FIPS - Get names for the Counties CONTAINING the given census units (of any type) — fips2countyname • EJAM

FIPS - Get names for the Counties CONTAINING the given census units (of any type)

Usage

fips2countyname(fips, includestate = c("ST", "Statename", "")[1])

Arguments

fips: vector of US Census FIPS codes for Counties (5 digits each). can be string or numeric, with or without leading zeroes.
includestate: can be ST, Statename, "", or TRUE to specify what if anything comes after county name and comma

Value

vector of county names, same length as input fips vector, optionally with comma and 2-character abbreviation or full state name.

Details

NOTE THAT ISLAND AREAS WORK DIFFERENTLY SINCE THEIR FIPS ARE NOT QUITE LIKE COUNTY FIPS

FIRST 5 LETTERS OF FIPS ARE NOT THE UNIQUE "COUNTY" CODE IN Northern Mariana Islands

Examples

cbind(
  fips = fipsmix,
  type = fipstype(fipsmix),
  cfips = fips2countyfips(fipsmix),
  countyname = fips2countyname(fipsmix)
)

cfips = fips_counties_from_state_abbrev("RI")
fips2countyname(cfips, includestate = "Statename")
fips2countyname(cfips)
fips2name(cfips)
fips2name(10001)
fips2name(fips_counties_from_statename(c("Delaware", "Rhode Island")))