Get geography metadata about states or counties

Get geography metadata about states or counties

Usage

get_geography_metadata(geography_type = c("state", "county"), year = 2023)

Arguments

geography_type

One of c("state", "county").

year

The year for which to obtain state/county metadata. Cannot be greater than the most recent year supported by library(tidycensus) for the 5-year ACS.

Value

A tibble containing geographic metadata. The structure varies by geography_type:

For "county"

Returns county-level data with columns: state_code (2-digit FIPS), state_name, state_abbreviation (2-letter USPS), state_population, county_code (5-digit FIPS), county_name, county_population.

For "state"

Returns state-level data with columns: state_abbreviation, state_code, state_name (one row per state, no county information).

Population data are sourced from the ACS 5-year estimates for the specified year.