midwest.Rd

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\docType{data}
\name{midwest}
\alias{midwest}
\title{Midwest demographics}
\format{
A data frame with 437 rows and 28 variables:
\describe{
\item{PID}{Unique county identifier.}
\item{county}{County name.}
\item{state}{State to which county belongs to.}
\item{area}{Area of county (units unknown).}
\item{poptotal}{Total population.}
\item{popdensity}{Population density (person/unit area).}
\item{popwhite}{Number of whites.}
\item{popblack}{Number of blacks.}
\item{popamerindian}{Number of American Indians.}
\item{popasian}{Number of Asians.}
\item{popother}{Number of other races.}
\item{percwhite}{Percent white.}
\item{percblack}{Percent black.}
\item{percamerindan}{Percent American Indian.}
\item{percasian}{Percent Asian.}
\item{percother}{Percent other races.}
\item{popadults}{Number of adults.}
\item{perchsd}{Percent with high school diploma.}
\item{percollege}{Percent college educated.}
\item{percprof}{Percent with professional degree.}
\item{poppovertyknown}{Population with known poverty status.}
\item{percpovertyknown}{Percent of population with known poverty status.}
\item{percbelowpoverty}{Percent of people below poverty line.}
\item{percchildbelowpovert}{Percent of children below poverty line.}
\item{percadultpoverty}{Percent of adults below poverty line.}
\item{percelderlypoverty}{Percent of elderly below poverty line.}
\item{inmetro}{County considered in a metro area.}
\item{category}{Miscellaneous.}
}
}
\usage{
midwest
}
\description{
Demographic information of midwest counties from 2000 US census
}
\details{
Note: this dataset is included for illustrative purposes. The original
descriptions were not documented and the current descriptions here are based
on speculation. For more accurate and up-to-date US census data, see the
\href{https://cran.r-project.org/package=acs}{\code{acs} package}.
}
\keyword{datasets}