acs_download: Download ACS Summary File Data

Description Usage Arguments

View source: R/acs_download.R

Description

This function downloads American Community Survey (ACS) Summary File (SF) data from the Census Bureau's FTP site.

Usage

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acs_download(year, span, geo, acs_dir = ".", overwrite = FALSE)

Arguments

year

[integer(1)]: The year of the ACS sample. 2005 through 2016 are available.

span

[integer(1)]: The span of years for ACS estimates. ACS 1-year, and 5-year surveys are supported.

geo

[character(1)]: The 2-letter abbreviation for the state for which data will be downloaded. For geogrpahies that do not nest within states, use "US".

acs_dir

[character(1)]: The root directory in which all the ACS SF data will be saved. Defaluts to current working directoy.

overwrite

[logical(1)]: Whether existing versions of these files be overwriten. Defaults to FALSE.


austensen/acssf documentation built on Nov. 18, 2020, 4:44 a.m.