censusapi is a lightweight package to get data from the
U.S. Census Bureau’s APIs. More than
1,000 Census API
endpoints are available, including the Decennial Census, American
Community Survey, Poverty Statistics, Population Estimates, and Census
microdata. This package is designed to let you get data from all of
those APIs using the same main functions and syntax for every
dataset.
getCensus() is designed to work with any new Census API
endpoint when it is released, as long as it conforms to Census’s
existing standards. The package also includes metadata functions so that
users determine which
datasets are available and for
each dataset, what variables, geographies, and groups can be
used.
Get the latest stable release from CRAN:
install.packages("censusapi")You can also install the latest development version of
censusapi from Github using devtools:
# Install the devtools package if needed
# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("hrecht/censusapi")To learn more about using censusapi, read the package
documentation and articles at https://www.hrecht.com/censusapi/.
This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.
Please note that this project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By participating in this project you agree to abide by its terms.