fetch_acs_data: Support function to extract data from ACS

View source: R/fetch_acs_data.R

fetch_acs_dataR Documentation

Support function to extract data from ACS

Description

This function looks for demographic data from ACS. First checks if this data is in working directory. If not, it creates a directory and downloads most recent data.

Usage

fetch_acs_data(year, state_filter = NULL)

Arguments

year

Year of ACS data desired by user.

state_filter

Users may restrict screening to a particular state in the contiguous US. If so, users can specify a state. Default is to conduct screening for the entire contiguous US.

Value

data.frame of national ACS demographic data at block group resolution.


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