ff_plot_census: Choropleth Map for Census Tracts

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Choropleth Map for Census Tracts

Description

This function creates choropleth maps for census tract estimates.

Usage

ff_plot_census(
  data,
  col_census_name,
  col_estimate,
  title,
  reverse_colors = F,
  legend_suffix = NULL,
  legend_prefix = NULL
)

Arguments

data	Name of the dataframe with data and shapefiles
col_census_name	column name as a string of the column with the census tract names
col_estimate	column name as a string of the column with the estimate we want to plot
title	title of plot
reverse	reverse the mapping of the colors to numbers (by default dark colors represent high numbers)

Value

choropleth map of census tracts and estimate

Examples

df <- tidycensus::get_acs(state = "NC",
                          county = "Forsyth",
                          geography = "tract",
                          variables = "S2301_C03_001",
                          geometry = TRUE) %>%
      dplyr::mutate(NAME = stringr::str_replace(", Forsyth County, North Carolina", ""))

ff_plot_census(df, "NAME", "estimate", "Employment Rate", T, NULL, "%")

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