Create a Census Block-Level Table — create_block_table • geomander

Download block-level decennial census data with the standard redistricting variables used throughout the package.

Usage

create_block_table(
  state,
  county = NULL,
  geometry = TRUE,
  year = 2020,
  mem = FALSE,
  epsg = 3857
)

Arguments

state: Two-letter state postal code.
county: Optional county name or code. If omitted, returns blocks for the entire state.
geometry: Logical. If TRUE, include geometry.
year: Census year. Intended for decennial years, especially 2010 and 2020.
mem: Logical. If TRUE, use the memoized censable backend.
epsg: numeric EPSG code to planarize to. Default is 3857.

Value

dataframe or sf object with one row per block. Includes population and voting-age-population summaries by race and ethnicity.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# uses the Census API
create_block_table(state = 'NY', county = 'Rockland', geometry = FALSE)
} # }