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Population counts for the five New York City counties (boroughs), broken down by race and Hispanic origin. Sourced from the 2020 Decennial Census PL 94-171 redistricting summary file. The county-level counterpart of nyc_block_20_race_df. Joins to nycmaps::nyc_boros_sf via the county column, which matches nycmaps::nyc_boros$short_county_name.

Usage

nyc_county_20_race_df

Format

A tibble with 5 rows and 25 columns:

geoid

5-character county GEOID (state + county).

county

NYC county (borough) name derived from geoid.

name

County label as returned by the Census Bureau, e.g. "Kings County, New York".

total_pop

Total population of the county (PL summary variable P1_001N).

white_alone

Population reporting White alone (P1_003N).

black_alone

Population reporting Black or African American alone (P1_004N).

aian_alone

American Indian and Alaska Native alone (P1_005N).

asian_alone

Asian alone (P1_006N).

hipi_alone

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone (P1_007N).

other_alone

Some other race alone (P1_008N).

two_or_more

Two or more races (P1_009N).

hispanic

Hispanic or Latino population (P2_002N).

non_hispanic

Not Hispanic or Latino population (P2_003N).

nh_white_alone

Not Hispanic, White alone (P2_005N).

nh_black_alone

Not Hispanic, Black or African American alone (P2_006N).

nh_aian_alone

Not Hispanic, AIAN alone (P2_007N).

nh_asian_alone

Not Hispanic, Asian alone (P2_008N).

nh_hipi_alone

Not Hispanic, NHOPI alone (P2_009N).

nh_other_alone

Not Hispanic, some other race alone (P2_010N).

nh_two_or_more

Not Hispanic, two or more races (P2_011N).

nh_white_prop

Proportion of total_pop that is non-Hispanic White alone. NA when total_pop == 0.

nh_black_prop

Proportion non-Hispanic Black alone.

nh_asian_prop

Proportion non-Hispanic Asian alone.

hispanic_prop

Proportion Hispanic or Latino.

nh_two_or_more_prop

Proportion non-Hispanic two or more races.

Source

US Census Bureau, 2020 Decennial Census, PL 94-171 Redistricting Data Summary File. Retrieved via tidycensus::get_decennial(). https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census/about/rdo/summary-files.html