geosnap.datasets.msas

datasets.msas(convert=True)

Metropolitan Statistical Areas as drawn in 2010.

Data come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent TIGER/LINE files https://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/geo/shapefiles/index.php?year=2018&layergroup=Core+Based+Statistical+Areas

Parameters
convertbool

if True, return geodataframe, else return dataframe (the default is True).

Returns
pandas.DataFrame or geopandas.GeoDataFrame

2010 MSAs as a geodataframe or as a dataframe with geometry stored as well-known binary on the ‘wkb’ column.