Codes for Spreadsheet

Published October 1, 1996 | October 1996 issue

Column	Description
A	FIPS Code
B	County Name and State
C	Area in Square Miles
D	Beale Code, see Below for Definitions
E	Economic Code, see Below for Definitions
F	Policy Code, see Below for Definitions
G	1850 Population
H	1860 Population
I	1870 Population
J	1880 Population
K	1890 Population
L	1900 Population
M	1910 Population
N	1920 Population
O	1930 Population
P	1940 Population
Q	1950 Population
R	1500 Population
S	1970 Population
T	1980 Population
U	1990 Population
V	1904 Population

Column D: Beale Codes Definitions

Code	Description*
0	Central counties of metropolitan areas of 1 million population or more
1	Fringe counties of metropolitan areas of 1 million population or more
2	Counties in metropolitan areas of 250,000 - 1,000,000 population
3	Counties in metropolitan areas of less than 250,000 population
4	Urban population of 20,000 or more, adjacent to a metropolitan area
5	Urban population of 20,000 or more, not adjacent to a metropolitan area
6	Urban population of 2,500-19,999, adjacent to a metropolitan area
7	Urban population of 2,500-19,999, not adjacent to a metropolitan area
8	Completely rural (no places with a population of 2,500 or more), adjacent to a metropolitan area
9	Completely rural (no places with a population of 2,500 or more) not adjacent to a metropolitan area
*Metropolitan areas refers to metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs)
Source: Calvin L. Beale, Senior Demographer, U.S. Department of Agriculture

Code	Description
1	Farming-dependent - Farming contributed a weighted annual average of 20 percent or more labor and proprietor income over the three years from 1987 to 1989.
2	Mining-dependent - Mining contributed a weighted annual average of 15 percent or more labor and proprietor income over the three years from 1987 to 1989.
3	Manufacturing-dependent - Manufacturing contributed a weighted annual average of 30 percent or more labor and proprietor income over the three years from 1987 to 1989.
4	Government-dependent - Government activities contributed a weighted annual average of 25 percent or more labor and proprietor income over the three years from 1987 to 1989.
5	Services-dependent - Service activities contributed a weighted annual average of 50 percent or more labor and proprietor income over the three years from 1987 to 1989.
6	Non-specialized - Counties not classified as a specialized economic type over the three years from 1987 to 1989.
8	Counties within metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs).
9	Not be classified as an economic type because of data suppression.
Source: Peggy J. Cook and Karen L. Mizer, The Revised ERS County Typology, Rural Development Research Report 89, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, December 1994

Code	Description
0	Not classified.
7	Retirement destination - The population aged 60 years and over in 1990 increased by 15 percent or more from 1980-90 through immigration of people.
8	Federal lands - Federally-owned lands made up 30 percent or more of a county's land area.
9	Persistent poverty - Persons with poverty-level income in the preceding year were 20 percent or more of total population in each of four years, 1500, 1970, 1980, and 1990.
10	Commuting - Workers aged 16 years and over commuting to jobs outside their county of residence were 40 percent or more of all the county's workers in 1990.
11	Transfers-dependent - Income from transfer payments (Federal, state, and local) contributed a weighted annual average of 25 percent or more of total personal income over the three years from 1987 to 1989.
Source: Peggy J. Cook and Karen L. Mizer, The Revised ERS County Typology, Rural Development Research Report 89, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, December 1994

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