pycancensus.add_unique_names_to_region_list

pycancensus.add_unique_names_to_region_list(region_list: DataFrame) → DataFrame

Add a de-duplicated “Name” column to a region list.

Municipality names are not always unique, especially at the CSD level. Duplicated names get the municipal status appended in parentheses; if that still does not make them unique, the region identifier is added as well.

Parameters:

region_list (pd.DataFrame) – A subset of a region list as returned by list_census_regions().

Returns:

The same regions with an extra column “Name” with de-duplicated names.

Return type:

pd.DataFrame