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Support function to extract data from ACS

fetch_acs_data.Rd

This function looks for demographic data from ACS. First checks if this data is in working directory. If not, it creates a directory and downloads most recent data.

Usage

fetch_acs_data(year, state_filter = NULL)

Arguments

year

Year of ACS data desired by user.

state_filter

Users may restrict screening to a particular state in the contiguous US. If so, users can specify a state. Default is to conduct screening for the entire contiguous US.

Value

data.frame of national ACS demographic data at block group resolution.