state {datasets} | R Documentation |
US State Facts and Figures
Description
Data sets related to the 50 states of the United States of
America.
Usage
state.abb
state.area
state.center
state.division
state.name
state.region
state.x77
Details
R currently contains the following “state” data sets. Note
that all data are arranged according to alphabetical order of the
state names.
state.abb
:- character vector of 2-letter abbreviations
for the state names.
state.area
:- numeric vector of state areas (in square
miles).
state.center
:- list with components named
x
and
y
giving the approximate geographic center of each state in
negative longitude and latitude. Alaska and Hawaii are placed
just off the West Coast.
state.division
:- factor giving state divisions (New
England, Middle Atlantic, South Atlantic, East South Central, West
South Central, East North Central, West North Central, Mountain,
and Pacific).
state.name
:- character vector giving the full state
names.
state.region
:- factor giving the region (Northeast,
South, North Central, West) that each state belongs to.
state.x77
:- matrix with 50 rows and 8 columns giving
the following statistics in the respective columns.
Population
:- population estimate as of July 1,
1975
Income
:- per capita income (1974)
Illiteracy
:- illiteracy (1970, percent of
population)
Life Exp
:- life expectancy in years (1969–71)
Murder
:- murder and non-negligent manslaughter rate
per 100,000 population (1976)
HS Grad
:- percent high-school graduates (1970)
Frost
:- mean number of days with minimum
temperature below freezing (1931–1960) in capital or large
city
Area
:- land area in square miles
Source
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census (1977)
Statistical Abstract of the United States.
U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census (1977)
County and City Data Book.
References
Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988)
The New S Language.
Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.
[Package
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