county2020: Centers of population of US counties according to the 2020...

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

Centers of population of US counties according to the 2020 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 and Puerto Rico. Populations according to the 2020 decennial census are also included.

Usage

county2020

Format

A tibble with 3,221 rows and 7 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

STNAME

The name of the state where the county is located

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

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

US census data terms of service

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

Source

The source file is at https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/cenpop2020/county/CenPop2020_Mean_CO.txt The 2020 center of population info page is at https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/centers-population.2020.html

See Also

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

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

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

Examples

county2020

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