The Source for Crime and Justice Data

Description & Citation--Study No. 2565

Bibliographic Description

Study No.:

02565

Title:

Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) and Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) State and County Geographic Codes, 1990: United States

Principal Investigator(s):

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Bibliographic Citation:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS (UCR) AND FEDERAL INFORMATION PROCESSING STANDARDS (FIPS) STATE AND COUNTY GEOGRAPHIC CODES, 1990: UNITED STATES. ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1999. doi:10.3886/ICPSR02565.v1

Series:

Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data Series

Scope of Study

Summary:

This dataset was created to facilitate the conversion of Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program state and county codes to Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) state and county codes. The four UCR agency-level data files archived at ICPSR in Uniform Crime Reporting Program Data: [United States] (ICPSR 9028) contain UCR state and county codes as geographic identifiers. Researchers who wish to use these data with other sources, such as Census data, may want to convert these UCR codes to FIPS codes in order to link the different data sources. This file was created to facilitate this linkage. It contains state abbreviations, UCR state and county codes, FIPS state and county codes, and county names for all counties present in the UCR data files since 1990. These same FIPS codes were used to create the UCR County-Level Detailed Arrest and Offense files from 1990-1996.

Subject Terms:

crime statistics, counties, FIPS codes, states (USA), Uniform Crime Reports

Geographic Coverage:

United States

Time Period:
  • 1990--1996

Date of Collection:
  • 1999

Universe:

All counties in the United States.

Data Types:

administrative records data

Data Collection Notes:

The codebook is provided as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided through the ICPSR Website on the Internet.

Methodology

Data Source:

(1) "UCR 'Summary-Based' Master Files Record Descriptions." United States Department of Justice. Federal Bureau of Investigation, December 6, 1990. (2) "Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas." FIPS Publication 6-4. United States Department of Commerce. National Institute of Standards and Technology, August 31, 1990.

Access and Availability

Note:

Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.

Original ICPSR Release:

1999-04-26

Version History:

  • 2005-11-04 On 2005-03-14 new files were added to one or more datasets. These files included additional setup files as well as one or more of the following: SAS program, SAS transport, SPSS portable, and Stata system files. The metadata record was revised 2005-11-04 to reflect these additions.