pl_get_baf: Download 2020 Block Assignment Files for a State

In PL94171: Tabulate P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data Summary Files

Download 2020 Block Assignment Files for a State

Description

From the Census: "The Block Assignment Files (BAFs) are among the geographic products that the Census Bureau provides to states and other data users containing the small area census data necessary for legislative redistricting. The BAFs contain Census tabulation block codes and geographic area codes for a specific geographic entity type."

Usage

pl_get_baf(abbr, geographies = NULL, cache_to = NULL, refresh = FALSE)

Arguments

abbr	the state abbreviation to get the BAF for
geographies	the geographies to get. Defaults to all available.
cache_to	the file name, if any, to cache the results to (as an RDS). If a file exists and refresh=FALSE, will read BAF from this file.
refresh	if TRUE, force a re-download of the BAF data.

Value

A list of data frames, one for each available BAF geography.

Examples

pl_get_baf("RI")
pl_get_baf("RI", "VTD")

PL94171 documentation built on April 3, 2025, 7:50 p.m.