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Re: Using CountryData to Get US Population by State

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• Subject: [mg126744] Re: Using CountryData to Get US Population by State
• From: Gregory Lypny <GREGORY.LYPNY at videotron.ca>
• Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 05:02:30 -0400 (EDT)
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You rock, Bob.  I never would have figured this one out.

Gregory


On Sat, Jun 2, 2012, at 10:02 AM, Bob Hanlon wrote:

> statePopulations = {#, WolframAlpha[
>      "population of " <> #, {{"Result", 1}, "ComputableData"}]} & /@
>      DeleteCases[
>    CountryData["UnitedStates", "Regions"],
>    "DistrictOfColumbia"];
> 
> 
> Bob Hanlon
> 
> On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 5:44 AM, Gregory Lypny
> <GREGORY.LYPNY at videotron.ca> wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>> 
>> Can anyone help me with the syntax for CountryData so that I can get the population of individual US states?
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Gregory

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  • Using CountryData to Get US Population by State
    • From: Gregory Lypny <GREGORY.LYPNY@videotron.ca>