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This page contains the documentation for the classes and methods in the census_api package.

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class census_query.CensusQuery

Object to query US Census API

method census_query.CensusQuery.query(self, variables, state, county=None, tract="*", year=None)

Queries Census API to get data regarding listed variables; if year provided, ignores CensusData instance year

Args:

• variables (list): List of variables to extract
• state (str): Abbreviation for state from which to query data
• county (str): County name for localized queries
• tract (str): FIPS code for tract to query data from
• year (int): Year for which to query data; if provided, ignores instance year

Returns:

• pandas.DataFrame or datascience.tables.Table. The data retrieved from the query

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function utils.get_county_fips(county, state)

Uses addfips library to get FIPS codes for counties

Args:

• county (str): County to get FIPS code for
• state (str): Abbreviation for state that contains county

Returns:

• str. The FIPS code of county

function utils.zero_pad_state(state)

Returns state FIPS code zero-padded to 2 digits

Args:

• state (str): The state to get FIPS code for

Returns:

• str. The FIPS code for state