USStates: US State Data

In rpruim/Lock5Data: Datasets for "Statistics: UnLocking the Power of Data"

Description

Various data for all 50 US States

Format

A data frame with 50 observations on the following 17 variables.

• State Name of state

• HouseholdIncome Mean household income (in dollars)

• IQ Mean IQ score of residents

• McCainVote Percentage of votes for John McCain in 2008 Presidential election

• Region Area of the country: MW=Midwest, NE=Northeast, S=South, or W=West

• ObamaMcCain Which 2008 Presidential candidate won state? M=McCain or O=Obama

• Pres2008 Which 2008 Presidential candidate won state? M=McCain or O=Obama

• Population Number of residents (in millions)

• EighthGradeMath a numeric vector

• HighSchool Percentage of high school graduates

• GSP Gross State Product (dollars per capita)

• FiveVegetables Percentage of residents who eat at least five servings of fruits/vegetables per day

• Smokers Percentage of residents who smoke

• PhysicalActivity Percentage of residents who have competed in a physical activity in past month

• Obese Percentage of residents classified as obese

• College Percentage of residents with college degrees

• NonWhite Percentage of residents who are not white

• HeavyDrinkers Percentage of residents who drink heavily

Source

Various online sources, mostly at www.census.gov

Examples

data(USStates)

rpruim/Lock5Data documentation built on May 28, 2019, 1:30 a.m.