[Python] geopands is missing states.geojson file

All, I got the following error when trying to import states.geojson file as described in this page https://www.twilio.com/en-us/blog/geospatial-analysis-python-geojson-geopandas-html. I think that this file is among the pre-installed files with the geopands.

I am using geopandas version 0.14.4

import geopandas as gpd
states = gpd.read_file('states.geojson')


Here is the error

Traceback (most recent call last):

File fiona/ogrext.pyx:130 in fiona.ogrext.gdal_open_vector

File fiona/ogrext.pyx:134 in fiona.ogrext.gdal_open_vector

File fiona/_err.pyx:375 in fiona._err.StackChecker.exc_wrap_pointer

CPLE_OpenFailedError: states.geojson: No such file or directory


The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):

Cell In[1], line 2
states = gpd.read_file('states.geojson') # built in-file

File ~/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/geopandas/io/file.py:289 in _read_file
return _read_file_fiona(

File ~/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/geopandas/io/file.py:315 in _read_file_fiona
with reader(path_or_bytes, **kwargs) as features:

File ~/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/fiona/env.py:457 in wrapper
return f(*args, **kwds)

File ~/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/fiona/__init__.py:342 in open
colxn = Collection(

File ~/anaconda3/lib/python3.11/site-packages/fiona/collection.py:226 in __init__
self.session.start(self, **kwargs)

File fiona/ogrext.pyx:876 in fiona.ogrext.Session.start

File fiona/ogrext.pyx:136 in fiona.ogrext.gdal_open_vector

DriverError: Failed to open dataset (flags=68): states.geojson


Thanks

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