Block-level New York City information about education and demographic characteristics (2000). Geographic units: 2010 Census blocks.
nyceducation
Format
An sf data frame with 2,216 rows, 56 variables, and a geometry column:
- poly_id
Unique ID
- youth_drop
Percentage of population age 16-19 that has dropped out of high school
- per_mnrty
Percentage of the population that is non-white
- hs_drop
Percentage of population age over25 that dropped out of high school
- col_degree
Percentage of population over age 25 that obtained at least a bachelor’s degree
- per_asian
Percentage of Asian population
- per_black
Percentage of black population
- per_white
Percentage of white population
- ctlabel
Census tract label
- borocode
Borough code
- boroname
Borough name
- boroct2000
Census tract coding
- ntacode
Neighborhood tabulation area code
- ntaname
Neighborhood tabulation area name
- puma
Public use microarea code
- shape_leng
Length of polygon border
- shape_area
Area of polygon
- np_ct
Number of nonprofits
- mean_inc
Mean income
- pop1619
Population age 16-19
- dropout
High school dropouts, age 16-19
- enrollhs
Population enrolled in high school, age 16-19
- per_prv_sc
Percentage of all students Population enrolled in private school
- per_pub_sc
Percentage of all students Population enrolled in public school
- over3
Population over 3-year-old
- notenroll
Population over 3-year-old, not Population enrolled in school
- over3enroll
Population over 3-year-old, Population enrolled in school
- pubsch
Population enrolled in public school
- pub_pk
Population enrolled in public pre-k
- pub_k8
Population enrolled in public k-8
- pub_hs
Population enrolled in public high school
- pub_col
Population enrolled in public college
- privsch
Population enrolled in private school
- priv_pk
Population enrolled in private pre-k
- priv_k8
Population enrolled in private k-8
- priv_hs
Population enrolled in private high school
- priv_col
Population enrolled in private college
- over25
Population over 25 years
- subhs
Population over 25 years with less than high school degree
- hs
Population over 25 years with high school degree
- somecol
Population over 25 years with some college
- college
Population over 25 years with bachelor’s degree
- master
Population over 25 years with master’s degree
- prof
Population over 25 years with professional degree
- phd
Population over 25 years with phd
- white
Total white population
- black
Total black population
- asian
Total Asian population
- sub18
Total population under 18 years old
- gender_par
Gender parity, 1=parity, higher = more males, lower = more females
- male
Male population
- female
Female population
- school_ct
Number of schools
- popdens
Population density (people per square mile)
- population
Population count
Source
Source for school locations: Open Data New York (https://data.cityofnewyork.us/Education/School-Point-Locations/jfju-ynrr). Demographics source: 2000 Census.
Details
Sf object, Projection 2203. NAD83 / New York Long Island (ftUS)
Examples
if (requireNamespace("sf", quietly = TRUE)) { library(sf) data(nyceducation) plot(nyceducation["phd"]) }
