| US_mean_center2020 {USpopcenters} | R Documentation |
Mean and Median centers of population of the US
Description
A data set of the latitude and longitude coordinates of the mean and median centers of population (centroids) of the United States, according to the 2020 and 2010 US Census.
Usage
US_mean_center2020
US_median_center2020
US_mean_center2010
US_median_center2010
Format
A tibble with 1 row and 3 columns
- POPULATION
The population of the US
- LATITUDE
The latitude coordinate of the mean or median center of population (centroid) of the US (positive is north; negative is south)
- LONGITUDE
The longitude coordinate of the mean or median center of population (centroid) of the US (positive is east; negative is west)
An object of class spec_tbl_df (inherits from tbl_df, tbl, data.frame) with 1 rows and 3 columns.
An object of class spec_tbl_df (inherits from tbl_df, tbl, data.frame) with 1 rows and 3 columns.
An object of class spec_tbl_df (inherits from tbl_df, tbl, data.frame) with 1 rows and 3 columns.
Details
The total US population according to the decennial census is
also included in each of these one-row tibbles.
US census data terms of service
https://www.census.gov/data/developers/about/terms-of-service.html
Source
The source file for US_mean_center2020 is at
https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/cenpop2020/CenPop2020_Mean_US.txt.
The source file for US_median_center2020 is at
https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/cenpop2020/CenPop2020_Median_US.txt.
The 2020 center of population info page is at https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/centers-population.2020.html
The source file for US_mean_center2010 is at
https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/cenpop2010/CenPop2010_Mean_US.txt.
The source file for US_median_center2010 is at
https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/cenpop2010/CenPop2010_Median_US.txt.
The 2010 center of population info page is at https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/centers-population.2010.html
See Also
Other 2020 census centers of population: state2020;
county2020; tract2020;
block_group2020
Other 2010 census centers of population: state2010;
county2010; tract2010;
block_group2010
2000 census centers of population: state2000;
county2000; tract2000;
block_group2000
Examples
US_mean_center2020
US_median_center2020
US_mean_center2010
US_median_center2010