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WARD is an un-recoded variable that identifies the political ward where the household was enumerated, if the household was located in an area (usually a large city) that was divided into wards. Households not located within an identifiable ward are coded "000."

There are three major problems with this variable. First, enumerators often neglected to note ward locations, so in many cases the ward could only be inferred by the appearance of a household record among a large number of records from the same ward. Second, ward sizes and shapes vary considerably, both from city to city and over time. Third, the Census Bureau did not publish maps of wards, so users must consult local records for this information.