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Census Data on US Counties

Source: R/data.r
county_data.Rd

Selected county data (including US and state-level observations on some variables). Preserved for use with the first edition of the book only.

Usage

county_data

Format

A data frame with 3195 rows and 13 columns.

Source

US Census Bureau, Centers for Disease Control

Details

The variables are as follows:

  • id. FIPS State and County code (character)

  • name. State or County Name

  • state. State abbreviation

  • census_region. Census region

  • pop_dens. Population density per square mile, 2014 estimate (seven categories).

  • pct_black. Percent black population, 2014 estimate (seven category factor)

  • pop_dens6. Population density per square mile, 2014 estimate (six categories)

  • su_gun6. Firearm-related suicides per 100,000 population, 1999-2015. Factor variable cut into six categories. Note that the values in this variable contain an inaccurate bottom-quartile coding by construction. Do not present this variable as an accurate measure of the firearm-related suicide rate.