{"categories":[{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities/3"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Provides structured access to US state and territory metadata including postal abbreviations, FIPS codes, capitals, time zones, and shapefile URLs for geographic regions.","skillfed_tags":["reference-data","us-geography","metadata"],"use_cases":["Validate and normalize US state abbreviations or FIPS codes in address or form-processing pipelines.","Build geographic dashboards or reports that need state capitals, time zones, or contiguity information.","Download Census Bureau shapefiles for mapping or GIS analysis by state or region.","Implement fuzzy state name matching in user-facing search or autocomplete features.","Generate lookup tables mapping between FIPS codes, postal abbreviations, and state names for data integration.","Query state metadata (statehood year, time zone, AP abbreviation) for reference or display purposes."],"what_it_does":"The us package is a reference library for US state and territory data. It provides programmatic access to states and territories with their postal abbreviations, FIPS codes, capitals, statehood years, time zones, and geographic classifications (contiguous, continental). It includes a phonetic name lookup powered by jellyfish for fuzzy matching and generates URLs to 2010 Census Bureau shapefiles for various geographic regions (state, county, congressional district, census tract, block, etc.). The package also offers a command-line tool for quick lookups and a mapping function to generate dictionaries between any two state attributes.\n\nIt is designed for developers building applications that need authoritative US geographic metadata\u2014data validation, address parsing, geographic analysis, or administrative dashboards. The library is pure Python with minimal dependencies, installs quickly, and has been maintained since its early releases with active support for modern Python versions. DC can optionally be included in state lists via an environment variable.","worth_installing":"Yes. The package is actively maintained, has low install friction, carries no known vulnerabilities, and solves a common reference-data problem with a clean API. The unclear license treatment is a minor concern\u2014review the BSD text if you have strict compliance requirements\u2014but poses no practical barrier for most projects. Install it if you need reliable US state metadata or geographic lookups."},"id":"us","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/us","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/us.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/us/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2024-07-22","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"unclear","name":"us","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"US state meta information and other fun stuff"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":2357635,"position":3106,"tier":"top_5000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"3.2.0"}