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Table 1
IPUMS File Characteristics
     
Release Dates:
  Number of Records in Thousands:
Filename IPUMS Sample name Original Sample Name Principle Investigators IPUMS Version  Original Version
Sample Density
H
P
ip18501 1850 Sample   Menard/Ruggles
1995
1994
1 in 100
37
198
ip18601 1860 Sample Preliminary Version 1 Ruggles
1997
1997
1 in 500
TBA
TBA
ip18701 1870 Sample Preliminary Version 1 Ruggles
1997
1997
1 in 500
TBA
TBA
ip18801 1880 Sample   Ruggles/Menard
1995
1994
1 in 100
107
503
ip19001 1900 Sample   Preston
1993
1980
1 in 760
27
100
ip19101 1910 Sample   Preston
1993
1989
1 in 250
89
366
ip19102 1910 Black Oversample   Morgan/Ewbank
1998
1990
varies
5
24
ip19103 1910 Hispanic Oversample   Gutmann/Ruggles
1998
1996
varies
~18
~90
ip19201 1920 Sample Preliminary Version 2 Ruggles/Menard
1997
1997
1 in 200
129
521
ip19401 1940 Sample   Winsborough et al.
1993
1984
1 in 100
391
1351
ip19501 1950 Sample   Winsborough et al.
1993
1984
1 in 100
461
1922
ip19601 1960 Sample   Census Bureau
1993
1971
1 in 100
579
1780
ip19701 1970 Form 1 State Sample 5% State Sample Census Bureau
1993
1972
1 in 100
744
2030
ip19702 1970 Form 2 State Sample 15% State Sample Census Bureau
1995
1972
1 in 100
744
2030
ip19703 1970 Form 1 Metro Sample 5% County Group Sample Census Bureau
1995
1972
1 in 100
744
2030
ip19704 1970 Form 2 Metro Sample 15% County Group Sample Census Bureau
1995
1972
1 in 100
744
2030
ip19705 1970 Form 1 Neighborhood Sample 5% Neighborhood Sample Census Bureau
1998
1972
1 in 100
744
2030
ip19706 1970 Form 1 Neighborhood Sample 15% Neighborhood Sample Census Bureau
1998
1972
1 in 100
744
2030
ip19801 1980 State Sample A Sample Census Bureau
1996
1983
1 in 20
4711
11337
ip19802 1980 Metro Sample B Sample Census Bureau
1993
1983
1 in 100
942
2267
ip19803 1980 Urban/Rural Sample C Sample Census Bureau
1998
1983
1 in 100
942
2267
ip19901 1990 State Sample 5% Sample Census Bureau
1996
1992
1 in 20
5528
12500
ip19902 1990 Metro Sample 1% Sample Census Bureau
1993
1992
1 in 100
1106
2500
ip19903 1990 Elderly Sample 3% Elderly Sample Census Bureau
1999
1993
1 in 33
   
ip19904 1990 Flat State Sample 1% Unweighted Sample Census Bureau
1995
1995
1 in 100
1106
2500

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