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Downloadable Hypertext Documentation System
A fully functional version of the IPUMS hypertext documentation can be downloaded onto your local PC.

Download the IPUMS-98 documentation in Word97 format
All of the word processor files constituting volumes 1 and 2 of the IPUMS documentation.

Download Machine-Readable Geographic Files (ASCII format)
Detailed 1980 and 1990 geographic composition files in compressed format.