data.table of rural zipcodes from HRSA

These data were compiled by Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP) at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). This data resources gives a simple list of zipcodes that are considered rural.

rural_zips()

Source

https://www.hrsa.gov/rural-health/about-us/definition/datafiles.html

Details

They were accessed on September 25, 2021.

Download

• https://github.com/seandavi/UCCCReporter/raw/main/inst/extdata/forhp-eligible-zips.xlsx

Geographic level

• zipcode

• state

See also

Other Data resources: cdc_places(), cdc_social_vulnerability_index(), cell_line_ancestry(), census_tract_zip_crosswalk(), zipcode_shapes()

Examples

rural_zip_data = rural_zips()

head(rural_zip_data)
#>    state zip_code
#> 1:    MA    01029
#> 2:    MA    01222
#> 3:    MA    01229
#> 4:    MA    01230
#> 5:    MA    01236
#> 6:    MA    01238

# top states by number of rural counties
rural_zip_data[,.(.N),by=state][order(N,decreasing=TRUE)][1:10,]
#>     state    N
#>  1:    TX 1051
#>  2:    PA  797
#>  3:    NY  777
#>  4:    IA  748
#>  5:    IL  679
#>  6:    MO  668
#>  7:    KY  665
#>  8:    OH  638
#>  9:    MN  623
#> 10:    CA  598