A dataset providing the 2020 US Census population counts categorized by NMDP race codes. It includes both single-race and multi-race populations, with fractional adjustments for individuals identifying with multiple races.
2020 US Census counts per nmdp race code
Format
An object of class tbl_df (inherits from tbl, data.frame) with 6 rows and 4 columns.
An object of class tbl_df (inherits from tbl, data.frame) with 6 rows and 4 columns.
Source
US Census - see data-raw/import_us_census_data.R
US census - see data-raw/import_us_cenus_data.R
Fields
nmdp_race_codeNMDP race code.
total_single_race_popTotal population identifying as only that race according to the 2020 Census.
total_multiple_race_popTotal population identifying as multiple races, adjusted fractionally. For example, a person identifying as two races contributes 0.5 to each race's count.
total_2020_popTotal 2020 Census population, including both single-race and multi-race individuals.
nmdp_race_codenmdp race code
total_single_race_popTotal individates identifying as only that race according to 2020 census
total_multiple_race_popFor individuates identifying as multiple races, fractional persons were added to this count. A person identifying as 2 races was divded by 2, with 0.5 added to the corresponding race count, and so on for 3,4, and more races.
total_2020_popTotal 2020 census population (including single and multi-races identifying individuals)