county2000: Centers of population of US counties according to the 2000...

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

Centers of population of US counties according to the 2000 census

Description

A data set of the latitude and longitude coordinates of the centers of population (centroids) of counties (and county equivalents) in the US states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands. Populations according to the 2000 decennial census are also included.

Usage

county2000

Format

A tibble with 3,232 rows and 6 variables:

STATEFP

The two-digit GEOID of the state where the county is located

COUNTYFP

The last three digits of the five-digit GEOID of the county

COUNAME

The name of the county

POPULATION

The population of the county

LATITUDE

The latitude coordinate of the center of population (centroid) of the county (positive is north; negative is south)

LONGITUDE

The longitude coordinate of the center of population (centroid) of the county (positive is east; negative is west)

Details

This had to be stitched together from separate state files.

Unlike county2020 and county2010, county2000 contains data from American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin Islands. Also unlike county2020 and county2010, county2000 does not contain the STNAME (state name) column.

US census data terms of service

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

Source

The individual state source files are at https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/cenpop2000/county/. The 2000 center of population info page is at https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/centers-population.2000.html

See Also

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

2010 census centers of population: state2010; county2010; tract2010; block_group2010; US_mean_center2010; US_median_center2010

2020 census centers of population: state2020; county2020; tract2020; block_group2020; US_mean_center2020; US_median_center2020

Examples

county2000

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