| county2010 {USpopcenters} | R Documentation |
Centers of population of US counties according to the 2010 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 and Puerto Rico. Populations according to the 2010 decennial census are also included.
Usage
county2010
Format
A tibble with 3,221 rows and 7 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
- STNAME
The name of the state where the county is located
- 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
Unlike county2000, county2010 and
county2020 do not contain data from American Samoa, Guam, the
Northern Mariana Islands, or the US Virgin Islands. Also unlike
county2000, county2010 and county2020
contain the state name column STNAME.
US census data terms of service
https://www.census.gov/data/developers/about/terms-of-service.html
Source
The source file is at https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/cenpop2010/county/CenPop2010_Mean_CO.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 2010 census centers of population: state2010;
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
2000 census centers of population: state2000;
county2000; tract2000;
block_group2000
Examples
county2010