| state2020 {USpopcenters} | R Documentation |
Centers of population of US states according to the 2020 census
Description
A data set of the latitude and longitude coordinates of the centers of population (centroids) of the US states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Populations according to the 2020 decennial census are also included.
Usage
state2020
Format
A tibble with 52 rows and 5 columns
- STATEFP
The two-digit GEOID of the state
- STNAME
The name of the state
- POPULATION
The population of the state
- LATITUDE
The latitude coordinate of the center of population (centroid) of the state (positive is north; negative is south)
- LONGITUDE
The longitude coordinate of the center of population (centroid) of the state (positive is east; negative is west)
Details
Note that this dataset (and state2010) contains Puerto Rico
data, unlike state2000.
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/cenpop2020/CenPop2020_Mean_ST.txt. The 2020 center of population info page is at https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/centers-population.2020.html
See Also
Other 2020 census centers of population: county2020;
tract2020; block_group2020;
US_mean_center2020; US_median_center2020
2010 census centers of population: state2010;
county2010; tract2010;
block_group2010;
US_mean_center2010; US_median_center2010
2000 census centers of population: state2000;
county2000; tract2000;
block_group2000
Examples
state2020