A reference file of the names, codes, and populations (via the 2025 5-year ACS) of US Census Bureau counties and county equivalents.
Format
counties
A data frame with 3,222 rows and 10 columns:
- geo_id
The full Census Bureau GEOID of the geography.
- geo_entity_text
The plain text name of the geographic entity.
- pop_acs23_5yr
The estimated total population of the geography from the B01003 table of the 2023 5-year American Community Survey (ACS).
- sum_lev_code
The three-digit summary level code to identify the type of Census geography.
- geo_entity_type_text
The plain text name of the geography level identified in the
sum_lev_code
column.- state_fips
The first two digits of the full county
fips_code
that identify the state that the county is in.- fips_code
The InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) formerly known as Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) code to ensure uniform identification of geographic entities.
- fips_class_code
Identifies what type of county or county equivalent the geography is.
- func_stat_code
Identifies the functional status of the geography specified by the
fips_code
.- ns_code
The National Standard (NS) code used by the US Geological Survey (USGS) for the geography.