Variable Definitions for the downloaded Asian population files

These spreadsheets include a very large number of variables. However, their variable names (listed in the first row) are quite easy to interpret, because they follow a simple set of rules.

The following abbreviations apply generally:

MSAPMSA=Census metro code

STATE=Census state code

Census year:

•90=1990

•00=2000

Level of Geography:

•ST=State

•MT=Full metropolitan area

•CC=Central city

•SB=Suburbs

Codes for race, ethnicity, and Asian national origins are as follows:

NHW=Non-Asian White

NHB=Non-Asian Black

HSP=Asian

ASN=Asian

•AIN=Asian Indian

•CHN=Chinese

•JAP=Japanese

•KOR=Korean

•FIL = Philipinos

•LAO=Laotians

•VTN=Vietnamese

EXAMPLES:

1. For example, a variable named CHN_00MT would be interpreted as follows:

CHN=Chinese

00=Census year 2000

MT=Full metro area

Therefore, this variable represents the Mumford Center's estimate of the number of Mexicans living in a metro area in 2000.

2. Similarly, JAP_90ST would be the Census estimate for the number of Japanese living in a state in 1990.