Geography · 2024 ACS PUMS variable
POWSP
Place of work - State or foreign country recode
- Type
- Categorical
- Length
- 3
- Value codes
- 55
- Survey
- 2024 ACS 1-Year
POWSPis the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS PUMS variable for place of work - state or foreign country recode. It is a categorical field with 55 possible category codes, released in the 2024 Public Use Microdata Sample. The full list of value codes and their labels is below.
POWSP value codes
| Code | Label |
|---|---|
| bbb | N/A (not a worker-not in the labor force, including persons under 16 years; unemployed; employed, with a job not at work; Armed Forces, with a job but not at work) |
| 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 |
| 399 | Americas, Not Specified |
| 555 | Other US Island Areas, Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, At Sea or Abroad, Not Specified |
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POWSP — FAQ
What is the POWSP variable in PUMS?+
POWSP is the 2024 ACS Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) variable for "Place of work - State or foreign country recode". It is a categorical field 3 characters long.
What are the POWSP codes?+
POWSP has 55 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 POWSP variable come from?+
POWSP 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.