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https://github.com/walkerke/tidycensus

Load US Census boundary and attribute data as 'tidyverse' and 'sf'-ready data frames in R
https://github.com/walkerke/tidycensus

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Load US Census boundary and attribute data as 'tidyverse' and 'sf'-ready data frames in R

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## tidycensus

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__tidycensus__ is an R package that allows users to interface with the US Census Bureau's decennial Census and five-year American Community APIs and return tidyverse-ready data frames, optionally with simple feature geometry included. Install from CRAN with the following command:

```r
install.packages("tidycensus")
```

For the latest updates, install from GitHub:

```r
remotes::install_github("walkerke/tidycensus")
```

To learn more about the package, please visit the package documentation at https://walker-data.com/tidycensus/ or read the book _Analyzing US Census Data: Methods, Maps, and Models in R_ at https://walker-data.com/census-r/.

Note: This product uses the Census Bureau Data API but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.