state_choropleth_acs: Create a US State choropleth from ACS data

In choroplethr: Simplify the Creation of Choropleth Maps in R

Create a US State choropleth from ACS data

Description

Creates a choropleth of US States using the US Census' American Community Survey (ACS) data. Requires the acs package to be installed, and a Census API Key to be set with the acs's api.key.install function. Census API keys can be obtained at http://www.census.gov/developers/tos/key_request.html.

Usage

state_choropleth_acs(
  tableId,
  endyear = 2011,
  span = 5,
  num_colors = 7,
  zoom = NULL
)

Arguments

tableId	The id of an ACS table
endyear	The end year of the survey to use. See acs.fetch (?acs.fetch) and http://1.usa.gov/1geFSSj for details.
span	The span of time to use. See acs.fetch and http://1.usa.gov/1geFSSj for details.
num_colors	The number of colors on the map. A value of 1 will use a continuous scale. A value in [2, 9] will use that many colors.
zoom	An optional list of states to zoom in on. Must come from the "name" column in ?state.regions.

Value

A choropleth.

References

Uses the acs package created by Ezra Haber Glenn.

See Also

api.key.install in the acs package which sets an Census API key for the acs library

http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/help/jsf/pages/metadata.xhtml?lang=en&type=survey&id=survey.en.ACS_ACS which contains a list of all ACS surveys.

Examples

## Not run: 
# median income, default parameters
state_choropleth_acs("B19301")

# continuous scale, zooming in on New York, New Jersey and Connecticut
state_choropleth_acs("B19301", num_colors=1, zoom=c("new york", "new jersey", "connecticut"))

## End(Not run)

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