state                package:datasets                R Documentation

US State Facts and Figures

Description:

     Data sets related to the 50 states of the United States of
     America.

Usage:

     state.abb
     state.area
     state.center
     state.division
     state.name
     state.region
     state.x77

Details:

     R currently contains the following "state" data sets.  Note that
     all data are arranged according to alphabetical order of the state
     names.

     'state.abb': character vector of 2-letter abbreviations for the
          state names.

     'state.area': numeric vector of state areas (in square miles).

     'state.center': list with components named 'x' and 'y' giving the
          approximate geographic center of each state in negative
          longitude and latitude.  Alaska and Hawaii are placed just
          off the West Coast.

     'state.division': factor giving state divisions (New England,
          Middle Atlantic, South Atlantic, East South Central, West
          South Central, East North Central, West North Central,
          Mountain, and Pacific).

     'state.name': character vector giving the full state names.

     'state.region': factor giving the region (Northeast, South, North
          Central, West) that each state belongs to.

     'state.x77': matrix with 50 rows and 8 columns giving the
          following statistics in the respective columns.

          'Population': population estimate as of July 1, 1975

          'Income': per capita income (1974)

          'Illiteracy': illiteracy (1970, percent of population)

          'Life Exp': life expectancy in years (1969-71)

          'Murder': murder and non-negligent manslaughter rate per
               100,000 population (1976)

          'HS Grad': percent high-school graduates (1970)

          'Frost': mean number of days with minimum temperature below
               freezing (1931-1960) in capital or large city

          'Area': land area in square miles


Source:

     U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census (1977)
     _Statistical Abstract of the United States_.

     U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census (1977) _County
     and City Data Book_.

References:

     Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) _The New S
     Language_. Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.

