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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

Usage

usaETA_labels

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

Details

These are based on ETA (Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration) regions for reporting WIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) performance.