<div><div dir="auto">Oops sorry, I got it backwards!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>On Tue, Sep 26, 2017 at 9:54 AM Ezra Haber Glenn <<a href="mailto:eglenn@mit.edu">eglenn@mit.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br>
Actually, I believe that the 1-year 2016 data has been released, but<br>
the package is not finding it. (They changed some stuff in the<br>
variable lookup tables without telling me; I've been trouble shooting<br>
over the weekend and am mostly done with a patch.)<br>
<br>
The 2016/5-year data is not available yet -- scheduled to be released<br>
in Dec.<br>
<br>
--Ezra<br>
<br>
On Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:31:56 -0400, Mark White wrote:<br>
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> Sara,<br>
><br>
> The 1-year estimates have not been released by the Census Bureau yet.<br>
><br>
> Best,<br>
> Mark<br>
><br>
> On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 12:01 PM Sara Hintze <<a href="mailto:shintze@marc.org" target="_blank">shintze@marc.org</a>> wrote:<br>
><br>
> Hi there,<br>
><br>
> I am trying to use the R ACS package to retrieve the 2016 1-year estimates. The<br>
> following call works for previous end-years, but not for 2016.<br>
><br>
> sex.by.age = acs.lookup(table.number="B01001", span=1, endyear=2016)<br>
><br>
> This is the R output from this call:<br>
><br>
> trying URL '<a href="http://web.mit.edu/eglenn/www/acs/acs-variables/acs_1yr_2016_var.xml.gz" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://web.mit.edu/eglenn/www/acs/acs-variables/acs_1yr_2016_var.xml.gz</a>'<br>
><br>
> Content type 'application/xml' length 3976355 bytes (3.8 MB)<br>
><br>
> downloaded 3.8 MB<br>
><br>
> Warning messages:<br>
><br>
> 1: In acs.lookup(table.number = "B01001", span = 1, endyear = 2016) :<br>
><br>
> XML variable lookup tables for this request<br>
><br>
> seem to be missing from ' <a href="https://api.census.gov/data/2016/acs1/variables.xml" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://api.census.gov/data/2016/acs1/variables.xml</a> ';<br>
><br>
> temporarily downloading and using archived copies instead;<br>
><br>
> since this is *much* slower, recommend running<br>
><br>
> acs.tables.install()<br>
><br>
> 2: In acs.lookup(table.number = "B01001", span = 1, endyear = 2016) :<br>
><br>
> Sorry, no tables/keyword meets your search.<br>
><br>
> Suggestions:<br>
><br>
> try with 'case.sensitive=F',<br>
><br>
> remove search terms,<br>
><br>
> change 'keyword' to '<a href="http://table.name" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">table.name</a>' in search (or vice-versa)<br>
><br>
> Note: I have run acs.tables.install(), and still get the same output.<br>
><br>
> Is there something I am doing incorrectly? I have several scripts that work when accessing 1-year data from 2012 to 2015, but will not work with the 2016 data.<br>
><br>
> Thank you for your time.<br>
><br>
> Sara<br>
><br>
> Sara Hintze<br>
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