gather_counties: Gather ACS attributes from multiple counties
In jcbain/haterzmapper: Mapping the Geography of City Diversity

Description Usage Arguments Value Examples

Gather ACS attributes from multiple counties

1 2	gather_counties(counties, variables, geography = "tract", year = 2015, geometry = FALSE)

`counties`	A vector of counties to collect data on. Must be in the following format 'SA,County Name' where SA is the state abbreviation and the Count Name is the name of the county. For example, 'MO,Jackson' would collect on Jackson county, Missouri.
`variables`	A list of ACM coded variables to collect.
`geography`	The geographical unit to collect on.
`year`	The ACS collection year.
`geometry`	An option to include the simple feature for mapping functionality.

a simple feature data frame.

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gather_counties(counties = c('MO,Clay', 'MO,Jackson'),
                variables = c('B02001_001E', 'B02001_003E'))
gather_counties('MO,Jackson', variables = 'B01001_001E', geometry = TRUE)