regclass (version 1.5)

CENSUS: CENSUS data

Description

Information from the 2010 US Census

Usage

data("CENSUS")

Format

A data frame with 3534 observations on the following 39 variables.

Details

The goal is to predict ResponseRate from the other predictors. ResponseRate is the percentage of households in a block group that mailed in the census forms. A block group is on average about 40 blocks, each typically bounded by streets, roads, or water. The number of block groups per county in the US is typically between about 5 and 165 with a median of about 20.

References

See http://www.census.gov/research/data/planning_database/2014/docs/PDB_Block_2014-11-20a.pdf for variable definitions.