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Mortality Data Download

The mortality data files are available in Stata and SPSS formats.

Data Files

1850 Stata
1850 SPSS
1860 Stata
1860 SPSS
1870 Stata
1870 SPSS
1880 Stata
1880 SPSS

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Variables in the public-use files available from this page are numerically coded. Researchers who have a legitimate need for the restricted-access string variables, which include names, may inquire at ipumsres@umn.edu

Citation

Researchers should cite the full-count mortality data files as follows:

J. David Hacker, Ronald Goeken, Susan H. Leonard, Matt A. Nelson, Evan Roberts, and Matthew Sobek. IPUMS Full Count Datasets of the United States Censuses of Mortality, 1850-1880 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS, 2024.