Occupation Coding Guidelines

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This links below lead to supplemental discussions of how occupations were coded in the different IPUMS samples. No similar pages have been created for the 1920 and 1930 samples.

• Occupation Coding in 1850
• Occupation Coding in 1860 and 1870
• Occupation Coding in 1880
• Occupation Coding in 1900
• Occupation Coding in 1910
• Occupation Coding in 1940
• Occupation Coding in 1950
• Occupation Coding in 1960
• Occupation Coding in 1970
• Occupation Coding in 1980
• Occupation Coding in 1990
• Occupation Coding in 2000
• Occupation Coding in the 2000-2002 ACS
• Occupation Coding in the 2003-2006 ACS

Occupational Coding for years 2007 to present can be found on the Census webpage under Subject Definitions.