USStates: US State Data

Description Format Details Source

Description

Various data for all 50 US States.

Format

A data frame with 50 observations on the following 22 variables.

State

State name

HouseholdIncome

Median household income (in $1,000's)

Region

MW=Midwest, NE=Northeast, S=South, W=West

Population

Number of residents (in millions for 2014)

EighthGradeMath

Average score NAEP mathematics for 8th-grade students

HighSchool

% of residents (ages 25-34) who are high school graduates

College

% of residents (ages 25-34) who are college graduates

IQ

Estimated mean IQ score of residents

GSP

Gross state product (in $1,000's per capita)

Vegetables

% of residents eating vegetables at least once per day

Fruit

% of residents eating fruit at least once per day

Smokers

% of residents who smoke

PhysicalActivity

% who do 150+ minutes of aerobic physical activity per week

Obese

% obese residents (BMI 30+)

NonWhite

% nonwhite residents

HeavyDrinkers

% heavy drinkers ( men: 14+ drinks/week, women 7+ drinks/week)

Electoral

Number of state votes in the presidential electoral college

ClintonVote

Proportion of votes for Democrat Clinton in 2016 presidential election

Elect2016

State winner in 2016 presidential election (D=Clinton, R=Trump)

TwoParents

% of children living in two-parent households

StudentSpending

School spending (in $1,000 per pupil)

Insured

% of adults (ages 19-64) who have any kind of health coverage

Details

Information from each of the 50 states of the United States. Years vary from 2013 to 2018 depending on data availability.
** Updated for 3e (earlier versions are now USStates2e and USStates1e) **

Source

U.S. Census Bureau, 2013-2017 5-Year American Community Survey

http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_5YR_DP03&src=pt

http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_5YR_S1501&src=pt

http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_5YR_B02001&prodType=table

http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml (Table C23008)

https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ACS_17_5YR_S2701&prodType=table


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