diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 56ea5a9..de268df 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export(nation)
 export(native_areas)
 export(new_england)
 export(places)
+export(popcenters)
 export(primary_roads)
 export(primary_secondary_roads)
 export(pumas)
diff --git a/R/center_of_pop.R b/R/center_of_pop.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1619a36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/center_of_pop.R
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#' Download a Centers of Population shapefile into R.
+#'
+#' Description from the Census Bureau: "The concept of the center of population as used 
+#' by the U.S. Census Bureau is that of a balance point. The center of population is 
+#' the point at which an imaginary, weightless, rigid, and flat (no elevation effects) 
+#' surface representation of the 50 states (or 48 conterminous states for calculations 
+#' made prior to 1960) and the District of Columbia would balance if weights of identical 
+#' size were placed on it so that each weight represented the location of one person." 
+#' For more information, please see the link provided.
+#'
+#' @param geography One of 'state', 'county', 'tract', or 'blockgroup'
+#' @param state The state for which to download data. For state population centers 
+#' and for year 2000 tracts, only national files are available, so `state` should
+#' not be provided.
+#' @param year The year for which  to download data. Only decennial census years 
+#' 2000, 2010, and 2020 are available. 
+#' @seealso \url{https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/centers-population.2000.html}
+#' @export
+#' @examples \dontrun{
+#' library(tigris)
+#' library(ggplot2)
+#' library(sf)
+#' 
+#' ctrs <- popcenters('county', state = 'wa', year = 2020)
+#' counties <- counties(state = 'wa', year = 2020)
+#' 
+#' ggplot() + geom_sf(data = counties, fill = 'grey') + geom_sf(data = ctrs, color = 'red')
+#' }
+popcenters <- function(geography = c('state', 'county', 'tract', 'blockgroup'), state = NULL, year){
+    geography <- match.arg(geography)
+    if(!(year %in% c(2000, 2010, 2020))){
+        stop("Centers of population are only available for decennial censuses 2000-2020.")
+    }
+    state <- validate_state(state)
+    if((geography == 'state' || (geography == 'tract' && year == 2000))){
+        if(!is.null(state)){
+            stop("State-specific files are not available, leave state as null to download the nation-wide data.")
+        }
+    }else if(is.null(state)){
+        stop("Provide a state.")
+    }
+    
+    state_fips <- state
+    state_abb <- tolower(unique(fips_codes[fips_codes$state_code == state_fips, ]$state))
+    url <- case_when(
+        # 2000
+        year == 2000 && geography == 'state'      ~ paste0('cenpop2000/statecenters.txt'),
+        year == 2000 && geography == 'county'     ~ paste0('cenpop2000/county/cou_', state_fips, '_', state_abb, '.txt'),
+        year == 2000 && geography == 'tract'      ~ paste0('cenpop2000/tract/tract_pop.txt'),
+        year == 2000 && geography == 'blockgroup' ~ paste0('cenpop2000/blkgrp/bg_', state_fips, '_', state_abb, '.txt'),
+        # 2010 
+        year == 2010 && geography == 'state'      ~ paste0('cenpop2010/CenPop2010_Mean_ST.txt'),
+        year == 2010 && geography == 'county'     ~ paste0('cenpop2010/county/CenPop2010_Mean_CO', state_fips, '.txt'),
+        year == 2010 && geography == 'tract'      ~ paste0('cenpop2010/tract/CenPop2010_Mean_TR', state_fips, '.txt'),
+        year == 2010 && geography == 'blockgroup' ~ paste0('cenpop2010/blkgrp/CenPop2010_Mean_BG', state_fips, '.txt'),
+        # 2020
+        year == 2020 && geography == 'state'      ~ paste0('cenpop2020/CenPop2020_Mean_ST.txt'),
+        year == 2020 && geography == 'county'     ~ paste0('cenpop2020/county/CenPop2020_Mean_CO', state_fips, '.txt'),
+        year == 2020 && geography == 'tract'      ~ paste0('cenpop2020/tract/CenPop2020_Mean_TR', state_fips, '.txt'),
+        year == 2020 && geography == 'blockgroup' ~ paste0('cenpop2020/blkgrp/CenPop2020_Mean_BG', state_fips, '.txt')
+    )
+    url <- paste0('https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/', url)
+
+    if(geography == 'state'){ 
+        col.names <- c('STATEFP', 'STNAME', 'POPULATION', 'LATITUDE', 'LONGITUDE') 
+        colClasses <- c('character', 'character', 'integer', 'numeric', 'numeric') 
+    }else if(geography == 'county'){ 
+        if(year == 2000){
+            col.names <- c('STATEFP', 'COUNTYFP', 'COUNAME', 'POPULATION', 'LATITUDE', 'LONGITUDE')
+            colClasses <- c('character', 'character', 'character', 'integer', 'numeric', 'numeric') 
+
+        }else{
+            col.names <- c('STATEFP', 'COUNTYFP', 'COUNAME', 'STNAME', 'POPULATION', 'LATITUDE', 'LONGITUDE')
+            colClasses <- c('character', 'character', 'character', 'character', 'integer', 'numeric', 'numeric') 
+        }
+    }else if(geography == 'tract'){ 
+        col.names <- c('STATEFP', 'COUNTYFP', 'TRACTCE', 'POPULATION', 'LATITUDE', 'LONGITUDE') 
+        colClasses <- c('character', 'character', 'character', 'integer', 'numeric', 'numeric') 
+
+    }else if(geography == 'blockgroup'){ 
+        col.names <- c('STATEFP', 'COUNTYFP', 'TRACTCE', 'BLKGRPCE', 'POPULATION', 'LATITUDE', 'LONGITUDE')
+        colClasses <- c('character', 'character', 'character', 'character', 'integer', 'numeric', 'numeric')
+    }
+    
+    if(year == 2000){
+        header <- FALSE
+    }else{
+        header <- TRUE
+    }
+    if(geography == 'state' && year == 2000){
+        dat <- read.fwf(url, widths = c(5, 20, 10, 12, 12), skip = 4, col.names = col.names, colClasses = colClasses) 
+    }else{
+        dat <- read.csv(url, col.names = col.names, colClasses = colClasses, header = header, na.strings = c('', 'NA', '+.', '-.'))
+    }
+    dat <- dat %>% mutate(across(where(is.character), stringr::str_trim))
+    st_as_sf(dat, coords = c('LONGITUDE', 'LATITUDE'), crs = 4267, na.fail = FALSE)
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e48aef0..2d2db22 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ Please note: cartographic boundary files in __tigris__ are not available for 201
 | `tribal_subdivisions_national()` | TIGER/Line | 2011-2024 |
 | `landmarks()` | TIGER/Line | 2011-2024 |
 | `military()` | TIGER/Line | 2011-2024 |
+| `popcenters()` | Census Reference Files | 2000, 2010, 2020 |
 
 
 
diff --git a/man/popcenters.Rd b/man/popcenters.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b635cab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/popcenters.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/center_of_pop.R
+\name{popcenters}
+\alias{popcenters}
+\title{Download a Centers of Population shapefile into R.}
+\usage{
+popcenters(
+  geography = c("state", "county", "tract", "blockgroup"),
+  state = NULL,
+  year
+)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{geography}{One of 'state', 'county', 'tract', or 'blockgroup'}
+
+\item{state}{The state for which to download data. For state population centers
+and for year 2000 tracts, only national files are available, so \code{state} should
+not be provided.}
+
+\item{year}{The year for which  to download data. Only decennial census years
+2000, 2010, and 2020 are available.}
+}
+\description{
+Description from the Census Bureau: "The concept of the center of population as used
+by the U.S. Census Bureau is that of a balance point. The center of population is
+the point at which an imaginary, weightless, rigid, and flat (no elevation effects)
+surface representation of the 50 states (or 48 conterminous states for calculations
+made prior to 1960) and the District of Columbia would balance if weights of identical
+size were placed on it so that each weight represented the location of one person."
+For more information, please see the link provided.
+}
+\examples{
+\dontrun{
+library(tigris)
+library(ggplot2)
+library(sf)
+
+ctrs <- popcenters('county', state = 'wa', year = 2020)
+counties <- counties(state = 'wa', year = 2020)
+
+ggplot() + geom_sf(data = counties, fill = 'grey') + geom_sf(data = ctrs, color = 'red')
+}
+}
+\seealso{
+\url{https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/centers-population.2000.html}
+}