To make cross-time comparisons using the March CPS data more feasible, variables in IPUMS-CPS are coded identically or harmonized across time. This harmonized dataset is also compatible with the data from the U.S. decennial censuses that are part of the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS-USA).
Martinique has a population of 386,486 (January 2013). There are an estimated 260,000 people of Martiniquan origin living in mainland France, most of them in the Paris region. Emigration was highest in the 1970s, causing population growth to almost stop, but it is comparatively light today.
Historical data of the population of Bordeaux from 1968 to 2007 : Population of Bordeaux was 235 178 inhabitants in 2007, 215 374 inhabitants in 1999, 210 336 inhabitants in 1990, 208 159 inhabitants in 1982, 223 131 inhabitants in 1975 and 266 662 inhabitants in 1968.