Contiguous County File (CCF)

Data files from this collection are available only to PRI affiliates

STIPULATIONS FOR USE: Access to files on PopNet limited to Penn State PRI researchers

DESCRIPTION: This file provides information on locational relationship between counties (and statistically equivalent entities) in the United States. For purposes of this study, contiguous counties included those that were physically adjacent, those that were not physically adjacent but were connected by a major road, and those that were not physically adjacent but had significant economic ties. The file includes FIPS state and county codes, county names, and the type of relationship between contiguous counties.

ORIGINATING AGENCY / PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR(S): United States Census Bureau

Year(s) / Wave(s)

Abstract?

Data Location

Input Statement

Documentation Location

1991

Yes

POPNET:
/nfs/data/public/census/
contig_cnty/da9835.gz

None at present

POPNET:
/nfs/data/public/contig_cnty/cb9835

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DATA DISSEMINATED BY: ICPSR