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