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US1940A_INSTYP
Institution type (1940 Census basis)

Codes and Frequencies


 

1Federal or State prisons or reformatories, including convict camps, penal farms, training schools and other institutions for juvenile delinquents, and all other penal institutions under Federal or State control.1,973
2Local jails and workhouses, including all penal establishments not under Federal or State control.884
3Mental institutions, including homes and hospitals for the mentally diseased, the feeble-minded, and epileptics.5,679
4Homes for the aged, infirmed, or needy, including almshouses and homes for the blind, the deaf, incurables, orphans, and disabled or aged soldiers and sailors.2,543
5"Other and not reported," including institutions that combine the usual functions of two or more of the foregoing types with no clear majority of inmates classifiable under one of the first four categories. This type also includes a small group of institutions of these general classes for which the information reported was not sufficient to determine the specific type.1,752
9Inap. (not institutional inmate)1,338,901