statepps: statepps data

In SDAResources: Datasets and Functions for 'Sampling: Design and Analysis, 3rd Edition'

Description

Number of counties (or county equivalents; Alaska has boroughs, Louisiana has parishes, and some states have independent cities), population estimates for 2019, land area, and water area for the 50 states plus the District of Columbia. Total area for a state can be calculated by summing land area and water area. Source: Population estimates are from U.S. Census Bureau (2019). Land and water areas are from U.S. Census Bureau (2012).

Usage

data(statepps)

Format

This data frame contains the following columns:

state:

state name (character variable, length 20)

counties:

number of counties or county equivalents

pop2019:

population of state, 2019

landarea:

land area of state (square kilometers)

waterarea:

water area of state (square kilometers)

References

Lohr (2021), Sampling: Design and Analysis, 3rd Edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Lu and Lohr (2021), R Companion for Sampling: Design and Analysis, 3rd Edition, 1st Edition. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

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