| county2000 {USpopcenters} | R Documentation |
Centers of population of US counties according to the 2000 census
Description
A data set of the latitude and longitude coordinates of the centers of population (centroids) of counties (and county equivalents) in the US states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands. Populations according to the 2000 decennial census are also included.
Usage
county2000
Format
A tibble with 3,232 rows and 6 variables:
- STATEFP
The two-digit GEOID of the state where the county is located
- COUNTYFP
The last three digits of the five-digit GEOID of the county
- COUNAME
The name of the county
- POPULATION
The population of the county
- LATITUDE
The latitude coordinate of the center of population (centroid) of the county (positive is north; negative is south)
- LONGITUDE
The longitude coordinate of the center of population (centroid) of the county (positive is east; negative is west)
Details
This had to be stitched together from separate state files.
Unlike county2020 and county2010,
county2000 contains data from American Samoa, Guam, the Northern
Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands. Also unlike
county2020 and county2010, county2000 does
not contain the STNAME (state name) column.
US census data terms of service
https://www.census.gov/data/developers/about/terms-of-service.html
Source
The individual state source files are at https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/cenpop2000/county/. The 2000 center of population info page is at https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/centers-population.2000.html
See Also
Other 2000 census centers of population: state2000;
tract2000; block_group2000
2010 census centers of population: state2010;
county2010; tract2010;
block_group2010; US_mean_center2010;
US_median_center2010
2020 census centers of population: state2020;
county2020; tract2020;
block_group2020; US_mean_center2020;
US_median_center2020
Examples
county2000