Population estimates (2015), county level

US census population estimates by county for 2015.

The data is formatted for easy merging with output from us_map.

Usage

data(countypop)

Format

A data frame with 3142 rows and 4 variables.

Details

• fips The 5-digit FIPS code corresponding to the county.

• abbr The 2-letter state abbreviation.

• county The full county name.

• pop_2015 The 2015 population estimate (in number of people) for the corresponding county.

References

• https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest.html

• https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/county-level-data-sets/