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get ACS summaryfile specified tables for entire USA, all blockgroups or all tracts

Source: R/get.acs.all.R
get.acs.all.Rd

Uses Census Bureau new format files that offer the full USA in 1 file per table, via FTP or https. Does not get Puerto Rico (PR) as coded. Note API provides better list of variable names, in order as found on summary files, than documentation does.

Usage

get.acs.all(
  tables = "B01001",
  end.year = 2020,
  dataset = "5",
  sumlevel = 150,
  output.path = file.path("~", "acsoutput")
)

Arguments

tables

'ejscreen' or else one or more table codes like 'b01001' or c("B01001", "B03002")

end.year

2020 or another available year

dataset

default is 5, for 5-year summary file data like 2016-2020 ACS

sumlevel

default is 150 for blockgroups. 140 is tracts.

output.path

folder / path where to save the downloaded files

Value

list of data.frames, one per table requested

Details

For information on this new Summary File format visit:

https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/data/summary-file.html