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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()
if (FALSE) { # \dontrun{
  x     <- acs_bycounty(myvars = "B03002_003", myst = "NY", yr = 2022) # nhwa
  denom <- acs_bycounty(myvars = "B03002_001", myst = "NY", yr = 2022) # pop
  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
} # }