| tract2010 {USpopcenters} | R Documentation |
Centers of population of US census tracts according to the 2010 census
Description
A data set of the latitude and longitude coordinates of the centers of population (centroids) of census tracts in the US states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Populations according to the 2010 decennial census are also included.
Usage
tract2010
Format
A tibble with 74,002 rows and 6 variables:
- STATEFP
The two-digit GEOID of the state where the tract is located
- COUNTYFP
The last three digits of the five-digit GEOID of the county where the tract is located
- TRACTCE
The last six digits of the eleven-digit GEOID of the tract
- POPULATION
The population of the tract
- LATITUDE
The latitude coordinate of the center of population (centroid) of the tract (positive is north; negative is south)
- LONGITUDE
The longitude coordinate of the center of population (centroid) of the tract (positive is east; negative is west)
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/tract/CenPop2010_Mean_TR.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;
county2010; 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
tract2010