Expanded norc size code

xnorcsiz

Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question None

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	a large central city (over 250,000)	a medium size central city (50,000 to 250,000)	a suburb of a large central city	a suburb of a medium size central city	a town or village (2,500 to 9,999)	an incorporated area less than 2,500 or an unincorporated area of 1,000 to 2,499	an unincorporated area of a large central city (division, township, etc.)	an unincorporated area of a medium central city	not within an smsa, (within a county) and a small city (10,000 to 49,999)	open country within larger civil divisions (division, township, etc.)	Total
1972	427	195	259	62	103	50	94	79	101	243	1613
1973	339	140	259	80	115	55	98	129	105	184	1504
1974	323	139	252	82	115	55	95	126	106	191	1484
1975	316	149	261	74	82	52	69	128	94	265	1490
1976	259	183	256	73	103	61	137	99	80	248	1499
1977	267	160	225	135	99	72	140	86	99	247	1530
1978	272	133	251	108	88	45	135	118	110	272	1532
1980	298	143	220	94	69	74	118	110	81	261	1468
1982	441	201	234	90	80	50	191	143	98	332	1860
1983	243	145	318	111	84	67	126	202	123	180	1599
1984	279	159	311	96	60	118	75	142	100	133	1473
1985	216	148	359	149	67	57	75	156	105	202	1534
1986	248	141	357	127	73	66	78	127	97	156	1470
1987	403	198	351	144	64	144	89	176	110	140	1819
1988	218	185	360	114	61	71	72	171	90	139	1481
1989	236	186	331	193	121	80	49	102	116	123	1537
1990	206	132	290	186	81	107	67	108	117	78	1372
1991	238	172	317	167	115	117	52	158	121	60	1517
1993	265	190	366	194	101	117	72	106	131	64	1606
1994	534	493	641	491	150	225	77	88	216	77	2992
1996	506	502	582	469	186	239	102	71	201	46	2904
1998	523	447	597	447	192	213	72	70	224	47	2832
2000	498	443	594	435	196	246	69	51	235	50	2817
2002	485	386	581	442	165	219	102	102	229	54	2765
2004	346	484	628	237	102	19	215	244	183	354	2812
2006	640	723	992	357	168	56	394	357	258	565	4510
2008	306	350	414	161	100	13	154	161	130	234	2023
2010	338	371	395	175	102	12	156	157	127	211	2044
2012	349	285	415	248	74	20	193	163	54	173	1974
2014	493	375	547	292	84	29	245	222	74	177	2538
2016	518	471	616	328	91	27	275	239	81	221	2867
2018	428	382	493	257	81	30	247	211	62	157	2348
2021	683	423	1108	591	128	51	310	365	118	255	4032
2022	748	282	977	588	163	66	288	248	60	124	3544
2024	607	260	847	540	116	151	260	228	157	143	3309
Total	13496	9776	16004	8337	3779	3074	4991	5443	4393	6406	75699

Values

• 1 a large central city (over 250,000)

• 2 a medium size central city (50,000 to 250,000)

• 3 a suburb of a large central city

• 4 a suburb of a medium size central city

• 5 an unincorporated area of a large central city (division, township, etc.)

• 6 an unincorporated area of a medium central city

• 7 not within an smsa, (within a county) and a small city (10,000 to 49,999)

• 8 a town or village (2,500 to 9,999)

• 9 an incorporated area less than 2,500 or an unincorporated area of 1,000 to 2,499

• 10 open country within larger civil divisions (division, township, etc.)

• NA(d) don't know

• NA(i) iap

• NA(j) I don't have a job

• NA(m) dk, na, iap

• NA(n) no answer

• NA(p) not imputable

• NA(r) refused

• NA(s) skipped on web

• NA(u) uncodeable

• NA(x) not available in this release

• NA(y) not available in this year

• NA(z) see codebook