Point coordinates for the center of the hexagon that includes:
50 States
1 federal district: District of Columbia
5 territories: Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands
1 freely associated state: Palau
Format
Simple feature collection
- abbr_usps
2-letter code used by the United States Postal Service
- abbr_gpo
abbreviations from US Government Printing Office
- abbr_ap
abbreviations from AP Stylebook
- name
Name of geographic area
- fips
2-digit FIPS code (Federal Information Processing Standard)
- geo_type
Type of region: state, federal district, territory, freely associated state
- geometry
point coordinates for the center of the hexagon
Source
Coordinates for hex map are based on NPR's daily graphic template, https://github.com/nprapps/dailygraphics-templates/blob/master/state_grid_map/index.html
Abbreviations are pulled from List of U.S. state and territory abbreviations, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_and_territory_abbreviations
Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/wioa/
ETA regions https://www.dol.gov/agencies/eta/regions