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Subject Guide for Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS)
See also: Census Publications
Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) provide records for a sample of housing units with information on the characteristics of each unit and each person in it. These microdata files from the census preserve the confidentiality of the households and persons, but enable users with special requirements to create custom tables not found in standard census files. PUMS are available in 5% and 1% samples only. This specialized data requires statistical software in order to use it.
In the Library | Web Resources
This material is available in the Media Center (Lower Level, Library Addition) unless otherwise noted. Note: CDs are available for checkout to users with a valid SDSU ID. They are not installed in the library.
1990 PUMS
1990 Technical Documentation C 3.223: M 58/990 (Gov Pubs / US)
Note: Library copy does not include Appendix G: Maps
1990 5% CD-ROMs
1: Alabama - California C 3.285:CD 90-PUMSA 1-R
2: Colorado - Idaho C 3.285:CD 90-PUMSA 2-R
3: Illinois - Maryland C 3.285:CD 90-PUMSA 3-R
4: Massachusetts - New Hampshire C 3.285:CD 90-PUMSA 4-R
5: New Jersey - North Dakota C 3.285:CD 90-PUMSA 5-R
6: Ohio - Tennessee C 3.285:CD 90-PUMSA 6-R
7: Texas - Wyoming C 3.285:CD 90-PUMSA 7-R
1990 1% CD-ROMs
1: Alabama - Montana C 3.285:CD 90-PUMS B 1/995
2: Nebraska - Wyoming C 3.285:CD 90-PUMS B 2/995
2000 PUMS
PUMS data from Census 2000 is scheduled to be released 2002-2003. For more information about this data and its release schedule, please see The U.S. Census Bureau's Plans for the Census 2000 Public Use Microdata Sample Files.
CD-ROM Technical
Documentation Committee on Institutional Cooperation, Government Documents
Task Force Includes the Data Dictionary and most appendices.
geostat University of Virginia
Includes access to PUMS data through a number of utilities
IPUMS Minnesota Population Center, University of Minnesota.
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series are available through IPUMS-USA and IPUMS-International. IPUMS-USA "consists of twenty-five high-precision samples of the American population drawn from thirteen federal censuses." Includes online 1990 PUMA Boundary Maps and other documentation.
Public Use Microdata Samples CIESIN
Offers a description of PUMS data as well as information about access to PUMS data and related documentation from CIESIN.
Public-Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) U.S. Census Bureau
Describes 1980, 1990, and American Community Survey PUMS data and how to purchase it. Also provides links to purchasing information for 1940 - 1970 PUMS data.
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