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SEA

State economic area

Description
SEA indicates the state economic area in which the deceased person was located. SEAs are generally either single counties or groups of contiguous counties within the same state that had similar economic characteristics when they were originally defined just prior to the 1950 census.

Availability
1850, 1860, 1870, 1880

Codes
SEA is a 3-digit numeric variable. The contents of SEAs are defined here.