README.md

Offline FIPS Conversion Tools

Installation

To install the demogromatics package using R:

install.packages("devtools")
library("devtools")
devtools::install_github("nancyorgan/fips.tools")
library("fips.tools")

About

This package provides tools for: - Batch-downloading blockgroup-level TIGER shapefiles by state - Converting coordinates of geocoded addresses to FIPS code

Credit

The USPS state abbreviation to FIPS state numeric code comes from the Census Bureau's "FIPS Codes for the States and the District of Columbia" table at www.census.gov/geo/reference/ansi_statetables.html.

The shapefiles also come www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger-line.html.

Functions Overview

FIPS_converter(id, lat, long, state_data)
grab_shapefiles(state_abbrv)

Details, details!

The current version of demogromatics supports US Census 2010 FIPS codes.

Dependencies are R (>= 3.0.2), rgdal, rgeos, sp.



nancyorgan/fips.tools documentation built on May 10, 2019, 12:10 a.m.