MazamaSpatialUtils (version 0.6.4)

convertUSCensusCBSA: Convert US Core Based Statistical Areas Shapefile

Description

Returns a SpatialPolygonsDataFrame for US CBSAs

Usage

convertUSCensusCBSA(nameOnly = FALSE, simplify = FALSE)

Arguments

nameOnly

logical specifying whether to only return the name without creating the file

simplify

logical specifying whether to create "_05", _02" and "_01" versions of the file that are simplified to 5%, 2% and 1%

Value

Name of the dataset being created.

Details

A US Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSA) shapefile is downloaded and converted to a SpatialPolygonsDataFrame with additional columns of data. The resulting file will be created in the spatial data directory which is set with setSpatialDataDir().

The CBSA datasets was obtained from the following URL:

https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/tiger-line-shapefile-2017-nation-u-s-current-metropolitan-statistical-area-micropolitan-statist

From the Census Bureau:

Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Areas are together termed Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) and are defined by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and consist of the county or counties or equivalent entities associated with at least one urban core (urbanized area or urban cluster) of at least 10,000 population, plus adjacent counties having a high degree of social and economic integration with the core as measured through commuting ties with the counties containing the core. Categories of CBSAs are: Metropolitan Statistical Areas, based on urbanized areas of 50,000 or more population; and Micropolitan Statistical Areas, based on urban clusters of at least 10,000 population but less than 50,000 population.

Boundaries are those defined by OMB based on the 2010 Census, published in 2013, and updated in 2015.

See Also

setSpatialDataDir

getUSCounty