states: Demographic Data and Census Regions of U.S. States and...

In noncensus: U.S. Census Regional and Demographic Data

Description

A dataset containing demographic information and the census regions of each U.S. state as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Also included are the U.S. territories, such as Puerto Rico and Guam.

Usage

data(states)

Format

A data frame with 56 rows and 7 variables

Details

The variables included are:

• state. State abbreviation

• name. State name

• region. Region as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau

• division. Subregion as defined by the U.S. Census Bureau

• capital. Capital city.

• area. Land area in square miles

• population. Population from 2010 Census

The U.S. is divided into four regions:

1. Midwest

2. Northeast

3. South

4. West

Within each region, states are further partitioned into divisions. For more details about census regions, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_of_the_United_States#Census_Bureau-designated_regions_and_divisions

Much of the state data was extracted from http://www.census.gov/popest/data/state/totals/2013/index.html

noncensus documentation built on May 1, 2019, 7:29 p.m.