us_state_capitals

U.S. state capitals and capitol building locations

Geographical coordinates and names of U.S. state capitals, transformed using scripts/us-state-capitals.py. Includes latitude, longitude, state name, and capital city name for all 50 U.S. states. Cities are represented as point locations of their capitol buildings using coordinates in the WGS84 geographic coordinate system.

According to USGS

"Map services and data downloaded from The National Map are free and in the public domain. There are no restrictions; however, we request that the following acknowledgment statement of the originating agency be included in products and data derived from our map services when citing, copying, or reprinting: Map services and data available from U.S. Geological Survey, National Geospatial Program."

JSON 50 rows 4 fields 4.0 KB 2 gallery examples 2 examples

Fields

FieldTypeDistributionSummaryMissing
lonAdd number -157.9 – -69.78 · mean -93.47 Missing 0
latAdd number 21.31 – 58.3 · mean 39.41 Missing 0
stateAdd string 50 distinct Alabama 1 · Alaska 1 · Arizona 1 Missing 0
cityAdd string 50 distinct Albany 1 · Annapolis 1 · Atlanta 1 Missing 0

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lonlatstatecity
-86.300563932.3777298AlabamaMontgomery
-134.410438858.3020694AlaskaJuneau
-112.09706533.4482497ArizonaPhoenix
-92.289228434.746745ArkansasLittle Rock
-121.493559138.5765854CaliforniaSacramento

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