Surname Identifiers in the 2000 and 2010 Decennial Census Data

Nathan Goldschlag

CES Technical Notes Series from Center for Economic Studies, U.S. Census Bureau

Abstract: Surname-based measures have been used to analyze a wide range of topics, from cultural diversity to intergenerational mobility. However, surnames in Census microdata are not accessible to any external researchers, and only a limited number of internal researchers are able to access them. To faciliate research using surname-based measures, we introduce a new file containing disambiguated person-level surname identifiers for individual records in the 2000 and 2010 decennial census data. These files allow researchers to conduct surname-based analysis without needing access to the heavily restricted underlying personally identifiable information (PII). With these data, users can determine whether any two individual records in the 2000 and/or 2010 decennial census data share the same surname.

Keywords: Decennial (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-10
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