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.
county2000A tibble with 3,232 rows and 6 variables:
The two-digit GEOID of the state where the county is located
The last three digits of the five-digit GEOID of the county
The name of the county
The population of the county
The latitude coordinate of the center of population (centroid) of the county (positive is north; negative is south)
The longitude coordinate of the center of population (centroid) of the county (positive is east; negative is west)
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This had to be stitched together from separate state files.
Unlike county2010, county2000 contains data from
American Samoa, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the US Virgin
Islands. Also unlike county2010, county2000 does not
contain the STNAME (state name) column.
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