FIPS - Get county names from county FIPS codes

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, 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

  # names of all counties in ME and NY
  fips2countyname(fips_counties_from_state_abbrev(c("ME", "NY")), includestate = "ST")
#>  [1] "Androscoggin County, ME" "Aroostook County, ME"   
#>  [3] "Cumberland County, ME"   "Franklin County, ME"    
#>  [5] "Hancock County, ME"      "Kennebec County, ME"    
#>  [7] "Knox County, ME"         "Lincoln County, ME"     
#>  [9] "Oxford County, ME"       "Penobscot County, ME"   
#> [11] "Piscataquis County, ME"  "Sagadahoc County, ME"   
#> [13] "Somerset County, ME"     "Waldo County, ME"       
#> [15] "Washington County, ME"   "York County, ME"        
#> [17] "Albany County, NY"       "Allegany County, NY"    
#> [19] "Bronx County, NY"        "Broome County, NY"      
#> [21] "Cattaraugus County, NY"  "Cayuga County, NY"      
#> [23] "Chautauqua County, NY"   "Chemung County, NY"     
#> [25] "Chenango County, NY"     "Clinton County, NY"     
#> [27] "Columbia County, NY"     "Cortland County, NY"    
#> [29] "Delaware County, NY"     "Dutchess County, NY"    
#> [31] "Erie County, NY"         "Essex County, NY"       
#> [33] "Franklin County, NY"     "Fulton County, NY"      
#> [35] "Genesee County, NY"      "Greene County, NY"      
#> [37] "Hamilton County, NY"     "Herkimer County, NY"    
#> [39] "Jefferson County, NY"    "Kings County, NY"       
#> [41] "Lewis County, NY"        "Livingston County, NY"  
#> [43] "Madison County, NY"      "Monroe County, NY"      
#> [45] "Montgomery County, NY"   "Nassau County, NY"      
#> [47] "New York County, NY"     "Niagara County, NY"     
#> [49] "Oneida County, NY"       "Onondaga County, NY"    
#> [51] "Ontario County, NY"      "Orange County, NY"      
#> [53] "Orleans County, NY"      "Oswego County, NY"      
#> [55] "Otsego County, NY"       "Putnam County, NY"      
#> [57] "Queens County, NY"       "Rensselaer County, NY"  
#> [59] "Richmond County, NY"     "Rockland County, NY"    
#> [61] "St. Lawrence County, NY" "Saratoga County, NY"    
#> [63] "Schenectady County, NY"  "Schoharie County, NY"   
#> [65] "Schuyler County, NY"     "Seneca County, NY"      
#> [67] "Steuben County, NY"      "Suffolk County, NY"     
#> [69] "Sullivan County, NY"     "Tioga County, NY"       
#> [71] "Tompkins County, NY"     "Ulster County, NY"      
#> [73] "Warren County, NY"       "Washington County, NY"  
#> [75] "Wayne County, NY"        "Westchester County, NY" 
#> [77] "Wyoming County, NY"      "Yates County, NY"       
   fips_counties_from_state_abbrev(c("AK", "LA"))
#>  [1] "02013" "02016" "02020" "02050" "02060" "02063" "02066" "02068" "02070"
#> [10] "02090" "02100" "02105" "02110" "02122" "02130" "02150" "02158" "02164"
#> [19] "02170" "02180" "02185" "02188" "02195" "02198" "02220" "02230" "02240"
#> [28] "02275" "02282" "02290" "22001" "22003" "22005" "22007" "22009" "22011"
#> [37] "22013" "22015" "22017" "22019" "22021" "22023" "22025" "22027" "22029"
#> [46] "22031" "22033" "22035" "22037" "22039" "22041" "22043" "22045" "22047"
#> [55] "22049" "22051" "22053" "22055" "22057" "22059" "22061" "22063" "22065"
#> [64] "22067" "22069" "22071" "22073" "22075" "22077" "22079" "22081" "22083"
#> [73] "22085" "22087" "22089" "22091" "22093" "22095" "22097" "22099" "22101"
#> [82] "22103" "22105" "22107" "22109" "22111" "22113" "22115" "22117" "22119"
#> [91] "22121" "22123" "22125" "22127"