US State Facts and Figures - US State Demographics and Statistics (1977)
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state_x77_matrix.RdThe dataset name has been changed to 'state_x77_matrix' to avoid confusion with other packages in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the 'usdatasets' package and identifies it as a matrix variable representing various demographic and statistical attributes of U.S. states in 1977.
Usage
data(state_x77_matrix)Format
A matrix with 50 rows and 8 columns representing various demographic and statistical characteristics of U.S. states. The columns include:
- Population
Population of the state.
- Income
Median income of the state's residents.
- Illiteracy
Illiteracy rate (percentage).
- Life Exp
Life expectancy (in years).
- Murder
Murder rate (per 100,000 inhabitants).
- HS Grad
High school graduation rate (percentage).
- Frost
Number of days with frost.
- Area
Total area of the state (in square miles).