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Industry Appendices

This page contains links to the differing industrial classification schemes recorded in the IPUMS. Each census used its own unique scheme, which was generally recorded in the sample for that year (industry was first recorded in 1910; the 1920 sample coded industries directly into the 1950 system). The industry codes listed in the following pages correspond to the IND variable in the IPUMS. In addition, the IPUMS codes all census years into the 1950 classification scheme, recording them in the variable IND1950. See IND1950 codes and frequencies for the 1950 sample occupation codes.

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