Minnesota Population Center

MPC was established in 2000, absorbing two earlier population research organizations.

[1] The primary goals of the center are to foster large-scale cross-disciplinary research collaborations and to provide shared infrastructure for demographic research.

[6] The primary activity of MPC is demographic research; work at the center is divided into eight major themes:[7] MPC is the producer and distributor of the world's largest demographic data collections.

[8] These data collections include the Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS),[9] the National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS),[10] the North Atlantic Population Project (NAPP),[11] and the Integrated Health Interview Series (IHIS).

[12] Over 40,000 demographic researchers worldwide are registered to use these data collections.