Get FIPS codes from names of states or counties inverse of fips2name(), 1-to-1 map statename, ST, countyname to FIPS of each

Usage

name2fips(
  x,
  exact = FALSE,
  usegrep = FALSE,
  geocoding = FALSE,
  details = FALSE
)

Arguments

x: vector of 1 or more exact names of states or ST abbreviations or countynames that include the comma and state abbrev., like "Harris County, TX" (not the same as where ST is separate in fips_counties_from_countyname()) Ignores case.
exact: if TRUE, query must match exactly but set to FALSE if you want partial matching and possibly more than one result for a query term x
usegrep: passed to fips_place_from_placename() and if TRUE, helps find partial matches
geocoding: passed to fips_place_from_placename()
details: set to TRUE to return a table of details on places instead of just the fips vector

Value

vector of character fips codes (unless details = TRUE)

Details

CAUTION - for cities/ towns/ CDPs/ etc. (census places), this currently assumes a placename,ST occurs only once per state, but there are exceptions like townships in PA that use the same name in 2 different counties of same state.

Examples

name2fips(c("de", "NY"))
name2fips("rhode island")
name2fips(c("delaware", "NY"))
name2fips(c("Magnolia town, DE", "Delaware City city, DE"))
name2fips(c('denver',  "new york" ), exact = F)