stateNamesFips: State Names (abbrevated and full) and US State FIPS codes.
Description
stateNamesFips database of the USA state FIPS codes, and the associated full and abbreviated
state names.
Format
A data frame with 51 observations of the following 2 variables.
- fips
- a numeric vector, 2 digit state FIPS code.
- ab
- a character vector, 2 character State Abbreviation (postal code)
Source
NIST - Federal Information Processing StandardsDetails
stateNamesFips dataset provides a table to permit the translation of FIPS codes,
abbreviated state name (2 characters), and full state names in the stateMicromap
function. Although the FIPS codes cover territories and other areas, only the FIPS codes
for the 50 states and DC are included in this dataset.
References
NIST FIPS 6-4 Standards