censusapi0.9.0 package

Retrieve Data from the Census APIs

get_api_key

Retrieve a Census API key stored the .Renivron file

getCensus

Retrieve Census data from a given API

getFunction

Internal function: Get the API response, return a data frame

has_api_key

Is there a saved Census API key in the .Renivron file?

listCensusApis

Get general information about available datasets

listCensusMetadata

Get metadata about a specified API endpoint

makeVarlist

Use variable metadata to find variables containing a given string

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A wrapper for the U.S. Census Bureau APIs that returns data frames of Census data and metadata. Available datasets include the Decennial Census, American Community Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Population Estimates and Projections, and more.

  • Maintainer: Hannah Recht
  • License: GPL-3
  • Last published: 2025-03-05

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