- Description
- Codes
- Comparability
- Universe
- Availability
- Questionnaire Text
- Flags
- Source Variables
- Editing Procedure
Description
MIGCITY5 reports the city where the respondent resided 5 years ago, if that city could be identified under the confidentiality requirements of a given sample.
For 1980, 1990, and 2000 samples, MIGCITY5 identifies no city codes for individuals who lived in the same residence 5 years before the census.
For the 1980 census, the universe is also dependent on the variable, MIGSAMP.
MIGCITY5 is a 4-digit numeric code reporting the city where the respondent resided 5 years ago, if that city could be identified under the confidentiality requirements of a given sample.
MIGCITY5 Specific Variable Codes
0000 = N/A (Not in universe, or city not identifiable from public-use data)
0001 = Not ascertained (1940)
Note that the 0000 code applies to individuals who lived in the same residence 5 years ago as well as those whose previous residence was not in an identifiable city. Users who wish to distinguish these two conditions should use MIGRATE5 in conjunction with MIGCITY5.
See the codes of CITY for list of MIGCITY5 codes.
Comparability
For 1940, MIGCITY5 only identifies the central cities of select metropolitan areas (those meeting the confidentiality requirements outlined in CITY and METAREA). For 1980-2000, MIGCITY5 is constructed using the method described in CITY (i.e., derived from the PUMA or county group of residence 5 years ago, see the PUMA variable description for more information on PUMAs). In all years, numerous large cities cannot be identified. In 1990 and 2000, a number of cities identified in CITY are not identified in MIGCITY5.
In 1980, responses to questions about migration were coded for only half the persons included in the IPUMS. These cases provide accurate proportional distributions but not correct absolute numbers for the population as a whole. For correct absolute numbers, users should select cases coded as 2 in MIGSAMP and multiply by 2 as well as by PERWT.
The following cities in each of the 1990 samples are not uniquely identifiable within the three digits of detail provided in MIGPUMA:
Metro Sample | State Sample | ||
Code | City | Code | City |
0010 | Akron, OH | 0010 | Akron, OH |
0130 | Allentown, PA | 0130 | Allentown, PA |
2090 | Erie, PA | 0190 | Anaheim, CA |
2390 | Fullerton, CA | 2090 | Erie, PA |
2930 | Huntington Beach, CA | 2390 | Fullerton, CA |
3490 | Las Vegas, NV | 2930 | Huntington Beach, CA |
4130 | Milwaukee, WI | 3490 | Las Vegas, NV |
5330 | Philadelphia, PA | 4130 | Milwaukee, WI |
5370 | Pittsburgh, PA | 5350 | Phoenix, AZ |
5430 | Plano, TX | 5370 | Pittsburgh, PA |
5890 | Riverside, CA | ||
6810 | Sunnyvale, CA |
In the 2000 samples, the PUMAs (Public Use Microdata Areas) defined for migration purposes were often much larger areas than PUMAs defined for classifying current residence. (See the 2000 PUMA-to-MIGPUMA conversion table for details.) Consequently, MIGCITY5 identifies only 8 cities in the 1 percent sample of census 2000 and 30 cities in the 5 percent sample of the U.S. census 2000; MIGCITY5 identifies only 6 cities in the 1 percent sample of the Puerto Rican census 2000 and 31 cities in the 5 percent sample of the Puerto Rican census in 2000.
Universe
- 1940: Persons age 5+.
- 1980: Persons age 5+ who lived in a different house in the U.S. 5 years ago, reported; 50 percent of cases (see MIGSAMP); not available for Puerto Rico.
- 1990: Persons age 5+ who lived in a different house in the U.S. 5 years ago, reported;not available for Puerto Rico.
- 2000: Persons age 5+ who lived in a different house 5 years ago, reported.
Availability
- 2023: --
- 2022: --
- 2021: --
- 2020: --
- 2019: --
- 2018: --
- 2017: --
- 2016: --
- 2015: --
- 2014: --
- 2013: --
- 2012: --
- 2011: --
- 2010: --
- 2009: --
- 2008: --
- 2007: --
- 2006: --
- 2005: --
- 2004: --
- 2003: --
- 2002: --
- 2001: --
- 2000: 5%; 1% old; 1% unwt; 1%
- 1990: 5% state; 1% metro; 1% unwt; 3% elderly
- 1980: 5% state; 1% metro
- 1970: --
- 1960: --
- 1950: --
- 1940: All samples
- 1930: --
- 1920: --
- 1910: --
- 1900: --
- 1880: --
- 1870: --
- 1860: --
- 1850: --
- 2023: --
- 2022: --
- 2021: --
- 2020: --
- 2019: --
- 2018: --
- 2017: --
- 2016: --
- 2015: --
- 2014: --
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- 2006: --
- 2005: --
- 2000: All samples
- 1990: --
- 1980: --
- 1970: --
- 1930: --
- 1920: --
- 1910: --
Questionnaire Text
2000 1% |
1990 1% |
1980 1% |
1940 1% |
Did this person live inside the limits of the city or town?
[] Yes
[] No, outside the city/town limits
Name of county
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Name of state
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ZIP Code
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[] Born after April 1, 1985 - Go to questions for the next person
[] Yes - Skip to 15a
[] No
b. Where did this person live 5 years ago (on April 1, 1985)?
___________________________________________
(If outside U.S., print answer above and skip to 15a.)
___________________________________________
___________________________________________
[] Yes
[] No, lived outside the city/town limits
15a. Did this person live in this house five years ago (April 1, 1975)?
If in college or Armed Force in April 1975, report place of residence there.
[] Yes, this house - Skip to 16
[] No, different house
"Mark Yes, this house if this person lived in this same house or apartment on April 1, 1975, but moved away and came back between then and now. Mark No, different house if this person lived in the same building but in a different apartment (or in the same mobile home or trailer but on a different trailer site)."
b. Where did this person live five years ago (April 1, 1975)?
(2) County: __________________________________________________________
(3) City, town, village, etc.: _______________________________________
(4) Inside the incorporated (legal) limits of that city, town, village, etc.? [] Yes [] No, in unincorporated area
"If this person lived in a different house or apartment on April 1, 1975, give the location of this person's usual home at that time.
Part (1) If the person was living in the United States on April 1, 1975, print the name of the State. If the person did not live in the United States on April 1, 1975, print the full name of the foreign country or Puerto Rico, Guam, etc.
Part (2) If in Louisiana, print the parish name. If in Alaska, print the borough name. If in New York City - print the borough name if the county name is not known. If an independent city, leave blank.
Part (3) If in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island or Vermont, print the name of the town rather than the name of the village or city, unless the name of the town is unknown.
Part (4) Mark Yes if you know that the location is now
inside the limits of a city, town, village or other incorporated place, even if it was not inside the limits on April 1, 1975."
In what place did this person live on April 1, 1935? For a person who, on April 1, 1935, was living in the same house as at present, enter in Col. 17 "Same house," and for one living in a different house but in the same city or town, enter "Same place," leaving Cols. 18, 19, and 20 blank, in both instances. For a person who lived in a different place, enter city or town, county, and State, as directed in the Instructions. (Enter actual place of residence, which may differ from mail address.)
482. Persons Living in the Same House as in 1935.-For all persons who on April 1, 1935, were living in the same house or structure as at present, enter in col. 17, "Same house," and leave cols. 18, 19, and 20 blank.
483. Persons Living in the Same Place but different House in 1935.-For persons who, on April 1, 1935, were living in a different house but in the same city, town, or village as at present, enter in col. 17 "Same place," and leave cols., 18, 19, 20 blank.
484. Persons Who Have Moved From One place to Another in the United States Since 1935.-for persons who have moved from one place in the United States to another since April 1, 1935, record the place of residence on that date as follows: If the place of residence on April 1, 1935, was a city, town, or village of 2,500 or more, enter the name of the place in col. 17, the county in col. 18, and the State in col. 19, except that for cities of 10,000 or more, the county may be omitted.
485. If the residence on April 1, 1935, was in the open country or in a village of less than 2,500, enter "R" (for rural) in col. 17; the county in which that residence was located, in col. 18; and the State in col. 19.
486. In case of doubt as to whether a place had a population of 2,500 or more, enter the name of the place, with county and State, as if it were definitely known to have more than 2,500 inhabitants.
487. For persons who, on April 1, 1935, had their usual place of residence in one of the outlying Territories or possessions of the United States, or in a foreign country, enter dashes in cols. 17 and 18, and write the name of the Territory or possession, or of the foreign country, in col. 19.
Editing Procedure
There is no editing procedure available for this variable.