us_state_populations: Populations of US states and territories, 1790-2020
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us_state_populations R Documentation
Populations of US states and territories, 1790-2020
Description
Population figures for US states and territories from the decennial census.
Usage
us_state_populations
Format
A data frame with 1034 observations of 4 variables.
Variables
-
year: date of the census.
-
state: name of the state or territory.
-
population: population of the state or territory.
-
GISJOIN: a unique identifier for joining NHGIS data to spatial
data.
References
This dataset has been gathered by the
NHGIS.
Steven Manson, Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Katherine Knowles, Tracy Kugler,
Finn Roberts, and Steven Ruggles.
IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 19.0
\[dataset\]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS, 2024.
\Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.18128/D050.V19.0")}
Examples
head(us_state_populations)
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Populations of US states and territories, 1790-2020
Description
Population figures for US states and territories from the decennial census.
Usage
us_state_populations
Format
A data frame with 1034 observations of 4 variables.
Variables
-
year: date of the census. -
state: name of the state or territory. -
population: population of the state or territory. -
GISJOIN: a unique identifier for joining NHGIS data to spatial data.
References
This dataset has been gathered by the NHGIS. Steven Manson, Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Katherine Knowles, Tracy Kugler, Finn Roberts, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 19.0 \[dataset\]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS, 2024. \Sexpr[results=rd]{tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.18128/D050.V19.0")}
Examples
head(us_state_populations)
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