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2005 PUMS Ancestry Code List

PUMS Code Ancestry Description Ancestry Code Corresponding Detailed Ancestry Code
001 Alsatian 1 Alsatian
003 Austrian 3 Austrian
4 Tirol
005 Basque 5 Basque
6 French Basque
7 Spanish Basque
008 Belgian 8 Belgian
10 Walloon
009 Flemish 9 Flemish
011 British 11 British
13 Channel Islander
14 Gibraltar
012 British Isles 12 British Isles
020 Danish 20 Danish
23 Faeroe Islander
021 Dutch 21 Dutch
29 Frisian
022 English 15 Cornish
22 English
024 Finnish 24 Finnish
25 Karelian
026 French 16 Corsican
26 French
27 Lorraine
28 Breton
83 Occitan
032 German 32 German
33 Bavaria
34 Berlin
35 Hamburg
36 Hannover
37 Hessian
38 Lubecker
39 Pomeranian
41 Saxon
42 Sudetenlander
43 Westphalian
44 East German
45 West German
040 Prussian 40 Prussian
046 Greek 46 Greek
47 Cretan
48 Cyclades
049 Icelander 49 Icelander
050 Irish 50 Irish
81 North Irish
051 Italian 30 Friulian
31 Ladin
51 Italian
52 Trieste
53 Abruzzi
54 Apulian
55 Basilicata
56 Calabrian
57 Amalfin
58 Emilia Romagna
59 Rome
60 Ligurian
61 Lombardian
62 Marche
63 Molise
64 Neapolitan
65 Piedmontese
66 Puglia
67 Sardinian
69 Tuscany
70 Trentino
71 Umbrian
72 Valle Daost
73 Venetian
74 San Marino
068 Sicilian 68 Sicilian
077 Luxemburger 77 Luxemburger
078 Maltese 78 Maltese
082 Norwegian 82 Norwegian
084 Portuguese 84 Portuguese
85 Azores Islander
86 Madeira Islander
087 Scotch Irish 87 Scotch Irish
088 Scottish 88 Scottish
089 Swedish 89 Swedish
90 Aland Islander
091 Swiss 91 Swiss
92 Suisse
93 Switzer
95 Romansch
96 Suisse Romane
097 Welsh 97 Welsh
098 Scandinavian 98 Scandinavian
099 Celtic 99 Celtic
100 Albanian 100 Albanian
102 Belorussian 102 Belorussian
103 Bulgarian 103 Bulgarian
109 Croatian 109 Croatian
111 Czech 111 Czech
113 Moravian
112 Bohemian 112 Bohemian
114 Czechoslovakian 114 Czechoslovakian
115 Estonian 115 Estonian
116 Livonian
122 German Russian 122 German from Russia
123 Volga
124 Rom 124 Rom
125 Hungarian 125 Hungarian
126 Magyar
128 Latvian 128 Latvian
129 Lithuanian 129 Lithuanian
130 Macedonian 130 Macedonian
131 Montenegrin
142 Polish 142 Polish
143 Kashubian
144 Romanian 144 Romanian
145 Bessarabian
146 Moldavian
147 Wallachian
148 Russian 148 Russian
150 Muscovite
152 Serbian 152 Serbian
153 Slovak 153 Slovak
154 Slovene 154 Slovene
155 Sorbian/Wend
170 Georgia CIS 170 Georgia CIS
171 Ukrainian 171 Ukrainian
172 Lemko
173 Bioko
174 Husel
176 Yugoslavian 176 Yugoslavian
177 Herzegovinian 177 Herzegovinian
178 Slavic 178 Slavic
180 Tajik
179 Slavonian 179 Slavonian
183 Northern European 183 Northern European
187 Western European 187 Western European
190 Eastern European 190 Eastern European
104 Carpatho Rusyn
105 Carpathian
106 Rusyn
195 European 195 European
181 Central European
185 Southern European
200 Spaniard 200 Spaniard
201 Andalusian
202 Asturian
203 Castillian
204 Catalonian
205 Balearic Islander
206 Gallego
207 Valencian
208 Canary Islander
210 Mexican 210 Mexican
214 LaRaza
211 Mexican American 211 Mexican American
212 Mexicano 212 Mexicano
213 Chicano 213 Chicano
215 Mexican American Indian 215 Mexican American Indian
218 Mexican State 218 Mexican State
221 Costa Rican 221 Costa Rican
222 Guatemalan 222 Guatemalan
223 Honduran 223 Honduran
224 Nicaraguan 224 Nicaraguan
225 Panamanian 225 Panamanian
229 Canal Zone
226 Salvadoran 226 Salvadoran
227 Central American 227 Central American
231 Argentinean 231 Argentinean
232 Bolivian 232 Bolivian
233 Chilean 233 Chilean
234 Colombian 234 Colombian
235 Ecuadorian 235 Ecuadorian
236 Paraguayan 236 Paraguayan
237 Peruvian 237 Peruvian
238 Uruguayan 238 Uruguayan
239 Venezuelan 239 Venezuelan
249 South American 249 South American
250 Latin American 250 Latin American
251 Latin 251 Latin
252 Latino 252 Latino
261 Puerto Rican 261 Puerto Rican
271 Cuban 271 Cuban
275 Dominican 275 Dominican
290 Hispanic 290 Hispanic
248 Criollo
292 Californio
293 Tejano
294 Nuevo Mexicano
291 Spanish 291 Spanish
295 Spanish American 295 Spanish American
300 Bahamian 300 Bahamian
301 Barbadian 301 Barbadian
302 Belizean 302 Belizean
308 Jamaican 308 Jamaican
310 Dutch West Indian 310 Dutch West Indies
311 Aruba Islander
312 St Maarten Islander
314 Trinidadian Tobagonian 314 Trinidadian Tobagonian
315 Trinidadian
316 Tobagonian
322 British West Indian 321 British Virgin Islander
322 British West Indies
323 Turks and Caicos Islander
324 Anguilla Islander
326 Montserrat Islander
327 Kitts/Nevis Islander
328 Dominica Islander
325 Antigua and Barbuda 325 Antigua and Barbuda
329 Grenadian 329 Grenadian
330 Vincent-Grenadine Islander 330 Vincent-Grenadine Islander
331 St Lucia Islander 331 St Lucia Islander
335 West Indian 335 West Indian
336 Haitian 336 Haitian
359 Other West Indian 303 Bermudan
304 Cayman Islander
317 U S Virgin Islander
318 St Croix Islander
319 St John Islander
320 St Thomas Islander
332 French West Indies
333 Guadeloupe Islander
334 Cayenne
360 Brazilian 360 Brazilian
370 Guyanese 370 Guyanese
400 Algerian 400 Algerian
402 Egyptian 402 Egyptian
406 Moroccan 406 Moroccan
407 Ifni
416 Iranian 416 Iranian
417 Iraqi 417 Iraqi
419 Israeli 419 Israeli
421 Jordanian 421 Jordanian
422 Transjordan
425 Lebanese 425 Lebanese
429 Syrian 429 Syrian
431 Armenian 431 Armenian
434 Turkish 434 Turkish
435 Yemeni 435 Yemeni
442 Kurdish 442 Kurdish
465 Palestinian 465 Palestinian
466 Gaza Strip
467 West Bank
483 Assyrian 483 Assyrian
484 Chaldean 484 Chaldean
490 Mideast 490 Mideast
495 Arab 495 Arab
496 Arabic 496 Arabic
499 Other Arab 404 Libyan
408 Tunisian
411 North African
412 Alhucemas
413 Berber
414 Rio De Oro
415 Bahraini
423 Kuwaiti
427 Saudi Arabian
436 Omani
437 Muscat
438 Trucial States
439 Qatar
441 Bedouin
444 Kuria Muria Islander
470 South Yemen
471 Aden
480 United Arab Emirates
485 Syriac
508 Cameroon 508 Cameroon
510 Cape Verdean 510 Cape Verdean
522 Ethiopian 522 Ethiopian
523 Eritrean 523 Eritrean
529 Ghanian 529 Ghanian
534 Kenyan 534 Kenyan
541 Liberian 541 Liberian
553 Nigerian 553 Nigerian
554 Fulani
555 Hausa
556 Ibo
557 Tiv
558 Voruba
564 Senegalese 564 Senegalese
566 Sierra Leonean 566 Sierra Leonean
568 Somalian 568 Somalian
570 South African 570 South African
571 Union of South Africa
572 Afrikaner
573 Natalian
576 Sudanese 576 Sudanese
577 Dinka
578 Nuer
579 Fur
580 Baggara
587 Other Subsaharan African 500 Angolan
502 Benin
504 Botswana
506 Burundian
512 Central African Republic
513 Chadian
515 Congolese
516 Congo Brazzaville
519 Djibouti
520 Equatorial Guinea
521 Corsico Islander
525 Gabonese
527 Gambian
530 Guinean
531 Guinea Bissau
532 Ivory Coast
538 Lesotho
543 Madagascan
545 Malawian
546 Malian
547 Mauritanian
549 Mozambican
550 Namibian
551 Niger
561 Rwandan
569 Swaziland
574 Zulu
582 Tanzanian
583 Tanganyikan
584 Zanzibar Islander
586 Togo
588 Ugandan
589 Upper Voltan
590 Volta
591 Zairian
592 Zambian
593 Zimbabwean
594 African Islands
595 Mauritian
596 Central African
597 Eastern African
598 Western African 598 Western African
599 African 599 African
600 Afghan 600 Afghan
601 Baluchistan
602 Pathan
603 Bangladeshi 603 Bangladeshi
609 Nepali 609 Nepali
615 Asian Indian 615 Asian Indian
616 Kashmir
622 Andaman Islander
624 Andhra Pradesh
626 Assamese
628 Goanese
630 Gujarati
632 Karnatakan
634 Keralan
636 Madhya Pradesh
638 Maharashtran
640 Madras
642 Mysore
644 Nagaland
646 Orissa
648 Pondicherry
652 Rajasthan
654 Sikkim
656 Tamil Nadu
658 Uttar Pradesh
675 East Indies
618 Bengali 618 Bengali
620 East Indian 620 East Indian
650 Punjab 650 Punjab
680 Pakistani 680 Pakistani
690 Sri Lankan 690 Sri Lankan
691 Singhalese
692 Veddah
700 Burmese 700 Burmese
702 Shan
703 Cambodian 703 Cambodian
704 Khmer
706 Chinese 706 Chinese
708 Manchurian
709 Mandarin
707 Cantonese 707 Cantonese
712 Mongolian 712 Mongolian
720 Filipino 720 Filipino
730 Indonesian 730 Indonesian
732 Borneo
734 Java
736 Sumatra
740 Japanese 740 Japanese
741 Issei
742 Nisei
743 Sansei
744 Vonsei
745 Gonsei
748 Okinawan 748 Okinawan
750 Korean 750 Korean
765 Laotian 765 Laotian
766 Meo
768 Hmong 768 Hmong
770 Malaysian 770 Malaysian
776 Thai 776 Thai
777 Black Thai
778 Western Lao
782 Taiwanese 782 Taiwanese
785 Vietnamese 785 Vietnamese
786 Katu
787 Ma
788 Mnong
793 Eurasian 793 Eurasian
794 Amerasian 794 Amerasian
795 Asian 795 Asian
799 Other Asian 607 Bhutanese
695 Maldivian
714 Tibetan
716 Hong Kong
718 Macao
746 Ryukyu Islander
771 North Borneo
774 Singaporean
783 Formosan
790 Montagnard
792 Indo Chinese
800 Australian 800 Australian
801 Tasmanian
802 Australian Aborigine
803 New Zealander 803 New Zealander
808 Polynesian 808 Polynesian
809 Kapingamarangan
810 Maori
811 Hawaiian 811 Hawaiian
813 Part Hawaiian
814 Samoan 814 Samoan
815 Tongan 815 Tongan
820 Micronesian 820 Micronesian
821 Guamanian 821 Guamanian
822 Chamorro Islander 822 Chamorro Islander
841 Fijian 841 Fijian
850 Pacific Islander 850 Pacific Islander
860 Pacific
862 Chamolinian
899 Other Pacific 816 Tokelauan
817 Cook Islander
818 Tahitian
819 Niuean
823 Saipanese
824 Palauan
825 Marshallese
826 Kosraean
827 Ponapean
828 Trukese (Chuukese)
829 Yapese
830 Carolinian
831 Kiribatese
832 Nauruan
833 Tarawa Islander
834 Tinian Islander
840 Melanesian
843 New Guinean
844 Papuan
845 Solomon Islander
846 New Caledonian
847 Vanuatuan
900 Afro American 900 African American
905 Nonwhite
906 Colored
908 Mulatto
901 Afro 901 Afro
902 African American 902 African American
903 Black 903 Black
904 Negro 904 Negro
907 Creole 907 Creole
913 Central American Indian 913 Central American Indian
914 South American Indian 914 South American Indian
917 Native American 917 Native American
918 Indian 918 Indian
919 Cherokee 919 Cherokee
920 American Indian 920 American Indian
921 Aleut 921 Aleut
922 Eskimo 922 Eskimo
924 White 924 White
925 Anglo 925 Anglo
927 Appalachian 927 Appalachian
929 Pennsylvania German 929 Pennsylvania German
931 Canadian 931 Canadian
933 Newfoundland
934 Nova Scotia
935 French Canadian 935 French Canadian
936 Acadian 936 Acadian
937 Cajun 937 Cajun
939 American or United States 939 American
940 United States
941 Alabama
942 Alaska
943 Arizona
944 Arkansas
945 California
946 Colorado
947 Connecticut
948 District of Columbia
949 Delaware
950 Florida
951 Idaho
952 Illinois
953 Indiana
954 Iowa
955 Kansas
956 Kentucky
957 Louisiana
958 Maine
959 Maryland
960 Massachusetts
961 Michigan
962 Minnesota
963 Mississippi
964 Missouri
965 Montana
966 Nebraska
967 Nevada
968 New Hampshire
969 New Jersey
970 New Mexico
971 New York
972 North Carolina
973 North Dakota
974 Ohio
976 Oklahoma
977 Oregon
978 Pennsylvania
979 Rhode Island
980 South Carolina
981 South Dakota
982 Tennessee
984 Utah
985 Vermont
986 Virginia
987 Washington
988 West Virginia
989 Wisconsin
990 Wyoming
991 Georgia
993 Southerner
983 Texas 983 Texas
994 North American 994 North American
995 Unclassified 995 Mixture
996 Uncodable Entries 996 Uncodable Entries
997 Other Groups 2 Andorran
17 Cypriot
18 Greek Cypriote
19 Turkish Cypriote
75 Lapp
76 Liechtensteiner
79 Manx
80 Monegasque
101 Azerbaijani
107 Ruthenian
108 Cossack
117 Finno Ugrian
118 Mordovian
119 Voytak
120 Gruziia
127 Kalmyk
132 North Caucasian
133 North Caucasian Turkic
140 Ossetian
156 Soviet Turkic
157 Bashkir
158 Chuvash
159 Gagauz
160 Mesknetian
161 Tuvinian
163 Yakut
164 Soviet Union
165 Tatar
167 Soviet Central Asia
168 Turkestani
169 Uzbeg
175 Windish
191 Bukovina
193 Silesian
196 Galician
365 San Andres
375 Providencia
380 Surinam
923 Inuit
928 Aryan
930 Greenlander
998 Other Responses 998 Other Responses
999 Not Reported 999 Not Reported

 

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