Retrieve Census Planning Database data

Usage

tc_get_pdb(
  geography = NULL,
  variables = NULL,
  table = NULL,
  year,
  dataset = NULL,
  within = NULL,
  predicates = NULL,
  summary_var = NULL,
  geometry = FALSE,
  keep_geo_vars = FALSE,
  key = tc_get_key(),
  refresh = FALSE,
  cache = TRUE,
  ucgid = NULL,
  geography_vintage = NULL,
  ...
)

Arguments

geography: Census geography name.
variables: Optional character vector of variable names.
table: Optional table or group identifier. Mutually exclusive with variables.
year: Dataset year.
dataset: Optional pdb/... dataset path. When omitted, the dataset is inferred from geography.
within: Optional named list of parent geographies.
predicates: Optional named list of additional predicates.
summary_var: Optional summary variable to append as summary_estimate / summary_moe.
geometry: Should geometry be joined after retrieval?
keep_geo_vars: Should source geometry attributes be retained?
key: Optional Census API key.
refresh: Should cached metadata be refreshed?
cache: Should discovery metadata be cached locally?
ucgid: Optional ucgid predicate.
geography_vintage: Optional geography vintage used for input normalization.
...: Geography values such as state = "NY" or county = "001".

Value

A tibble or sf object.

Examples

if (FALSE) { # tinycensus::tc_has_key()
tc_get_pdb(
  year = 2024,
  variables = "Tot_Population_CEN_2020",
  geography = "tract",
  state = "NY",
  county = "061"
)
}