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State level data on population by race.

Usage

pop_race_2019

Format

A data frame with 2820 rows and 4 variables.

state

State as 2 letter abbreviation.

state_name

State name.

race

race cohort for population.

hispanic

indicates whether population is Hispanic or Latino

population

Population of race cohort.

state_total_population

total estimated state population in 2019

Examples

library(dplyr)

# List race population for each state with percent of total
pop_race_2019 %>%
  group_by(state_name, race, hispanic) %>%
  mutate(percent = population / state_total_population * 100) %>%
  select(state_name, race, hispanic, population, percent)
#> # A tibble: 408 × 5
#> # Groups:   state_name, race, hispanic [408]
#>    state_name race                             hispanic       population percent
#>    <chr>      <chr>                            <chr>               <int>   <dbl>
#>  1 Alabama    American Indian or Alaska Native Hispanic or L…       7823  0.160 
#>  2 Alabama    American Indian or Alaska Native Not Hispanic …      30433  0.621 
#>  3 Alabama    Asian or Pacific Islander        Hispanic or L…       4833  0.0986
#>  4 Alabama    Asian or Pacific Islander        Not Hispanic …      80310  1.64  
#>  5 Alabama    Black or African American        Hispanic or L…      17693  0.361 
#>  6 Alabama    Black or African American        Not Hispanic …    1324613 27.0   
#>  7 Alabama    White                            Hispanic or L…     192929  3.93  
#>  8 Alabama    White                            Not Hispanic …    3244551 66.2   
#>  9 Alaska     American Indian or Alaska Native Hispanic or L…       7912  1.08  
#> 10 Alaska     American Indian or Alaska Native Not Hispanic …     120349 16.5   
#> # ℹ 398 more rows

pop_race_2019 %>%
  select(state_name, state_total_population) %>%
  distinct() %>%
  arrange(desc(state_total_population))
#>              state_name state_total_population
#> 1            California               39512223
#> 2                 Texas               28995881
#> 3               Florida               21477737
#> 4          Pennsylvania               12801989
#> 5              Illinois               12671821
#> 6                  Ohio               11689100
#> 7               Georgia               10617423
#> 8              Michigan                9986857
#> 9            New Jersey                8882190
#> 10           Washington                7614893
#> 11              Arizona                7278717
#> 12                Maine                6892503
#> 13            Tennessee                6829174
#> 14              Indiana                6732219
#> 15             Maryland                6045680
#> 16        West Virginia                5822434
#> 17            Wisconsin                5822434
#> 18             Colorado                5758736
#> 19            Minnesota                5639632
#> 20             Missouri                5639632
#> 21       South Carolina                5148714
#> 22              Alabama                4903185
#> 23            Louisiana                4648794
#> 24        Massachusetts                4648794
#> 25             Kentucky                4467673
#> 26               Oregon                4217737
#> 27             Oklahoma                3956971
#> 28          Connecticut                3565287
#> 29 District of Columbia                3565287
#> 30                 Utah                3205958
#> 31             Virginia                3205958
#> 32             Arkansas                3017804
#> 33          Mississippi                2976149
#> 34               Kansas                2913314
#> 35             Nebraska                1934408
#> 36        New Hampshire                1934408
#> 37                Idaho                1787065
#> 38               Hawaii                1415872
#> 39                 Iowa                1415872
#> 40              Montana                1068778
#> 41       North Carolina                1068778
#> 42         North Dakota                1068778
#> 43         Rhode Island                1059361
#> 44             Delaware                 973764
#> 45         South Dakota                 884659
#> 46               Nevada                 762062
#> 47           New Mexico                 762062
#> 48             New York                 762062
#> 49               Alaska                 731545
#> 50 District of Columbia                 705749
#> 51              Vermont                 623989
#> 52              Wyoming                 578759