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`urbanization-state.csv` contains FiveThirtyEight's urbanization index for every state. This number is calculated via a weighted average based on each the population of each census tract in that state.
`urbanization-census-tract.csv` contains FiveThirtyEight's urbanization index for every census tract.
Column | Description
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`year` |
`source` |
`gis_year` |
`gisjoin` |
`geoid` | [Geographic Identifier](https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-identifiers.html) of the census tract
`lat_tract` | latitude of the center of the census tract
`long_tract` | lognitude of the center of the census tract
`population` | number of people living in the census tract according to data from the 2017 American Community Survey
`neworder` |
`distance` |
`radiuspop_5` | number of people living within a five-mile radius of the census tract
`dmin` |
`adj_radiuspop_5` |
`urbanindex` | a calculation of how urban or rural a given area is; calculated as the natural logarithm of `radiuspop_5`
`statefips` | FIPS code for each state
`state` | Name of state
`state` | Name of state
`gisjoin` | [Geographic Identifier](https://www.nhgis.org/user-resources/geographic-crosswalks)for the census tract from the 2010 census
`lat_tract` | Latitude of the center of the census tract
`long_tract` | Lognitude of the center of the census tract
`population` | Number of people living in the census tract according to 5-year American Community Survey data from 2017
`adj_radiuspop_5` | Estimate of the number of people within a 5-mile radius of a census tract. For a census tract that is more than five miles away any other census tract, we adjust for the minimum distance to the nearest census tract (centroid to centroid) so that TK.
`urbanindex` | A calculation of how urban or rural a given area is; calculated as the natural logarithm of `adj_radiuspop_5`