geosnap.Community.from_census¶
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classmethod
Community.
from_census
(state_fips=None, county_fips=None, msa_fips=None, fips=None, boundary=None, years='all')[source]¶ Create a new Community from original vintage US Census data.
Instiantiate a new Community from . To use you must first download and register census data with geosnap using the store_census function. Pass lists of states, counties, or any arbitrary FIPS codes to create a community. All fips code arguments are additive, so geosnap will include the largest unique set. Alternatively, you may provide a boundary to use as a clipping feature.
- Parameters
- state_fips
list
orstr
, optional string or list of strings of two-digit fips codes defining states to include in the study area.
- county_fips
list
orstr
, optional string or list of strings of five-digit fips codes defining counties to include in the study area.
- msa_fips
list
orstr
, optional string or list of strings of fips codes defining MSAs to include in the study area.
- fips
list
orstr
, optional string or list of strings of five-digit fips codes defining counties to include in the study area.
- boundary
geopandas.GeoDataFrame
, optional geodataframe that defines the total extent of the study area. This will be used to clip tracts lazily by selecting all `GeoDataFrame.representative_point()`s that intersect the boundary gdf
- years
list
ofints
, required list of years to include in the study data (the default is [1990, 2000, 2010]).
- state_fips
- Returns
Community
Community with unharmonized census data