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Title: US Census Spatial and Demographic Data in R: The UScensus2000 Suite of Packages
Citation Type: Journal Article
Publication Year: 2010
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Abstract: The US Decennial Census is arguably the most important data set for social scienceresearch in the United States. The UScensus2000 suite of packages allows for convenienthandling of the 2000 US Census spatial and demographic data. The goal of this articleis to showcase the UScensus2000 suite of packages for R, to describe the data containedwithin these packages, and to demonstrate the helper functions provided for handlingthis data. The UScensus2000 suite is comprised of spatial and demographic data forthe 50 states and Washington DC at four di erent geographic levels (block, block group,tract, and census designated place). The UScensus2000 suite also contains a number offunctions for selecting and aggregating speci c geographies or demographic informationsuch as metropolitan statistical areas, counties, etc. These packages rely heavily on thespatial tools developed by Bivand, Pebesma, and Gomez-Rubio (2008), i.e., the sp andmaptools packages. This article will provide the necessary background for working withthis data set, helper functions, and nish with an applied spatial statistics example.
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Authors: Almquist, Zack W.
Periodical (Full): Journal of Statistical Software
Issue: 6
Volume: 37
Pages: 1-31
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Methodology and Data Collection, Other
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