| File Format |
Fixed length ASCII text records (28 bytes)
One population per record/line
Windows (CR/LF) line delimeters
All numeric data is zero filled to the left |
| Variable Name and Values |
Start Column |
Length |
Data Type |
Year
(1973, 1974, 1975...) |
1
|
4
|
numeric |
| State postal abbreviation |
5
|
2
|
character |
| State FIPS code |
7
|
2
|
numeric |
| County FIPS code |
9
|
3
|
numeric |
- Registry
- 01 = San Francisco-Oakland SMSA
- 02 = Connecticut
- 20 = Detroit (Metropolitan)
- 21 = Hawaii
- 22 = Iowa
- 23 = New Mexico
- 25 = Seattle (Puget Sound)
- 26 = Utah
- 27 = Atlanta (Metropolitan)
- 29 = Alaska Natives
- 31 = San Jose-Monterey
- 35 = Los Angeles
- 37 = Rural Georgia
- 41 = California excluding SF/SJM/LA
- 42 = Kentucky
- 43 = Louisiana
- 44 = New Jersey
|
12
|
2
|
numeric |
- Race*
1973+ data:
- 1 = White
- 2 = Black
- 3 = Other
- 1992+ and 2000+ data:
- 1 = White
- 2 = Black
- 3 = American Indian/Alaska Native
- 4 = Asian or Pacific Islander
|
14
|
1
|
numeric |
- Origin
Applicable to 1992+ data:
-
- 0 = Non-Hispanic
- 1 = Hispanic
- 9 = Not applicable in 1973+ W,B,O file
|
15
|
1
|
numeric |
- Sex
- 1 = Male
- 2 = Female
|
16
|
1
|
numeric |
- Age
19 Age group data:
- 00 = 0 years
- 01 = 1-4 years
- 02 = 5-9 years
- 03 = 10-14 years
- 04 = 15-19 years
- …
- 17 = 80-84 years
- 18 = 85+ years
- Single age data:
- 00 = 0 years
- 01 = 1 years
- 02 = 2 years
- …
- 84 = 84 years
- 85 = 85+ years
|
17
|
2
|
numeric |
| Population |
19
|
10.1
|
numeric (e.g. 12345678.9) |
