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Load Census Tract Data

Source: R/lead_data_loaders.R
load_census_tract_data.Rd

Load census tract demographics and utility service territory information with automatic fallback to CSV or OpenEI download.

Usage

load_census_tract_data(states = NULL, verbose = TRUE)

Arguments

states

Character vector of state abbreviations to filter by (optional)

verbose

Logical, print status messages (default TRUE)

Value

A tibble with columns:

  • geoid: Census tract identifier

  • state_abbr: State abbreviation

  • county_name: County name

  • tract_name: Tract name

  • utility_name: Electric utility serving this tract

  • Additional demographic columns

Examples

# \donttest{
if (interactive()) {
  # Single state (requires census data download)
  nc_tracts <- load_census_tract_data(states = "NC")

  # Multiple states (regional)
  southeast <- load_census_tract_data(states = c("NC", "SC", "GA", "FL"))

  # Nationwide (all ~73,000 census tracts)
  us_tracts <- load_census_tract_data()  # No filter = all states
}
# }