A 56 × 56 matrix of pairwise geographic distances (in metres) between
US states and territories, computed from boundary geometries via
sf::st_distance.
A numeric matrix with 56 rows and 56 columns.
Row and column names are state/territory names.
Source
Computed from US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles using the
tigris, sf, and geosphere packages.
See Walker (2024), Pebesma (2018), Hijmans (2022).
