Last data update: 2014.03.03
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R: load 200 or 2010 census data
loadCensusData | R Documentation |
load 200 or 2010 census data
Description
Loads SpatialPolygonDataFrames representing the 2000 or 2010 census. If the dataset packages
are not present they are installed (via the internet).
Usage
loadCensusData(state,level=c("county","tract","blkgrp","blk","cdp"),
year=c("2010","2000"), verbose=TRUE, osmTransform=TRUE, envir = .GlobalEnv)
Arguments
state |
the name of the state (lower case)
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level |
the detail level of the dataset. note that blkgrp and blk yield very large datasets
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year |
census year
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verbose |
how verbose to be
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osmTransform |
should data be loaded in the OpenStreetMaps mercator projection
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envir |
the environment where the data should be loaded
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Examples
## Not run:
loadCensusData(state = 'california')
plot(california.county10)
## End(Not run)
Results
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