Create an ACS Tract-Level Table — create_tract

Download tract-level ACS data with the standard redistricting variables used throughout the package.

Usage

create_tract_table(
  state,
  county,
  geometry = TRUE,
  year = 2019,
  mem = FALSE,
  epsg = 3857
)

Arguments

state: Two-letter state postal code.
county: Optional county name or code. If omitted, returns tracts for the entire state.
geometry: Logical. If TRUE, include geometry.
year: ACS year, currently intended for 2009 through 2019.
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 tract. Includes population, voting-age population, and citizen voting-age population summaries by race and ethnicity.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
# Relies on Census Bureau API
tract <- create_tract_table('NY', 'Rockland', year = 2018)
} # }