url.censusblock: See webpage with data on Census block(s)

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See webpage with data on Census block(s)

Description

DRAFT CODE TO see table webpage of BLOCK DATA VIA AFF WITHOUT NEEDING API KEY

Usage

url.censusblock(
  fips,
  censustable = "P2",
  censusfile = "DEC/10_PL",
  launch = TRUE
)

Arguments

fips	vector of FIPS
censustable	P2 by default but can be another table code. e.g., see http://factfinder.census.gov/faces/affhelp/jsf/pages/metadata.xhtml?lang=en&type=dataset&id=dataset.en.DEC_10_SF1
censusfile	DEC/10_PL by default. Also see DEC_10_SF1 for example.
launch	TRUE by default, whether to open page in web browser

Details

For information on FIPS codes, see http://www.census.gov/geo/reference/ansi.html and also see https://www.census.gov/geo/reference/geoidentifiers.html For links to AFF, see http://factfinder2.census.gov/files/AFF_deep_linking_guide.pdf e.g. to get 1 block census 2010 pop, for block fips 360610127001000 http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_SF1/P1/1000000US360610127001000 e.g. to get 1 block census 2010 RACE/ETH/NHWA, for block fips 360610127002001 http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_PL/P2/1000000US360610127002001 Notice the second one gets P2 from 10_PL not 10_SF1, because P2 in SF1 means something different TO GET RACE/ETHNICITY CENSUS 2010 COUNTS ON ONE BLOCK: block fips 360610127002001 http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_PL/P2/1000000US360610127002001 TO GET RACE/ETHNICITY CENSUS 2010 COUNTS ON TWO BLOCKS: http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_PL/P2/1000000US360610127002001|1000000US360610127002000

Value

Can open a webpage. Returns vector of URL(s) as character

See Also

(http://ejanalysis.github.io/countyhealthrankings)

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