How do I convert from Census FIPS to Lat Lon?
I'm trying to learn some skills in programming (python) by plotting out/manipulating public data sets. Currently, I'm trying to make an interactive population map of the Arctic. I downloaded Alaskan census data from the Alaskan State Department of Labor which gave me population divided by census tract in FIPS (i.e. 0201301090 is Akutan City in the Aleutians East Borough). Is there a way to convert FIPS to Lat Lon or plot by FIPS in python? The FIPS code for places in your example (the 01090 part) is in a style (FIPS 55.3) that was retired long ago by the Census Bureau, so finding a good data