LAB 02

[sunaynagoel]

I am trying to isolate just the two variables I need. Here is my code

medianvalue <- c (HHIncome = "B25099_001",
                  HouseValue = "B25077_001")
USA <- get_acs (geography = "tract", year = 2017, survey = "acs5", variables = medianvalue, geometry = T )
head(USA)

This keeps giving following error
Error: Your API call has errors. The API message returned is error: unknown/unsupported geography hierarchy.

Please help

[lecy]

The Census API sometimes limits the amount of data you can download over time. It will not allow you to download all of the tracts for the entire US at one time, for example.

If you type help( get_acs ) you will see this example:

tarr <- get_acs( geography = "tract", 
                 state = "TX", county = "Tarrant", 
                 variables = "B19013_001", geometry = TRUE )

I would try adding a state or state+county and see if it works then.

[sunaynagoel]

@lecy Thank you. That part worked with state and county name. Now the assignment is looking for data from the entire country. Is there any way to do it ?

[AntJam-Howell]

Which step/question are you referring to? The steps/questions vary in terms of asking for county level data (i.e. entire country) or tract level data (i.e. maricopa county). The lab does not ask you to get tract data for the entire country.

[sunaynagoel]

I am still on step 2. Thanks