[acs-r] calling specific block codes

[Ezra Haber Glenn]

Chris:

Thanks for your email, and for using the acs.R package.

When you say, "I'm working with a sample of people...," I'm assuming
you mean a sample of blocks (or block groups), correct?  If so, then I
think this should be possible, if we parse the complete fips codes to
send the correct parts to state=, county=, tract=, etc.  Can you send
me a few sample codes you'd want to us (maybe 5-10, ideally also
telling me in plain English what geographies they represent), and I
can recommend a couple lines of code to create the correct geo.set
from them?

--Ezra

At Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:12:51 -0700, Chris Cambron wrote:
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> Hi, First off, this package is great.  Thank you!  Secondly, I'm
> working with a sample of people scattered throughout the country.
> Only one or two in some states, hundreds in others.  Can I input a
> vector of block level fips codes to geo.make or acs.fetch so that I'm
> only access census data for specific block codes?  I've tried a few
> options but all I can figure is grabbing a whole state at the block
> level and subsetting those I need.  Any thoughts would be much
> appreciated.
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> Best, Chris
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