Population estimates (2015), state level

US census population estimates by state for 2015.

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

Usage

data(statepop)

Format

A data frame with 51 rows and 4 variables.

Details

• fips The 2-digit FIPS code corresponding to the state.

• abbr The 2-letter state abbreviation.

• full The full state name.

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

References

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

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