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System Number: CPS0043

User Access Name: CETHNIC

Name: ETHNIC ORIGIN CODE-EMPLOYEE

Type: ALPHANUMERIC

Length: 2

Format:

N/A

General Description:

Code indicating the ethnic background of the employee.

Code Interpretation:

  • '01' - American Indian/Alaskan Native
  • '02' - Black/Afro-American (not of Hispanic origin)
  • '03' - Chinese/Chinese American
  • '04' - Japanese/Japanese-American
  • '05' - Pakistani/East Indian
  • '07' - Other Asian
  • '08' - Filipino/Pilipino
  • '10' - Latin American/Latino
  • '11' - Mexican/Mexican-American/Chicano
  • '12' - Other Spanish/Spanish-American
  • '14' - White (not of Hispanic origin)
  • '15' - Unknown
  • '16' - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
  • '17' - Hispanic (derived from U5605 Section 1)
  • '18' - Black/African American (derived from U5605 Section 1)
  • '19' - American Indian or Alaska Native (derived from U5605 Section 1)
  • '20' - Asian (derived from U5605 Section 1)
  • '21' - Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (derived from U5605 Section 1)
  • '22' - White (derived from U5605 Section 1)
  • '__' - Unknown


Previously used codes  Not valid for employees surveyed after 1976:
  • '06' - Southeast Asian
  • '09' - Other Polynesian
  • '13' - Other Non-White
Comments:

  • Source - PPS
  • Level - Employee


Revision Date: December 3, 2010