Returns Census data for the 2010 SF1 or ACS 2013-2015 1-, 3-, and 5-Yr aggregations for requested variables and geographies.
call_census_api(variables_to_get, names = NULL, geoids, allgeos = NULL,
data_source = c("sf1", "acs"), year = 2013, period = 5,
api_key = NULL)A character vector of the desired variable names for the Census API call, defined at https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets.html
A character vector of the same length as variables_to_get
giving the user-defined names for the variables (optional). Defaults to raw
API names.
A character vector of FIPS codes; must be at least to the county (5-digit) level, and can accept down to blocks (15-digit).
(optional) A string identifying the type of geography for
which to collect data within the the requested geoids. Must be one
of c('co', 'tr', 'bg', 'bl'). For instance, if allgeos =
"bg", will return all block groups within the given geoids.
A string identifying whether the SF1 (decennial census) or ACS data is desired.
If data_source = "acs", the final year of the summary
period. Default is 2013.
If data_source = "acs", the length of aggregation period.
Default is 5, or a 5-year aggregation table.
The user's Census API key (as a character string). You can get
a free key from [Census](http://api.census.gov/data/key_signup.html). See
vignette('censusr', package = 'censusr') to setup a default key as
an environment variable.
a data_frame with each requested variable at each requested geography.
See vignette('censusr', package = 'censusr') for examples.