unzip.datafiles: Unzip ACS datafile per state, downloading missing ones first

In ejanalysis/ACSdownload: Obtain American Community Survey Summary File Data Tables from Census Bureau FTP Site (for EJ analysis, etc.)

Unzip ACS datafile per state, downloading missing ones first

Description

Unzip ACS datafile for each specified US State, extracting specified table(s), downloading missing zip files first.

Usage

unzip.datafiles(
  tables,
  mystates,
  folder = getwd(),
  end.year = acsdefaultendyearhere_func(),
  testing = FALSE,
  attempts = 5,
  silent = FALSE
)

Arguments

tables	Character vector of table numbers needed such as 'B01001'
mystates	Character vector of 2-character state abbreviations. Default is all states.
folder	Default is current working directory.
end.year	optional – specifies last year of 5-year summary file.
testing	Default is FALSE. If TRUE, prints more info.
attempts	Default is 5, specifies how many tries (maximum) for unzipping before trying to redownload and then give up.
silent	Default is FALSE. Whether to send progress info to standard output.

Value

Side effect is unzipping file on disk (unless testing=TRUE)

See Also

get.acs()

ejanalysis/ACSdownload documentation built on Jan. 18, 2025, 7:43 a.m.