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Variable Descriptions

Breakdown of Categories Associated with each Variable in the Standard CTPP Data Release

Variable Labels
 
10 Character Name
Variable
Category No.
Categories
1
AGE12 Age (12)
1
Total persons
   
2
Under 16 years
   
3
16 and 17 years
   
4
18 to 20 years
   
5
21 to 24 years
   
6
25 to 34 years
   
7
35 to 44 years
   
8
45 to 54 years
   
9
55 to 61 years
   
10
62 to 64 years
   
11
65 to 74 years
   
12
75 years and over
       
2
AGE8 Age (8)
1
Total persons
   
2
Under 16 years
   
3
16 and 17 years
   
4
18 to 24 years
   
5
25 to 44 years
   
6
45 to 64 years
   
7
65 to 74 years
   
8
75 years and over
       
3
AGE4 Age (4)
1
Total persons
   
2
Under 55 years
   
3
55 to 64 years
   
4
65 years and over
       
4
HHLDR_AGE Age of Householder (9)
1
Total householders
   
2
Householder less than 18 years
   
3
Householder 18 to 24 years
   
4
Householder 25 to 34 years
   
5
Householder 35 to 44 years
   
6
Householder 45 to 54 years
   
7
Householder 55 to 64 years
   
8
Householder 65 to 74 years
   
9
Householder 75 years and over
       
5
HH_YNGEST Age Group of Youngest Child in the Household (5)
1
Total households
   
2
No children under 18
     
3
Children of age under 6
   
4
Children greater than or equal to 6 and less than or equal to age 15
   
5
Children greater than or equal to 16 and less than or equal to age 18
       
6
COW Class of Worker (8)
1
Total workers
   
2
Private for-profit wage and salary workers
   
3
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers
   
4
Local government workers
   
5
State government workers
   
6
Federal government workers
   
7
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business
   
8
Unpaid family workers
       
7
ESR Employment Status (7)
1
Total workers
   
2
In Armed Forces - At Work
   
3
In Armed Forces - Not At Work
   
4
Civilian Employed - At Work
   
5
Civilian Employed - Not At Work
   
6
Unemployed
   
7
Not in Labor Force
       
8
HHLDR_HISP Hispanic Origin of Householder (3)
1
Total households
   
2
Hispanic or Latino
   
3
Not Hispanic or Latino
       
9
HISPANIC Hispanic Origin (3)
1
Total persons
   
2
Hispanic or Latino
   
3
Not Hispanic or Latino
       
10
USUAL_HRS Hours Worked per Week in 1999 (7)
1
Total workers
   
2
Less than 15 hours
   
3
15 to 20 hours
   
4
21 to 34 hours
   
5
35 to 40 hour
   
6
41 to 55 hours
   
7
Greater than 55 hours
       
11
HH_PERGE16 Number of Persons 16 and over in Household (5)
1
Total households
   
2
1-person 16 years or over
   
3
2-persons 16 years or over
   
4
3-persons 16 years or over
   
5
4-or-more-persons 16 years or over
       
12
HH_INC26 Household Income in 1999 (26)
1
Total households
   
2
Less than $5,000
   
3
$ 5,000-$ 9,999
   
4
$10,000-$12,499
   
5
$12,500-$14,999
   
6
$15,000-$17,499
   
7
$17,500-$19,999
   
8
$20,000-$22,499
   
9
$22,500-$24,999
   
10
$25,000-$27,499
   
11
$27,500-$29,999
   
12
$30,000-$32,499
   
13
$32,500-$34,999
   
14
$35,000-$37,499
   
15
$37,500-$39,999
   
16
$40,000-$42,499
   
17
$42,500-$44,999
   
18
$45,000-$47,499
   
19
$47,500-$49,999
   
20
$50,000-$54,999
   
21
$55,000-$59,999
   
22
$60,000-$74,999
   
23
$75,000-$99,999
   
24
$100,000-$124,999
   
25
$125,000-$149,999
   
26
$150,000 or more
       
13
HH_INC11 Household Income in 1999 (11)
1
Total households
   
2
Less than $10,000
   
3
$10,000-$14,999
   
4
$15,000-$24,999
   
5
$25,000-$34,999
   
6
$35,000-$49,999
   
7
$50,000-$59,999
   
8
$60,000-$74,999
   
9
$75,000-$99,999
   
10
$100,000-$124,999
   
11
$125,000 or more
       
14
HH_INC9 Household Income in 1999 (9)
1
Total households
   
2
Leass than $10,000
   
3
$10,000-$14,999
   
4
$15,000-$24,999
   
5
$25,000-$34,999
   
6
$35,000-$59,999
   
7
$60,000-$74,999
   
8
$75,000-$99,999
   
9
$100,000 or more
       
15
HH_INC5 Household Income in 1999 (5)
1
Total households
   
2
Less than $15,000
   
3
$15,000-$34,999
   
4
$35,000-$74,999
   
5
$75,000 or more
       
16
HH_SIZE Household Size (5)
1
Total households
   
2
1-person household
   
3
2-person household
   
4
3-person household
   
5
4-or-more-person household
       
17
VEHICLES6 Vehicles available (6)
1
Total households
   
2
0-vehicles
   
3
1-vehicle
   
4
2-vehicles
   
5
3-vehicles
   
6
4-or-more-vehicles
       
18
VEHICLES5 Vehicles available (5)
1
Total households
   
2
0-vehicles
   
3
1-vehicle
   
4
2-vehicles
   
5
3-or-more-vehicles
       
19
VEHICLES4 Vehicles available (4)
1
Total households
   
2
0-vehicles
   
3
1-vehicle
   
4
2-or-more-vehicles
       
20
VEHICLES3 Vehicles available (3)
1
Total households
   
2
0-vehicles
   
3
1-or-more-vehicles
       
21
HH_WORKERS Number of workers in household (6)
1
Total households
   
2
0-workers
   
3
1-worker
   
4
2-workers
   
5
3-workers
   
6
4-or-more-workers
       
22
INDUSTRY Industry (15)
1
Total workers
   
2
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting and minings
   
3
Construction
   
4
Manufacturing
   
5
Wholesale trade
   
6
Retail trade
   
7
Transportation and warehousing and utilities
   
8
Information
   
9
Finance, insurance, real estate and rental and leasing
   
10
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services
   
11
Educational, health and social services
   
12
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services
   
13
Other services (except public administration)
   
14
Public administration
   
15
Armed forces
       
23
YRS_IN_US Length of US Residence (5)
1
Total persons or workers?
   
2
Born in the United States
   
3
Arrived in the US since 1998
   
4
Arrived in the US between 1995 and 1997
   
5
Arrived in the US before 1995
       
24
MINORITY Minority Status (3)
1
Total persons
   
2
White alone
   
3
All others
       
25
DISAB_GE16 Disability status for persons 16 years of age and over (3)
1
Total persons 16 year of age or over
   
2
Persons 16 year of age or over with any disability
   
3
Persons 16 year of age or over with no disability
       
26
DISAB_GE5 Disability status for all persons (3)
1
Total persons 5 years of age or over
   
2
With any disability
   
3
With no disability
       
27
MEANS18 Means of Transportation to work (18)
1
Total workers
   
2
Drove alone
   
3
2-person carpool
   
4
3-person carpool
   
5
4-person carpool
   
6
5-or-6-person carpool
   
7
7-or-more-person carpool
   
8
Bus or trolley bus
   
9
Streetcar or trolley car
   
10
Subway or elevated
   
11
Railroad
   
12
Ferryboat
   
13
Bicycle
   
14
Walked
   
15
Taxicab
   
16
Motorcycle
   
17
Other means
   
18
Worked at home
       
28
MEANS11 Means of Transportation to work (11)
1
Total workers
   
2
Drove alone
   
3
2-person carpool
   
4
3-person carpool
   
5
4-or-more-person carpool
   
6
Bus or trolley bus
   
7
Street car, trolley car, subway or elevated
   
8
Railroad or ferryboat
   
9
Bicycle or walked
   
10
Taxicab, motorcycle or other means
   
11
Worked at home
       
29
MEANS8 Means of Transportation to work (8)
1
Total workers
   
2
Drove alone
   
3
2-person carpool
   
4
3-or-more-person carpool
   
5
Bus or trolley bus
   
6
Streetcar, subway, railroad or ferryboat
   
7
Bicycle, walked, taxicab, motorcycle or other means
   
8
Worked at home
       
30
MEANS5 Means of Transportation to work (5)
1
Total workers
   
2
Drove alone
   
3
2-or-more-person carpool
   
4
Public transportation-excludes taxicab
   
5
All other means including taxicab and worked at home
       
31
OCCUPANCY Occupancy Status (3)
1
Total housing units
   
2
Occupied
   
3
Vacant
       
32
OCCUPATION Occupation (25)
1
Total workers
   
2
Management occuptaions
   
3
Farmers and farm managers
   
4
Business and financial operations specialists
   
5
Computer and mathematical occupations
   
6
Architecture and engineering occupations
   
7
Life, physical and social science occupations
   
8
Community and social service occupations
   
9
Legal occupations
   
10
Education, training and library occupations
   
11
Arts, design, entertainment, sports and media occupations
   
12
Healthcare practitioners and technicians occupations
   
13
Healthcare support occupations
   
14
Protective service occupations
   
15
Food preparation and serving related occupations
   
16
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations
   
17
Personal care and service occupations
   
18
Sales and related occupations
   
19
Office and administrative support occupations
   
20
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations
   
21
Construction and excavation occupations
   
22
Installation, maintenance and repairs occupations
   
23
Production occupations
   
24
Transportation and material moving occupations
   
25
Armed Forces
       
33
POVERTY Poverty status in 1999 (4)
1
Total households below poverty status
   
2
Households below poverty
   
3
Households with incomes between 100 and less than 150 percent of poverty
   
4
Households with incomes equal to or greater than 150% of poverty
       
34
RACE Race of person (5)
1
Total persons
   
2
White alone
   
3
Black or African American alone
   
4
Asian alone
   
5
All Other, i.e., 2 or more races, Native Hawaian or Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaska Native, Other race
       
35
HHLDR_RACE Race of householder (5)
1
Total householders
   
2
White alone
   
3
Black or African American alone
   
4
Asian alone
   
5
All Other, i.e., 2 or more races, Native Hawaian or Pacific Islander, American Indian or Alaska Native, Other race
       
36
HH_OR_GQ Residence Type (3)
1
Total persons
   
2
In households
   
3
In groupquarters
       
37
ENROLLMENT School Enrollment (7)
1
Total
   
2
Enrolled in nursery school, preschool or kindergarten
   
3
Enrolled in grade 1 to grade 8
   
4
Enrolled in grade 9 to grade 12
   
5
Enrolled in college, graduate and professional school
   
6
Age 3 and over and not enrolled
   
7
Age under 3
       
38
SEX Sex (3)
1
Total persons
   
2
Male
   
3
Female
       
39
PHONE Telephone Availability (3)
1
Total households
   
2
Yes
   
3
No
       
40
TENURE5 Tenure (5)
1
Total households
   
2
Owned with mortgage
   
3
Owned without mortgage
   
4
Rented
   
5
Occupied without rent
       
41
TENURE3 Tenure (3)
1
Total households
   
2
Owned
   
3
Rented or occupied without rent
       
42
TM_ARRVE39 Time Arriving at Work (39)
1
Total workers
   
2
5:00 a m to 5:14 a m
   
3
5:15 a m to 5:29 a m
   
4
5:30 a m to 5:44 a m
   
5
5:45 a m to 5:59 a m
   
6
6:00 a m to 6:14 a m
   
7
6:15 a m to 6:29 a m
   
8
6:30 a m to 6:44 a m
   
9
6:45 a m to 6:59 a m
   
10
7:00 a m to 7:14 a m
   
11
7:15 a m to 7:29 a m
   
12
7:30 a m to 7:44 a m
   
13
7:45 a m to 7:59 a m
   
14
8:00 a m to 8:14 a m
   
15
8:15 a m to 8:29 a m
   
16
8:30 a m to 8:44 a m
   
17
8:45 a m to 8:59 a m
   
18
9:00 a m to 9:14 a m
   
19
9:15 a m to 9:29 a m
   
20
9:30 a m to 9:44 a m
   
21
9:45 a m to 9:59 a m
   
22
10:00 a m to 10:14 a m
   
23
10:15 a m to 10:29 a m
   
24
10:30 a m to 10:44 a m
   
25
10:45 a m to 10:59 a m
   
26
11:00 a m to 11:59 a m
   
27
12:00 p m to 12:59 a m
   
28
1:00 p m to 1:59 p m
   
29
2:00 p m to 2:59 p m
   
30
3:00 p m to 3:59 p m
   
31
4:00 p m to 4:59 p m
   
32
5:00 p m to 5:59 p m
   
33
6:00 p m to 6:59 p m
   
34
7:00 p m to 7:59 p m
   
35
8:00 p m to 8:59 p m
   
36
9:00 p m to 9:59 p m
   
37
10:00 p m to 10:59p m
   
38
11:00 p m to 11:59p m
   
39
12:00 a m to 4:59 a m
       
43
TM_ARRVE13 Time Arriving at Work (13)
1
Total workers
   
2
5:00 a m to 6:29 a m
   
3
6:30 a m to 7:29 a m
   
4
7:30 a m to 8:29 a m
   
5
8:30 a m to 9:29 a m
   
6
9:30 a m to 9:59 a m
   
7
10:00 a m to 2:59 p m
   
8
3:00 p m to 3:59 p m
   
9
4:00 p m to 4:59 p m
   
10
5:00 p m to 5:59 p m
   
11
6:00 p m to 6:59 p m
   
12
7:00 p m to 11:59 p m
   
13
12:00 a m to 4:59 a m
       
44
TM_LEAVE39 Time leaving home to go to work (39)
1
Total workers
   
2
5:00 a m to 5:14 a m
   
3
5:15 a m to 5:29 a m
   
4
5:30 a m to 5:44 a m
   
5
5:45 a m to 5:59 a m
   
6
6:00 a m to 6:14 a m
   
7
6:15 a m to 6:29 a m
   
8
6:30 a m to 6:44 a m
   
9
6:45 a m to 6:59 a m
   
10
7:00 a m to 7:14 a m
   
11
7:15 a m to 7:29 a m
   
12
7:30 a m to 7:44 a m
   
13
7:45 a m to 7:59 a m
   
14
8:00 a m to 8:14 a m
   
15
8:15 a m to 8:29 a m
   
16
8:30 a m to 8:44 a m
   
17
8:45 a m to 8:59 a m
   
18
9:00 a m to 9:14 a m
   
19
9:15 a m to 9:29 a m
   
20
9:30 a m to 9:44 a m
   
21
9:45 a m to 9:59 a m
   
22
10:00 a m to 10:14 a m
   
23
10:15 a m to 10:29 a m
   
24
10:30 a m to 10:44 a m
   
25
10:45 a m to 10:59 a m
   
26
11:00 a m to 11:59 a m
   
27
12:00 p m to 12:59 p m
   
28
1:00 p m to 1:59 p m
   
29
2:00 p m to 2:59 p m
   
30
3:00 p m to 3:59 p m
   
31
4:00 p m to 4:59 p m
   
32
5:00 p m to 5:59 p m
   
33
6:00 p m to 6:59 p m
   
34
7:00 p m to 7:59 p m
   
35
8:00 p m to 8:59 p m
   
36
9:00 p m to 9:59 p m
   
37
10:00 p m to 10:59p m
   
38
11:00 p m to 11:59p m
   
39
12:00 a m to 4:59 a m
       
45
TM_LEAVE13 Time leaving home to go to work (13)
1
Total workers
   
2
5:00 a m to 6:29 a m
   
3
6:30 a m to 7:29 a m
   
4
7:30 a m to 8:29 a m
   
5
8:30 a m to 9:29 a m
   
6
9:30 a m to 9:59 a m
   
7
10:00 a m to 2:59 p m
   
8
3:00 p m to 3:59 p m
   
9
4:00 p m to 4:59 p m
   
10
5:00 p m to 5:59 p m
   
11
6:00 p m to 6:59 p m
   
12
7:00 p m to 11:59 p m
   
13
12:00 a m to 4:59 a m
       
46
TM_LEAVE3 Time leaving home to go to work (3)
1
Total workers
   
2
5:00 a m to 8:59 a m
   
3
9:00 a m to 4:59 a m
       
47
TRAVEL_TM Travel Time to Work (16)
1
Total workers
   
2
Less than 5 mins
   
3
5 to 9 minutes
   
4
10 to 14 minutes
   
5
15 to 19 minutes
   
6
20 to 24 minutes
   
7
25 to 29 minutes
   
8
30 to 34 minutes
   
9
35 to 39 minutes
   
10
40 to 44 minutes
   
11
45 to 49 minutes
   
12
50 to 54 minutes
   
13
55 to 59 minutes
   
14
60 to 74 minutes
   
15
75 to 89 minutes
   
16
90 or more minutes
       
48
STRUCTURE Units in Structure (7)
1
Total housing units
   
2
One unit detached
   
3
One unit attached
   
4
2 to 4 units
   
5
5 or more units
   
6
Mobile home or trailer
   
7
Other
       
49
VACANCY Vacancy Status (6)
1
Total housing units
   
2
For rent
   
3
For sale only
   
4
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use
   
5
All other vacant
   
6
Occupied
       
50
EARNINGS Worker Earnings in 1999 (12)
1
Total workers
   
2
Less than $5,000
   
3
$5,000 to $9,999
   
4
$10,000 to $14,999
   
5
$15,000 to $19,999
   
6
$20,000 to $24,999
   
7
$25,000 to $29,999
   
8
$30,000 to $34,999
   
9
$35,000 to $49,999
   
10
$50,000 to $74,999
   
11
$75,000 or more
   
12
No earnings

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