IPUMS Ancestry Code Conversions
1980 Ancestry Codes

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This page contains modified lists of ancestry categories from the 1980 samples along with their corresponding IPUMS ancestry codes. For each IPUMS code, these lists allow the user to identify all responses included in the ancestry grouping within each sample. The 1980 ancestry groupings, ordered by their original codes, are included in later in this section. See ANCESTR1 and ANCESTR2 in the IPUMS-98 Volume 1 User's Guide for more detail about the IPUMS ancestry variables.

Items in parentheses in the following list are responses which were not coded separately in the 1980 samples and do not appear in the codes and frequencies table of the ANCESTR1 variable.

IPUMS 1980 Ancestry
0010 090 Alsatian
0020 003 Andorran
0030 001 Austrian
0040 002 Tirolean
0051 004 Basque
0052 202 Spanish Basque (Vasco, Euskalduna)
0060 031 French Basque
0080 005 Belgian
0090 006 Flemish (Flamand, Vlamand)
0100 007 Walloon
0110 098 Acadian (Cajun)
0120 097 British (United Kingdom)
0130 017 Channel Islander, Guernsey Islander, Jersey Islander
0140 045 Gibraltan
0150 018 Cornish
0160 030 Corsican
0170 008 Cypriot
0180 009 Greek-Cypriote
0190 010 Turk-Cypriote
0200 012 Danish
0210 014 Dutch (Hollander, Netherlander)
0211 924 Dutch-French-Irish
0212 925 Dutch-German-Irish
0213 926 Dutch-Irish-Scotch/ Scottish
0220 016 English (Anglican)
0221 927 English-French-German
0222 928 English-French-Irish
0223 929 English-German-Irish
0224 930 English-German-Swedish
0225 931 English-Irish-Scotch/Scottish
0226 932 English-Scotch/Scottish-Welsh
0230 013 Faeroe Islander
0240 024 Finnish
0250 026 Karelian
0260 028 French (French Creole, Gascon, Provencal, Norman)
0270 091 Lorrainian
0280 029 Breton
0290 015 Frisian
0300 059 Friulian
0320 032 German (East German, West German, Pennsylvania Dutch, Pennsylvania German)
0324 933 French-German-Irish
0325 934 German-Irish-Italian
0326 935 German-Irish-Scotch/Scottish
0327 936 German-Irish-Swedish
0330 033 Bavarian
0340 034 Berlin
0350 036 Hamburg
0360 037 Hannover
0370 038 Hessian
0380 039 Lubecker
0390 123 Pomeranian (Silesian)
0400 041 Prussian
0410 042 Saxon
0420 044 Sudetenlander
0430 043 Westphalian
0460 046 Greek
0470 047 Cretan
0480 048 Cycladic Islander (Dodecanese Islander, Peloponnesian)
0490 011 Icelander
0500 050 Irish (Celtic, Dubliner, Eire, Clare, Cork, Donegal, Galway, Kerry, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Wicklow)
0510 052 Italian (San Marino, Trieste)
0530 053 Abruzzi
0540 054 Apulian
0550 055 Basilicata (Lucania)
0560 056 Calabrian
0570 057 Campanian (Amalfian)
0580 058 Emilia- Romagna
0590 060 Rome (Vatican City, Lazio)
0600 061 Ligurian
0610 062 Lombardian
0620 063 Marches
0630 064 Molise
0650 065 Piedmontese
0660 066 Puglia
0670 067 Sardinian
0680 068 Sicilian
0690 069 Tuscan
0700 070 Trentino
0710 071 Umbrian
0720 072 Valle D'Aosta
0730 073 Venetian
0750 088 Lapp (Samelat)
0760 074 Liechtensteiner
0770 075 Luxemburger
0780 076 Maltese (Gozo)
0790 021 Manx
0800 077 Monegasque (Monacan)
0810 022 Northern Irelend (Ulsterite, Orangeman, Antrim, Armagh, Down, Fermanagh, Derry, Londonderry, Tyrone)
0820 078 Norwegian (Jan Meyer Islander, Spitsbergen, Sualband Islander)
0840 079 Portuguese (Lusitanian)
0850 080 Azorean
0860 081 Madeiran
0880 020 Scottish (Orkney Islander, Pict Shetland)
0890 082 Swedish
0900 027 Aland Islander
0910 083 Swiss
0920 084 Schweiz (Suisse, Switzer)
0950 085 Ladin (Romansch)
0960 096 British Isles
0961 087 Suisse-Romane
0970 019 Welsh
0980 089 Scandinavian (Nordic)
1000 100 Albanian (Greg, Tosc)
1020 168 Belorussian (White Russian)
1030 102 Bulgarian (Eastern Rumelian)
1050 164 Carpathian (Carpatho)
1081 147 Cossack (Kazak)
1083 148 Kirghiz
1084 153 Turcoman (Turkman)
1090 133 Croatian (Dalmatian, Zadar)
1110 104 Czechoslovakian (Czech)
1120 105 Bohemian (Moravian)
1150 111 Estonian
1160 025 Livonian
1171 154 Udmurt
1180 149 Mordovian
1190 156 Votyak
1200 161 Georgian
1221 035 Black Sea German (Volga)
1240 172 Gypsy (Rom, Boyash, Cali, Dom, Kalderdash, Luri, Nat Senti)
1250 113 Hungarian
1260 114 Magyar
1280 117 Latvian (Lettish)
1290 120 Lithuanian (Jmoud)
1300 103 Macedonian
1400 150 Ossetian
1420 122 Polish (Masurian)
1430 124 Kashubian
1440 125 Rumanian
1440 128 Transylvanian
1450 126 Bessarabian (Bucovina, Dobruja)
1450 137 Slovene
1460 127 Moldavian
1470 129 Vlach (Wallachian)
1480 140 Russian
1500 141 Muscovite
1520 136 Serbian (Bosnian, Herzegovinian, Montenegrin)
1530 106 Slovak
1550 040 Lusatian Sorb (Wendish)
1570 144 Bashkir
1580 145 Chevash
1630 146 Yakut
1651 152 Tartar
1652 142 Crimean (Kuril Islander, Sakhalin Islander, Siberian, Buriat, Dagestan, Balkar, Komi, Tuva)
1655 151 Tadzhik (Tajik)
1690 155 Usbeg (Uzbek)
1710 166 Ukrainian
1712 163 Ruthenian (Little Russian, Malo-Russian)
1760 131 Yugoslavian, n.e.c.
1780 170 Slav (Slavic)
1810 174 Central European
1830 094 Northern European
1850 095 Southern European
1870 093 Western European
1900 173 Eastern European
1950 092 European
1962 086 Ticino
2000 200 Spaniard (Espanol, Castilian, Iberian, Valencian)
2040 203 Catalonian
2050 201 Balearic Islander (Canarian, Majorcan, Mallorcan)
2060 204 Galician (Gallego)
2100 209 Mexican (Mexicano)
2110 210 Mexican-American
2130 212 Chicano
2160 213 Puerto Rican (Boricua)
2180 211 Nuevo Mexicano (Tejano, Aquascalientes, Baja, California, Campeche, Chiapa, Colima, Durango, Hidalgo, Jalisco, La Raza, Michoacan, Morelos, Nahuatl, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quere taro,San Luis Potosi, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, Yucatan, Zacatecas)
2190 208 Californio
2210 221 Costa Rican
2220 225 Guatemalan
2230 227 Honduran
2240 229 Nicaraguan
2250 231 Panamanian (Canal Zone)
2260 237 Salvadoran
2310 216 Argentinean
2320 217 Bolivian
2330 218 Chilean
2340 219 Colombian
2350 223 Ecuadorian (Galapagos Islander)
2360 233 Paraguayan
2370 235 Peruvian
2380 239 Uruguayan
2390 241 Venezuelan
2420 242 Central American (Latin American, Latino)
2430 243 South American (Criollo)
2710 214 Cuban (Guajiro)
2750 215 Dominican
2900 207 Hispanic (Hispano)
2910 205 Spanish
2950 206 Spanish American
3000 300 Bahamian
3010 341 Barbadian
3020 335 Belizean (British Honduran)
3030 913 Bermudan
3040 304 Cayman Islander
3080 308 Jamaican
3100 310 Dutch West Indies (Black Dutch, Netherlands Antilles)
3110 311 Aruba Islander (Bonaire Islander, Curacao Islander)
3120 312 Saba Islander (St. Eustatius Islander, St. Maarten Islander (Dutch))
3140 314 Trinidadian/Tobagonian
3150 315 Trinidadian
3160 316 Tobagonian
3200 320 U.S. Virgin Islander (Islanders: St. Croix, St. John, St. Thomas, Cruzan)
3210 321 British Virgin Islander (Barbudan, Tortolan)
3220 323 British West Indian
3230 324 Turks & Caicos Islander
3240 325 Anguilla Islander (Islanders: Montserrat, Nevis, Redonda, St. Kitts, Sombrero)
3244 326 St. Christopher Islander (St. Vincent Islander)
3280 327 Dominica Islander
3290 328 Grenada Islander
3310 329 St. Lucia Islander
3320 330 French West Indies
3330 331 Guadeloupe Islander (Martinique Islander, St. Martin Islander [French])
3340 332 Cayenne (French Guianese)
3351 333 West Indian
3352 322 Caribbean
3353 334 Arawak (Black Carib, Carib Garifuna)
3360 306 Haitian
3600 336 Brazilian
3650 337 San Andres
3700 338 Guyanese (British Guiana)
3750 339 Providencia
3800 340 Surinam (Dutch Guiana)
4000 400 Algerian
4020 402 Egyptian (Copht, Fellah, United Arab Republic)
4040 404 Libyan (Tripolitanian)
4061 406 Moroccan (Tangier)
4062 409 Moor
4070 407 Ifni
4080 408 Tunisian
4110 411 North African
4120 412 Alhucemas (Ceuta, Melilla, Chafarinas)
4130 410 Berber
4140 413 Rio de Oro (Saguia el Hamra)
4150 414 Bahraini
4160 415 Iranian (Tehran, Persian)
4170 417 Iraqi
4190 419 Israeli
4210 421 Jordanian (Hashemite)
4220 445 Trans-Jordan
4230 423 Kuwaiti
4250 425 Lebanese (Beirut)
4270 427 Saudi Arabian
4291 429 Syrian (Druse)
4292 432 Latakian
4293 431 Jebel Druse
4310 159 Armenian
4340 434 Turkish (Gordian, Hatay, Asia Minor)
4350 435 Yemeni (Yemen Arab Republic)
4360 437 Omani
4370 436 Muscat
4380 438 Trucial Ornan
4390 439 Qatar
4410 442 Bedouin
4420 443 Kurd
4440 441 Kuria Muria Islander
4650 444 Palestinian
4660 446 Gazan
4670 447 West Bank
4700 448 People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (South Yemen)
4710 440 Aden
4800 451 United Arab Emirates (Trucial States, Abud Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujairah, Ras al Kaimah, Umm al-Qaiwain)
4822 430 Aramean
4900 450 Middle Eastern
4950 449 Arabian
5000 500 Angolan (Cabinda)
5020 502 Benin (Dahoman, Fon)
5040 504 Botswana (Bechuanaland)
5060 506 Burundian (Urundi)
5080 508 Cameroonian (Fako)
5100 510 Cape Verdean (Brava)
5120 512 Central African Republic (Ubangi-Shari)
5130 513 Chadian
5150 515 Congolese
5160 516 Congo-Brazzaville
5190 519 Djibouti (jibuti, Afars, Issas)
5200 520 Equatorial Guinea (Rio Muni)
5210 521 Annobon Islander (Islanders: Bioko, Corsico, Elobeis, Fernando Po)
5220 522 Ethiopian (Abyssinian)
5230 523 Eritrean
5250 525 Gabonese
5270 527 Gambian
5290 529 Ghanian (Ashanti, Gold Coast, Twi)
5300 530 Guinean
5310 531 Guinea-Bissau
5320 532 Ivory Coast
5340 534 Kenyan
5380 538 Lesotho (Basuto)
5410 541 Liberian
5430 543 Madagascan
5460 546 Malian
5470 547 Mauritanian
5490 549 Mozambican
5500 550 Namibian
5510 551 Niger
5530 553 Nigerian
5540 554 Fulani (Fulah)
5550 555 Hausa
5560 556 Ibo
5570 557 Tiv (Yoruba)
5610 561 Rwandan
5640 564 Senegalese (Dakar)
5660 566 Sierra Leonean
5680 568 Somalian
5690 569 Swaziland
5700 570 South African (Republic of South Africa)
5710 571 Orange Free State (Pretoria, Transkei, Union of South Africa)
5720 572 Afrikander (Boer)
5730 573 Natalian
5740 574 Zulu
5760 576 Sudanese
5770 577 Dinka
5780 578 Nuer
5790 579 Darfur (Fur)
5800 580 Baggara
5820 584 Tanzanian
5830 585 Tanganyikan
5840 586 Zanzibari
5860 588 Togo
5880 590 Ugandan (Lugbara)
5890 591 Upper Voltan
5900 592 Volta
5920 593 Zairian (Belgian Congo, Kinshasa)
5920 594 Zambian
5930 559 Rhodesian (Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe--Rhodesian)
5940 599 Comoros Islander (Islanders: Mauritius, Principe, Reunion, Sao Tome, Seychelles, St. Helena, St. Pierre, Tristan da Cunha)
5960 596 Central African (Middle Congo)
5970 597 Eastern African (Galla, Kikuyu, Masai)
5980 598 Western African
5990 595 African (Afro)
6000 600 Afghan
6010 601 Baluchi
6020 602 Pathan
6030 605 Bengali (E. Pakistan)
6070 607 Bhutanese
6090 609 Nepali
6130 613 Asian Indian (India, E. Indian, Bharati, Behar, Delhi, Dravi-dian, Indo-Aryan, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa,
6220 628 Andaman Islander (Nicobar Islander)
6240 615 Andhra Pradesh
6260 616 Assamese
6280 624 Goanese
6300 617 Gujarati
6320 618 Karnatakan
6340 619 Keralan
6380 620 Maharashtran
6400 623 Madrasi
6420 625 Mizoram (Mysore)
6440 621 Naga
6480 627 Pondicherry
6500 614 Punjabi
6560 622 Tamilian
6800 630 Pakistani (Sind, Jammu, Kashmirian, West Pakistan)
6900 633 Ceylonese (Sri Lankan)
6910 634 Singhalese
6920 635 Veddah
6950 637 Maldivian
7001 700 Burmese (Chin, Cachin, Karen, Mon, Palaung)
7002 701 Burman
7020 702 Shan
7030 703 Cambodian (Kampuchea)
7040 704 Khmer
7060 706 Chinese (Jehol, Uigur, Yao)
7070 707 Cantonese (Formosan)
7080 708 Manchurian
7120 709 Mongolian (Kalmuck)
7140 710 Tibetan
7161 711 Hong Kong
7162 756 Eastern Archipelago (Riau Islander)
7180 712 Macao (Portuguese Macao)
7200 714 Filipino (Philipino, Cebuanos, Illocanos, Tagalog)
7300 717 Indonesian (Islanders: Ascension, Celebes, Sulawesi, Molucca, Spice; Java, Sumatran, Bangka, Billiton, Brunei, Borneo, Dutch E. Indian, Portuguese Timor)
7400 719 Japanese (Issei, Nipponese, Nisei, Sansei, Yonsei)
7460 720 Ryukyu Islander
7480 721 Okinawan
7500 723 Korean (Chosen, North Korean, South Korean)
7650 725 Laotian
7660 727 Meo
7680 726 Hmong
7700 729 Malaysian (Sabah, Sakai, Sarawak, Semang, Senoi)
7740 740 Singaporean
7760 742 Thai (Siamese)
7770 743 Thai Dan (Black Thai)
7780 744 Western Lao
7820 747 Taiwanese
7850 748 Vietnamese (Annamese, North Vietnamese, South Vietnamese)
7860 750 Katu
7870 751 Ma
7880 752 Mnong
7900 749 Chom (Montagnard)
7920 753 Indo-Chinese
7930 754 Eurasian (Indo-European)
7950 755 Asian (Orienta1)
8000 800 Australian (New S. Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria)
8010 801 Tasmanian
8030 805 New Zealander
8081 837 Polynesia Islander
8082 827 Norfolk Islander
8091 853 Kapingamarangan
8092 852 Nukuoroan
8100 806 Maori
8110 813 Hawaiian
8130 814 Part-Hawaiian
8141 839 Samoan
8142 810 American Samoan
8143 841 French Samoa
8150 812 Tongan
8160 811 Tokelau Islander
8170 828 Cook Islander
8180 840 French Polynesia (Society Islander, Tahitian)
8190 856 Niuean
8201 836 Micronesia Islander
8202 823 U.S. Trust Territories of the Pacific
8210 815 Guamanian
8220 816 Chamorro Islander
8231 821 Saipan Islander
8232 822 Northern Marianas Islander
8240 842 Palauan
8250 817 Marshall Islander
8260 850 Kosraean
8271 847 Ponapean
8272 849 Mokilese
8273 851 Ngatikese
8274 848 Pingelapese
8281 857 Hall Islander
8282 846 Mortlockese
8283 858 Namanouito (Ulul)
8284 845 Pulawatese (Tamatamian)
8285 824 Truk Islander
8290 825 Yap Islander
8301 818 Caroline Islander
8302 859 Lamotrekese (Satawalese)
8303 843 Ulithian (Faisian)
8304 844 Woleaian (Ifalukese, Eauripikese)
8310 854 Gilbertese
8320 855 Nauruan
8400 835 Melanesia Islander
8410 803 Fijian
8430 808 New Guinean
8440 809 Papuan
8450 826 Solomon Islander
8460 833 New Caledonia Islander
8470 834 New Hebrides Islander
8501 830 Campbell Islander
8502 829 Christmas Islander
8503 831 Kermadec Islander
8504 819 Midway Islander
8505 832 Phoenix Islander
8506 820 Wake Islander
8600 838 Pacific Islander (Oceana)
9000 903 Afro-American (Bilalian, Black, Colored, Creole, Mulatto, Negro, Nigritian, Nonwhite)
9200 916 American Indian (American Indian Tribes)
9201 920 American Indian-English-French
9202 921 American Indian-English-German
9203 922 American Indian-English-Irish
9204 923 American Indian-German-Irish
9210 917 Aleut
9220 918 Eskimo
9240 906 White/Caucasian (Anglo, Anglo-Saxon, Appachian, Aryan, Hillbilly, Swamp Yankee, WASP, White)
9300 908 Green Islander
9310 909 Canadian (Albertan, British Columbian, Labradorean, Manitoban, New Brunswick, Ontarian, Prince Edward Islander, Saskatchewan, Yukoner)
9330 910 Newfoundland
9340 911 Nova Scotian
9350 912 French Canadian (Quebec)
9390 901 American
9400 902 United States
9940 915 North American
9950 996 Mixed (Biracial, Human Being)
9961 995 Not Classified
9980 998 All Other Entries (Catholic, Jewish, Mennonite, Muslim, Protestant and Other religious entries, plus all other Responses not on the code list)
9990 999 None, Blank, No Response

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