# Download, Manipulate, and Present American Community Survey and Decennial Data from the US Census

## Documentation for package ‘acs’ version 2.1.4

- DESCRIPTION file.

## Help Pages

A C D E F G I K L M N P R S misc

acs-package | Download, Manipulate, and Present American Community Survey and Decennial Data from the US Census

## -- A --

acs | Download, Manipulate, and Present American Community Survey and Decennial Data from the US Census
acs-class | Class '"acs"'
acs.colnames | Class '"acs"'
acs.colnames-method | Class '"acs"'
acs.colnames<- | Class '"acs"'
acs.colnames<--method | Class '"acs"'
acs.fetch | Downloads demographic data (ACS, SF1, SF3) via the Census API and converts to a proper acs object with estimates, standard errors, and associated metadata.
acs.lookup | Search for relevant demographic variables and tables from the US Census.
acs.lookup-class | Class '"acs.lookup"'
acs.tables.install | Downloads and stores XML tables used to lookup variable codes, table names, and other metadata associated with acs package.
acs.units | Class '"acs"'
acs.units-method | Class '"acs"'
acs.units<- | Class '"acs"'
acs.units<--method | Class '"acs"'
api.for | Class '"geo.set"'
api.for-method | Class '"geo.set"'
api.in | Class '"geo.set"'
api.in-method | Class '"geo.set"'
api.key.install | Installs an API key from the US Census to use with calls to 'acs.fetch'.
api.key.migrate | After updating the acs package, installs an archived API key from a previous installation.
api.url.maker | Downloads demographic data (ACS, SF1, SF3) via the Census API and converts to a proper acs object with estimates, standard errors, and associated metadata.
apply | Class '"acs"'
apply-method | Class '"acs"'

## -- C --

c-method | Class '"acs.lookup"'
c-method | Class '"geo.set"'
cbind | Combine acs Objects by Columns
cbind.acs | Combine acs Objects by Columns
combine | Class '"geo.set"'
combine-method | Class '"geo.set"'
combine.term | Class '"geo.set"'
combine.term-method | Class '"geo.set"'
combine.term<- | Class '"geo.set"'
combine.term<--method | Class '"geo.set"'
combine<- | Class '"geo.set"'
combine<--method | Class '"geo.set"'
confint | Return upper and lower bounds of given confidence intervals for acs objects.
confint.acs | Return upper and lower bounds of given confidence intervals for acs objects.
cpi | Consumer Price Index data (1913-2015).
currency.convert | Convert dollar values of acs object to a new base year.
currency.convert-method | Convert dollar values of acs object to a new base year.
currency.year | Return (or change) currency.year value from the metadata of an acs object.
currency.year-method | Return (or change) currency.year value from the metadata of an acs object.
currency.year<- | Return (or change) currency.year value from the metadata of an acs object.
currency.year<--method | Return (or change) currency.year value from the metadata of an acs object.

## -- D --

dim.acs | Class '"acs"'
divide.acs | Divide one acs object or variable by another.

## -- E --

endyear | Return or replace endyear value from the metadata of an acs object.
endyear-method | Class '"acs.lookup"'
endyear-method | Return or replace endyear value from the metadata of an acs object.
endyear<- | Return or replace endyear value from the metadata of an acs object.
endyear<--method | Return or replace endyear value from the metadata of an acs object.
estimate | Class '"acs"'
estimate-method | Class '"acs"'

## -- F --

fips.american.indian.area | FIPS codes and geographic names for use in searching and creating geographies in the acs package.
fips.county | FIPS codes and geographic names for use in searching and creating geographies in the acs package.
fips.county.subdivision | FIPS codes and geographic names for use in searching and creating geographies in the acs package.
fips.place | FIPS codes and geographic names for use in searching and creating geographies in the acs package.
fips.school | FIPS codes and geographic names for use in searching and creating geographies in the acs package.
fips.state | FIPS codes and geographic names for use in searching and creating geographies in the acs package.
flatten.geo.set | Convenience function to "flatten" a nested geo.set object.

## -- G --

geo-class | Class '"geo.set"'
geo.list | Class '"geo.set"'
geo.list-method | Class '"geo.set"'
geo.lookup | Search Census geographies
geo.make | Create a new geo.set object for use with the acs package.
geo.set-class | Class '"geo.set"'
geography | Return or replace geography metadata of an acs object.
geography-method | Return or replace geography metadata of an acs object.
geography<- | Return or replace geography metadata of an acs object.
geography<--method | Return or replace geography metadata of an acs object.

## -- I --

is.acs | Class '"acs"'
is.acs.lookup | Class '"acs.lookup"'
is.geo | Class '"geo.set"'
is.geo.set | Class '"geo.set"'

## -- K --

kansas07 | County-level data from the 2007 American Community Survey for Kansas for use in examples of acs package.
kansas09 | County-level data from the 2005-2009 American Community Survey for Kansas for use in examples of acs package.

## -- L --

lawrence10 | Tract-level data from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey for Lawrence, MA for use in examples of acs package.
length-method | Class '"geo.set"'
length.acs | Class '"acs"'

## -- M --

modified | Class '"acs"'
modified-method | Class '"acs"'

## -- N --

name | Class '"geo.set"'
name-method | Class '"geo.set"'

## -- P --

plot | acs Methods for Function 'plot'
plot-method | acs Methods for Function 'plot'
plot-methods | acs Methods for Function 'plot'
prompt | Prompt for new values for metadata in an acs object.
prompt.acs | Prompt for new values for metadata in an acs object.

## -- R --

rbind | Combine acs Objects by Rows
rbind.acs | Combine acs Objects by Rows
read.acs | Reads a comma-delimited file from the American Community Survey and creates an acs object with estimates, standard errors, and associated metadata.
results | Class '"acs.lookup"'
results-method | Class '"acs.lookup"'

## -- S --

show-method | Class '"acs"'
show-method | Class '"acs.lookup"'
show-method | Class '"geo.set"'
span | Class '"acs"'
span-method | Class '"acs"'
span-method | Class '"acs.lookup"'
span<- | Class '"acs"'
span<--method | Class '"acs"'
standard.error | Class '"acs"'
standard.error-method | Class '"acs"'
sum | acs Methods for Function 'sum'
sum-method | acs Methods for Function 'sum'
sum-methods | acs Methods for Function 'sum'
sumlev | Class '"geo.set"'
sumlev-method | Class '"geo.set"'
summary-method | Class '"acs"'

## -- misc --

*-method | Class '"acs"'
+-method | Class '"acs"'
+-method | Class '"acs.lookup"'
+-method | Class '"geo.set"'
--method | Class '"acs"'
/-method | Class '"acs"'
[-method | Class '"acs"'
[-method | Class '"acs.lookup"'
[-method | Class '"geo.set"'
[<--method | Class '"acs"'
[<--method | Class '"geo.set"'
[[-method | Class '"geo.set"'
[[<--method | Class '"geo.set"'