Geography · 2024 ACS PUMS variable

MIGSP

Migration recode - State or foreign country code

Type
Categorical
Length
3
Value codes
98
Survey
2024 ACS 1-Year

MIGSPis the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS PUMS variable for migration recode - state or foreign country code. It is a categorical field with 98 possible category codes, released in the 2024 Public Use Microdata Sample. The full list of value codes and their labels is below.

MIGSP value codes

CodeLabel
bbbN/A (person less than 1 year old/lived in same house 1 year ago)
001Alabama/AL
002Alaska/AK
004Arizona/AZ
005Arkansas/AR
006California/CA
008Colorado/CO
009Connecticut/CT
010Delaware/DE
011District of Columbia/DC
012Florida/FL
013Georgia/GA
015Hawaii/HI
016Idaho/ID
017Illinois/IL
018Indiana/IN
019Iowa/IA
020Kansas/KS
021Kentucky/KY
022Louisiana/LA
023Maine/ME
024Maryland/MD
025Massachusetts/MA
026Michigan/MI
027Minnesota/MN
028Mississippi/MS
029Missouri/MO
030Montana/MT
031Nebraska/NE
032Nevada/NV
033New Hampshire/NH
034New Jersey/NJ
035New Mexico/NM
036New York/NY
037North Carolina/NC
038North Dakota/ND
039Ohio/OH
040Oklahoma/OK
041Oregon/OR
042Pennsylvania/PA
044Rhode Island/RI
045South Carolina/SC
046South Dakota/SD
047Tennessee/TN
048Texas/TX
049Utah/UT
050Vermont/VT
051Virginia/VA
053Washington/WA
054West Virginia/WV
055Wisconsin/WI
056Wyoming/WY
072Puerto Rico
109France
110Germany
111Northern Europe, Not Specified
113Eastern Europe, Not Specified
114Western Europe or Other Europe, Not Specified
120Italy
134Spain
138United Kingdom, Excluding England
139England
163Russia
164Ukraine
200Afghanistan
207China, Hong Kong, Macau and Paracel Islands
210India
215Japan
217Korea
233Philippines
240Taiwan
243Turkey
247Vietnam
251Eastern Asia, Not Specified
252Western Asia, Not Specified
253South Central Asia or Asia, Not Specified
301Canada
303Mexico
312El Salvador
313Guatemala
314Honduras
317Central America, Not Specified
327Cuba
329Dominican Republic
332Haiti
333Jamaica
344Caribbean and North America, Not Specified
362Brazil
364Colombia
365Ecuador
370Peru
373Venezuela
374South America, Not Specified
440Nigeria
467Western Africa, Not Specified
468Northern Africa or Other Africa, Not Specified
469Eastern Africa, Not Specified
555Other US Island Areas, Oceania, Not Specified, or At Sea

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MIGSP — FAQ

What is the MIGSP variable in PUMS?+

MIGSP is the 2024 ACS Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) variable for "Migration recode - State or foreign country code". It is a categorical field 3 characters long.

What are the MIGSP codes?+

MIGSP has 98 value codes in the 2024 dictionary, each mapping a numeric code to a category label — all of them are listed on this page.

Where does the MIGSP variable come from?+

MIGSP is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau in the 2024 ACS PUMS data dictionary. PUMSdata is an independent product that makes this microdata easy to explore, and is not affiliated with the Census Bureau.

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