County Codes

These codes come from Unicon Corporation's Appendix F. This information is relevant to the IPUMS-CPS unharmonized variable UH_CNTYFP_1 and UH_CNTYFP_2.

These are 1983 PMSA Rank Codes. The PMSA Rank is assigned based on a PMSA's population when compared compared to other PMSA’s within the parent CMSA. In 1995, no rank codes were indicated.

PMSA Rank Codes
PMSA Rank PMSA Title
01 New York, NY
02 Nassau-Suffolk, NY
03 Newark, NJ
04 Bergen-Passaic, NJ
05 Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, NJ
06 Monmouth-Ocean, NJ
07 Jersey City, NJ
00 Bridgeport-Milford CT
09 Orange County, NY
10 Stamford, CT
11 Danbury, CT
12 Norwalk, CT
01 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA
02 Anaheim-Santa Ana, CA
03 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA
04 Oxnard-Ventura, CA
01 Chicago, IL
02 Gary-Hammond, IN
03 Lake County, IL
04 Joliet, IL
05 Aurora-Elgin, IL
01 Philadelphia, PA-NJ
02 Wilmington, DE-NJ-MD (New Jersey portion not identified, Maryland portion suppressed)
03 Trenton, NJ
01 Oakland, CA
02 San Francisco, CA
03 San Jose, CA
04 Vallejo-Fairfield-Napa CA
05 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA
06 Santa Cruz, CA
01 Detroit, MI
02 Ann Arbor, MS
01 Boston, MA
02 Lawrence-Haverill, MA-NH (New Hampshire portion not identified)
03 Salem-Gloucester, MA
04 SLowell, MA-NH (New Hampshire portion not identified)
05 Brockton, MA
01 Houston, TX
02 Galveston-Texas City, TX
03 Brazoria, TX
01 Dallas, TX
02 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
01 Cleveland, OH
02 Akron, OH
03 Lorain-Elyria, OH
01 Miami-Hialeah, FL
02 Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood-Pompano Beach, FL
01 Pittsburgh, PA
02 Beaver County, PA
01 St. Louis, MO-IL (Illinois portion not identified)
01 Seattle, WA
02 Tacoma, WA
01 Denver, CO
02 Boulder-Longmont, CO
01 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN (Indiana portion not identified)
02 Hamilton-Middletown, OH
01 Milwaukee, WI
02 Racine, WI
01 Portland, OR
02 Vancouver, WA
01 Buffalo, NY
02 Niagara Falls, NY
01 Providence, RI
02 Pawtuckett-Woonsocket-Attleboro, RI-MA (Rhode Island- Central City portion only identified)
01 Hartford, CT
02 New Britain, CT

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