A collection of CSV files with the latitude/longitude for the centroid of each census shape. These are useful for making dot maps, or other maps where you might need to plot a single discrete location for a given shape.
Available files include:
- US counties (2018 definitions)
- Census Places (2018 definitions)
- Census Tracts (2010 definitions)
- Zip Code Tabulation Areas (2018 definitions)
It doesn't include census blocks by default, since it would create a prohibitively large file. It should theoretically work using make blocks.csv, so feel free to give it a try if you've got the hardware and internet connection to spare. (It might take a few hours.)
All the shapefiles come from the Census Bureau's TIGER database, using @datadesk's census-map-downloader tool.
If you want to generate files yourself, you'll first need to install pipenv. If you're on a mac, that's as easy as:
$ brew install pipenv
Then, you need to install the python dependencies:
$ pipenv install
To generate files, just use the makefile commands:
$ make [format].csv
Where format is one of counties, places, tracts, zctas, or blocks. Or, you can run
$ make all
to generate every format (except for blocks, which is disabled by default).