The query Module
query.py
Functions for Requesting Data from the Census API
- get_census_data(year: int, variables: list, geography: str, dataset: str, sum_file: Optional[str] = None, key: Optional[str] = None, state: Optional[str] = None, county: Optional[str] = None)[source]
- Parameters
year¶ – Year of data that we are querying
variables¶ – list of strings containing the census variable names to request
geography¶ – Geographic resolution we’re querying at (zcta, county, state)
dataset¶ – The census data set you want (dec, acs1, acs5, pums)
sum_file¶ – For the 2000 census, sf1 or sf3
key¶ – Your census API key. We recommend not passing it here and instead either setting the “CENSUS_API_KEY” environmental variable or using the set_api_key function.
state¶ – 2 digit FIPS code of the state you want to limit the query to (i.e. “06” for CA)
county¶ – 3 digit FIPS code of the county you want to include. Requires state to be specified
- Returns
a pandas DataFrame