usafacts.md

Meta Data Name: USAFacts

Last Modified: 2/28/2021

Author: Stephanie Yang

Data Location:

GeoDaCenter/covid/public/csv

• County
  • Cases: covid_confirmed_usafacts.csv
  • Deaths: covid_deaths_usafacts.csv
• State
  • Cases: covid_confirmed_usafacts_state.csv
  • Deaths: covid_deaths_usafacts_state.csv

Data Source(s) Description:

USAFacts publishes COVID-19 data confirmed cases and death data on county and state level. All data are updated on a daily basis. USAFacts also provide various data visualization here.

Direct links: Confirmed Cases | Deaths

Description of Data Processing:

• Data are directly downloaded from USAFacts.

Key Variable and Definitions:

covid_confirmed_usafacts_state.csv

Variable	Variable ID in .csv	Description
State	State	State abbreviation
State FIPS	StateFIPS	State level fips code to join to county geospatial data (2-digit)
Confirmed Cases (Time series)	ISO Format Date (eg.2020-01-22)	Cumulative cases for given geography

covid_deaths_usafacts_state.csv

Variable	Variable ID in .csv	Description
State	State	State abbreviation
State FIPS	StateFIPS	State level fips code to join to county geospatial data (2-digit)
Deaths (Time series)	ISO Format Date (eg.2020-01-22)	Cumulative deaths for given geography

covid_confirmed_usafacts.csv

Variable	Variable ID in .csv	Description
County Name	County Name	County Name
County FIPS	countyFIPS	County level fips code to join to county geospatial data (5-digit)
State	State	State abbreviation
State FIPS	StateFIPS	State level fips code to join to county geospatial data (2-digit)
Confirmed Cases (Time series)	ISO Format Date (eg.2020-01-22)	Cumulative cases for given geography

covid_deaths_usafacts.csv

Variable	Variable ID in .csv	Description
County Name	County Name	County Name
County FIPS	countyFIPS	County level fips code to join to county geospatial data (5-digit)
State	State	State abbreviation
State FIPS	StateFIPS	State level fips code to join to county geospatial data (2-digit)
COVID-19 Deaths (Time series)	ISO Format Date (eg.2020-01-22)	Cumulative deaths attributed to COVID for given geography (state)

Description of Data Source Tables:

See the Detailed Methodology and Sources: COVID-19 Data for additional information.

Data Limitations:

No limitations to report.

Comments/Notes:

n/a