In jjchern/gaze: 2010 Census Gazetteer Files

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About

This R data package stores 2010 Census Gazetteer Files. So far it only includes

the counties file (county10.rda)
the zcta file (zcta10.rda)

Useful Links

U.S. Gazetteer Files

Installation

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("jjchern/gaze")

Usage

library(dplyr)

gaze::county10
gaze::zcta10

# display variable labels
gaze::county10 %>% select(usps, name, pop10, aland) %>% 
  meda::d(compact = FALSE) %>% select(var, label)

# the 10 largest counties in the United States by population based on the 2010 Census
gaze::county10 %>% arrange(desc(pop10))

# the 10 largest counties in the United States by area based on the 2010 Census
gaze::county10 %>% arrange(desc(aland))

# County names are not unique
# See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_most_common_U.S._county_names
gaze::county10 %>% 
  filter(name == "Washington County") %>% 
  print(n = 30)

gaze::county10 %>% 
  filter(name == "Cook County")