| % File src/library/datasets/man/state.Rd |
| % Part of the R package, https://www.R-project.org |
| % Copyright 1995-2007 R Core Team |
| % Distributed under GPL 2 or later |
| |
| \name{state} |
| \docType{data} |
| \alias{state} |
| \alias{state.abb} |
| \alias{state.area} |
| \alias{state.center} |
| \alias{state.division} |
| \alias{state.name} |
| \alias{state.region} |
| \alias{state.x77} |
| \title{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 \dQuote{state} data sets. Note |
| that all data are arranged according to alphabetical order of the |
| state names. |
| \describe{ |
| \item{\code{state.abb}:}{character vector of 2-letter abbreviations |
| for the state names.} |
| \item{\code{state.area}:}{numeric vector of state areas (in square |
| miles).} |
| \item{\code{state.center}:}{ list with components named \code{x} and |
| \code{y} giving the approximate geographic center of each state in |
| negative longitude and latitude. Alaska and Hawaii are placed |
| just off the West Coast.} |
| \item{\code{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).} |
| \item{\code{state.name}:}{character vector giving the full state |
| names.} |
| \item{\code{state.region}:}{factor giving the region (Northeast, |
| South, North Central, West) that each state belongs to.} |
| \item{\code{state.x77}:}{matrix with 50 rows and 8 columns giving |
| the following statistics in the respective columns. |
| \describe{ |
| \item{\code{Population}:}{population estimate as of July 1, |
| 1975} |
| \item{\code{Income}:}{per capita income (1974)} |
| \item{\code{Illiteracy}:}{illiteracy (1970, percent of |
| population)} |
| \item{\code{Life Exp}:}{life expectancy in years (1969--71)} |
| \item{\code{Murder}:}{murder and non-negligent manslaughter rate |
| per 100,000 population (1976)} |
| \item{\code{HS Grad}:}{percent high-school graduates (1970)} |
| \item{\code{Frost}:}{mean number of days with minimum |
| temperature below freezing (1931--1960) in capital or large |
| city} |
| \item{\code{Area}:}{land area in square miles} |
| }} |
| } |
| } |
| \source{ |
| U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census (1977) |
| \emph{Statistical Abstract of the United States}. |
| |
| U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census (1977) |
| \emph{County and City Data Book}. |
| } |
| \references{ |
| Becker, R. A., Chambers, J. M. and Wilks, A. R. (1988) |
| \emph{The New S Language}. |
| Wadsworth & Brooks/Cole. |
| } |
| \keyword{datasets} |