state: 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
References
Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988)
The New S Language.
Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole.