OCC1950
Occupation 1950Description
OCC1950 indicates the deceased person's occupation, if any, coded to the 1950 U.S. census classification system.
NOTE: Occupation responses were not transcribed from the manuscripts for most people in the 1860-1880 datasets. 22% of cases have occupations in 1850 versus 5 to 7% in 1860-1880. These data are not random, but cluster by geography. Care should be taken in using them.
Availability
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880
| Code | Label |
|---|---|
| Accountants and auditors | |
| Actors and actresses | |
| Architects | |
| Artists and art teachers | |
| Athletes | |
| Authors | |
| Chemists | |
| Clergymen | |
| College presidents and deans | |
| Non-scientific subjects-Professors and instructors | |
| Subject not specified-Professors and instructors | |
| Dancers and dancing teachers | |
| Dentists | |
| Editors and reporters | |
| Civil-Engineers | |
| Mechanical-Engineers | |
| Mining-Engineers | |
| Engineers (nec) | |
| Entertainers (nec) | |
| Lawyers and judges | |
| Librarians | |
| Musicians and music teachers | |
| Geologists and geophysicists | |
| Pharmacists | |
| Photographers | |
| Physicians and surgeons | |
| Religious workers | |
| Sports instructors and officials | |
| Surveyors | |
| Teachers (n.e.c.) | |
| Therapists and healers (nec) | |
| Veterinarians | |
| Professional, technical and kindred workers (nec) | |
| Farmers (owners and tenants) | |
| Farm managers | |
| Buyers and shippers, farm products | |
| Conductors, railroad | |
| Inspectors, public administration | |
| Managers and superintendants, building | |
| Officers, pilots, pursers and engineers, ship | |
| Officials and administratators (nec), public administration | |
| Postmasters | |
| Managers, officials, and proprietors (nec) | |
| Agents (nec) | |
| Baggagemen, transportation | |
| Bank tellers | |
| Bookkeepers | |
| Cashiers | |
| Collectors, bill and account | |
| Express messengers and railway mail clerks | |
| Mail carriers | |
| Messengers and office boys | |
| Shipping and receiving clerks | |
| Stenographers, typists, and secretaries | |
| Telegraph operators | |
| Ticket, station, and express agents | |
| Clerical and kindred workers (n.e.c.) | |
| Auctioneers | |
| Hucksters and peddlers | |
| Insurance agents and brokers | |
| Newsboys | |
| Real estate agents and brokers | |
| Salesmen and sales clerks (nec) | |
| Bakers | |
| Blacksmiths | |
| Bookbinders | |
| Boilermakers | |
| Brickmasons,stonemasons, and tile setters | |
| Cabinetmakers | |
| Carpenters | |
| Compositors and typesetters | |
| Electrotypers and stereotypers | |
| Engravers, except photoengravers | |
| Foremen (nec) | |
| Forgemen and hammermen | |
| Glaziers | |
| Inspectors, scalers, and graders log and lumber | |
| Inspectors (nec) | |
| Jewelers, watchmakers, goldsmiths, and silversmiths | |
| Locomotive engineers | |
| Locomotive firemen | |
| Loom fixers | |
| Machinists | |
| Railroad and car shop-mechanics and repairmen | |
| Mechanics and repairmen (nec) | |
| Millers, grain, flour, feed, etc | |
| Millwrights | |
| Molders, metal | |
| Opticians and lens grinders and polishers | |
| Painters, construction and maintenance | |
| Paperhangers | |
| Pattern and model makers, except paper | |
| Piano and organ tuners and repairmen | |
| Plasterers | |
| Plumbers and pipe fitters | |
| Roofers and slaters | |
| Shoemakers and repairers, except factory | |
| Stationary engineers | |
| Stone cutters and stone carvers | |
| Structural metal workers | |
| Tailors and tailoresses | |
| Tinsmiths, coppersmiths, and sheet metal workers | |
| Tool makers, and die makers and setters | |
| Upholsterers | |
| Craftsmen and kindred workers (nec) | |
| Members of the armed services | |
| Carpenters apprentice | |
| Apprentices, metalworking trades (nec) | |
| Apprentices, printing trades | |
| Apprentices, other specified trades | |
| Apprentices, trade not specified | |
| Boatmen, canalmen, and lock keepers | |
| Brakemen, railroad | |
| Bus drivers | |
| Deliverymen and routemen | |
| Dressmakers and seamstresses, except factory | |
| Dyers | |
| Filers, grinders, and polishers, metal | |
| Furnacemen, smeltermen and pourers | |
| Laundry and dry cleaning Operatives | |
| Meat cutters, except slaughter and packing house | |
| Milliners | |
| Mine operatives and laborers | |
| Painters, except construction or maintenance | |
| Sailors and deck hands | |
| Sawyers | |
| Spinners, textile | |
| Stationary firemen | |
| Switchmen, railroad | |
| Taxicab drivers and chauffeurs | |
| Truck and tractor drivers | |
| Weavers, textile | |
| Operative and kindred workers (nec) | |
| Housekeepers, private household | |
| Laundresses, private household | |
| Private household workers (nec) | |
| Attendants, professional and personal service (nec) | |
| Barbers, beauticians, and manicurists | |
| Bartenders | |
| Bootblacks | |
| Boarding and lodging house keepers | |
| Cooks, except private household | |
| Guards, watchmen, and doorkeepers | |
| Housekeepers and stewards, except private household | |
| Janitors and sextons | |
| Marshals and constables | |
| Midwives | |
| Policemen and detectives | |
| Porters | |
| Practical nurses | |
| Sheriffs and bailiffs | |
| Waiters and waitresses | |
| Watchmen (crossing) and bridge tenders | |
| Service workers, except private household (nec) | |
| Farm foremen | |
| Farm laborers, wage workers | |
| Farm service laborers, self-employed | |
| Fishermen and oystermen | |
| Gardeners, except farm and groundskeepers | |
| Longshoremen and stevedores | |
| Lumbermen, raftsmen, and woodchoppers | |
| Laborers (nec) | |
| Have occupation, not classifiable | |
| Keeps house/housekeeping at home/housewife | |
| Imputed keeping house (1850-1900) | |
| Helping at home/helps parents/housework | |
| At school/student | |
| Retired | |
| Unemployed/without occupation | |
| Invalid/disabled w/ no occupation reported | |
| Inmate | |
| Gentleman/lady/at leisure | |
| Other non-occupation | |
| Occupation missing/unknown | |
| Blank (no response or response not transcribed) | |
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