geomultistar (version 1.0.0)

usa_counties: USA Counties, 2018

Description

From the original dataset, some fields have been selected and renamed, and only includes the Mortality Reporting System counties.

Usage

usa_counties

Format

A sf.

Details

Some counties appear with the same repeated name within the same state, they are the following: Baltimore, MD; Richmond, VA; St. Louis, MO. Since they are accessed by name (county and state), those of the same name within the state have been grouped together.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
# Read by:
#
# filepath <- "data/cb_2018_us_county_20m/cb_2018_us_county_20m.shp"
# usa_counties <- st_read(filepath)  %>%
#   dplyr::select(
#     geo_id = GEOID,
#     state_fp = STATEFP,
#     county_fp = COUNTYFP,
#     county = NAME
#   )
# states <- sf::st_drop_geometry(usa_states[, c("geo_id", "state")])
# usa_counties <- usa_counties %>%
#  dplyr::left_join(states, by = c("state_fp" = "geo_id"))

# }