_dta: 1. gaz2015zcta5centroid set up by Jean Roth , jroth@nber.org , 4 Dec 2015 2. Data source : http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2015_Gazetteer/2015_Gaz_zcta_national.zip 3. ------------------------------------------------ 4. from http://www.census.gov/prod/cen2010/doc/sf1.pdf : 5. ------------------------------------------------ 6. Internal point- 7. The Census Bureau calculates an internal point (latitude and longitude 8. coordinates) for each geographic entity. For many geographic entities, 9. the internal point is at or near the geographic center of the entity. 10. For some irregularly shaped entities (such as those shaped like a 11. crescent), the calculated geographic center may be located outside 12. the boundaries of the entity. In such instances, the internal point 13. is identified as a point inside the entity boundaries nearest to the 14. calculated geographic center and, if possible, within a land polygon. 15. ------------------------------------------------ 16. by Jean Roth , jroth@nber.org , 4 Dec 2015 17. Census Gazetteer ZCTA5 file 18. Unique identifier is zcta5 19. Distances between ZCTA5 that are within 50000 miles obs: 1,098,491,592 vars: 3 4 Dec 2015 17:21 size:19,772,848,656 (_dta has notes) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- storage display value variable name type format label variable label ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- zip1 str5 %9s Five digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area Census Code zip2 str5 %9s Five digit ZIP Code Tabulation Area Census Code mi_to_zcta5 double %10.0g Distance between ZCTAs that are within 50000 miles ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sorted by: zip1 mi_to_zcta5 zip2