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download ACS 5year data from Census API, at County resolution

Usage

acs_bycounty(myvars = "B03002_001", myst = "DE", yr = 2022)

Arguments

myvars

optional .extracted from x, one or more ACS5 variables like "B03002_001"

myst

abbreviation of one state, like "DE"

yr

like 2022, end of 5 year ACS 2018-2022

Value

tibble table from output of acs_bycounty() i.e., output of get_acs() from tidycensus pkg

Examples

## also see examples for acs_bybg()
# \donttest{
  x     <- acs_bycounty(myvars = "B03002_003", myst = "NY", yr = 2022) # nhwa
#> Getting data from the 2018-2022 5-year ACS
#> Warning:  You have not set a Census API key. Users without a key are limited to 500
#> queries per day and may experience performance limitations.
#>  For best results, get a Census API key at
#> http://api.census.gov/data/key_signup.html and then supply the key to the
#> `census_api_key()` function to use it throughout your tidycensus session.
#> This warning is displayed once per session.
  denom <- acs_bycounty(myvars = "B03002_001", myst = "NY", yr = 2022) # pop
#> Getting data from the 2018-2022 5-year ACS
  z = x
  z$estimate = x$estimate / denom$estimate
  z$moe = 0  # x$moe / denom$estimate # need to calculate using census guidance if at all
  # z$variable = "pctnhwa" # not used if myvarnames is given
  # plot_bycounty(z, myvarnames = "Percent NonHispanic White Alone (i.e., Not People of Color)",
  #               labeltype = scales::label_percent()) # requires scales package
# }