Package index • ACSdownload

Download ACS data

Bulk-fetch ACS table-based summary file data.

get_acs_new(): Get full USA ACS data by table and fips (table-based summary file format)

Inspect and label variables

Make sense of the Census variable codes.

acs_label(): Look up the human-readable label for one or more ACS variable codes
acs_table_shells: Lookup from ACS variable code to its human-readable label
url_acs_table(): Build data.census.gov URLs for one or more ACS 5-year tables

Geography helpers

Convert between SUMLEVEL codes and human-readable type names.

sumlevel_from_fipstype(): Get the SUMLEVEL code (e.g. "040", "150") from a fipstype string (e.g. "state", "blockgroup")
fipstype_from_sumlevel(): Convert SUMLEVEL codes (e.g. "040", "150") to fipstype strings (e.g. "state", "blockgroup")

Vintage / release-date helpers

Decide which ACS vintage to target.

acs_endyear_like_ejam(): Estimate the latest ACS 5-year end year Census Bureau has published
acsdefaultendyearhere: Default end year of 5-year ACS datasets this package targets
acsfirstyearavailablehere: Earliest end year of 5-year ACS datasets get_acs_new() can target

EJSCREEN integration

Table lists used by EJSCREEN/EJAM.

ejscreen_acs_tables: ACS tables used by EJSCREEN ACS-based indicators