US_mean_center2020: Mean and Median centers of population of the US

In NikKrieger/USpopcenters: United States Centers of Population (Centroids)

Mean and Median centers of population of the US

Description

A data set of the latitude and longitude coordinates of the mean and median centers of population (centroids) of the United States, according to the 2020 and 2010 US Census.

Usage

US_mean_center2020

US_median_center2020

US_mean_center2010

US_median_center2010

Format

A tibble with 1 row and 3 columns

POPULATION

The population of the US

LATITUDE

The latitude coordinate of the mean or median center of population (centroid) of the US (positive is north; negative is south)

LONGITUDE

The longitude coordinate of the mean or median center of population (centroid) of the US (positive is east; negative is west)

An object of class spec_tbl_df (inherits from tbl_df, tbl, data.frame) with 1 rows and 3 columns.

An object of class spec_tbl_df (inherits from tbl_df, tbl, data.frame) with 1 rows and 3 columns.

An object of class spec_tbl_df (inherits from tbl_df, tbl, data.frame) with 1 rows and 3 columns.

Details

The total US population according to the decennial census is also included in each of these one-row tibbles.

US census data terms of service

https://www.census.gov/data/developers/about/terms-of-service.html

Source

The source file for US_mean_center2020 is at https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/cenpop2020/CenPop2020_Mean_US.txt.

The source file for US_median_center2020 is at https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/cenpop2020/CenPop2020_Median_US.txt.

The 2020 center of population info page is at https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/centers-population.2020.html

The source file for US_mean_center2010 is at https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/cenpop2010/CenPop2010_Mean_US.txt.

The source file for US_median_center2010 is at https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/cenpop2010/CenPop2010_Median_US.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 2020 census centers of population: state2020; county2020; tract2020; block_group2020

Other 2010 census centers of population: state2010; county2010; tract2010; block_group2010

2000 census centers of population: state2000; county2000; tract2000; block_group2000

Examples

US_mean_center2020
US_median_center2020
US_mean_center2010
US_median_center2010

NikKrieger/USpopcenters documentation built on April 26, 2023, 5:59 a.m.