Updated version of the datasets::state.x77 matrix, which provides eights statistics from the 1970's. This version is a modern data frame format with updated (and alternative) statistics.
factsA tibble with 52 rows and 9 variables:
Full state name
Population estimate (September 26, 2019)
Votes in the Electoral College (following the 2010 Census)
The data which the state was admitted to the union
Per capita income (2018)
Life expectancy in years (2017-18)
Murder rate per 100,000 population (2018)
Percent adult population with at least a bachelor's degree or greater (2019)
Mean number of degree days (temperature requires heating) per year from 1981-2010
Population: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest/datasets/2010-2018/state/detail/SCPRC-EST2018-18+POP-RES.csv
Electoral College: https://www.archives.gov/electoral-college/allocation
Income: https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?tid=ACSST1Y2018.S1903
GDP: https://www.bea.gov/system/files/2019-11/qgdpstate1119.xlsx
Literacy: https://nces.ed.gov/naal/estimates/StateEstimates.aspx
Life Expectancy: https://web.archive.org/web/20231129160338/https://usa.mortality.org/
Education: https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=S1501
Temperature: ftp://ftp.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/normals/1981-2010/products/temperature/ann-cldd-normal.txt