Codes and Frequencies
Description
GEO2_US2010 identifies the household's PUMA (Public Use Microdata Area) within United States in 2010. PUMAs are the second level administrative units of the country for census purposes, after states. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO2_US2010 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site. The GIS boundary files for GEO2_US2010 are based on the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2010 TIGER/Line files.
The full set of geography variables for United States can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level of any country refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.
More details on construction of PUMAs can be found in IPUMS USA website. The following excel file lists GEO2_US2010 and their relationship to CPUMA0010.
Universe
- All households and group quarters; not available for Puerto Rico.
Availability
- United States: 2010