# Race/ethnicity UP Michigan 1900-2000 where to find information?

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**Created:** [February 27, 2017, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/race-ethnicity-up-michigan-1900-2000-where-to-find-information/1612 "2017-02-27T07:43:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![nikkolajari](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/nikkolajari/32/216_2.png) [@nikkolajari](https://forum.ipums.org/u/nikkolajari)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/race-ethnicity-up-michigan-1900-2000-where-to-find-information/1612/1 "2017-02-27T07:43:00Z")

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Can I find the information on the internet? Or am I supposed to visit certain libraries? I’m from Finland so I would really appreciate online services/databases!

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**Author:** ![JeffBloem](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/jeffbloem/32/40_2.png) [@JeffBloem](https://forum.ipums.org/u/JeffBloem)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/race-ethnicity-up-michigan-1900-2000-where-to-find-information/1612/2 "2017-02-27T15:55:00Z")

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You should be able to find this information via IPUMS. [IPUMS-USA](https://usa.ipums.org/usa/) makes US census data available, which includes questions about [race/ethnicity](https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/group?id=race_eth) (see [RACE](https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/RACE#description_section) and [ANCESTR1](https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/ANCESTR1#description_section) for starters). Additionally, you can identify Michigan’s Upper Peninsula by looking up the [PUMA](https://usa.ipums.org/usa-action/variables/PUMA#description_section) codes that identify that region in each census year. Unfortunately, PUMA boundaries change quite a bit over the years, so you’ll want to keep track of these changes in the samples between 1990 and 2000. A final note is that IPUMS-USA provides access to microdata (i.e. individual and household level records) if you are looking for aggregated data you may want to check out [IPUMS-NHGIS](https://www.nhgis.org/).

I hope this helps.

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**Author:** ![nikkolajari](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.ipums.org/nikkolajari/32/216_2.png) [@nikkolajari](https://forum.ipums.org/u/nikkolajari)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.ipums.org/t/race-ethnicity-up-michigan-1900-2000-where-to-find-information/1612/3 "2017-02-28T06:12:00Z")

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OK, thanks for your kind information. Using IPUMS looks kind of complex right now but I will try understand it better!