Date:         Fri, 23 Aug 1996 01:46:00 GMT
Reply-To:     hmeij@CIESIN.ORG
Sender:       "SAS(r) Discussion" <SAS-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         Henk Meij <hmeij@CIESIN.ORG>
Organization: CIESIN
Subject:      Re: How to get county's names from the FIPs code

In article <SAS-L%96082211131178@VM.MARIST.EDU>,
Luying Wei  <wei-l%g93%OHSTSOC@OHSTSOCA.SBS.OHIO-STATE.EDU> wrote:
>Folks:
>        I need to prepare a table for all of counties in the U.S..  It
>will be nice if I can get the county's names by the aid of FIPs code, so I
> don't have to type 3000 county's names.  I called up SI, they told me
>that SAS doesn't have this function.  I am wondering whether someone knows
> some information about it.
 
You have to be kidding...
 
ftp ftp.ciesin.org
login: ftp
address: <email address>
cd /pub/census
cd usa
cd tiger
get stcofips.txt
 
Coutesy of the Bureau of the Census.
-Henk