SAS dataset for Washington

The Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) file for Washington State Census 2000 data contain individual records of the characteristics for a 5 percent sample of people and housing units. The PUMS data are available for geographic units known as super-Public Use Microdata Areas (super-PUMAs) and Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs). Each super-PUMA contains a minimum population of 400,000 and each PUMA contains a minimum population threshold of 100,000.

The Census 2000 5 Percent PUMS data file will unzip three files:

• waprecs5.sas7bdat - person records
• wahrecs5.sas7bdat - household records
• wa5.sas7bvew - a view file for combining the person and the household records

A list of variables contained in the PUMS files is available.

Please refer to the following Excel files for code lists.

• Ancestry
• Language
• Migration
• Occupation
• Place of birth
• Place of work

Migration and place of work PUMA relationships

• Relationship between PUMAs of migration and PUMAs
• Relationship between PUMAs of place of work and PUMAs

Control counts

• Population and housing weighted and unweighted counts