglo |
| 9243 | Appalachian |
| 9310 | Canadian |
| 9350 | French Canadian |
| 9361 | Acadain |
| 9362 | Cajun |
| 9390 | American |
| 9400 | United States |
| 9940 | North American |
| 9950 | Mixture |
| 9960 | Uncodable |
| 9970 | Unknown |
| 9980 | Other |
| 9990 | Not Reported |
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
This variable indicates the respondent's self-reported ancestry or ethnic origin.
Universe
United States 2000: All persons
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Ethnicity and Language Variables -- PERSON | IPUMS |