Catch @kylewalker.bsky.social (of tidycensus fame) for the AI • R meetup!
🗺️ Pragmatic development with AI in Spatial, R, and OSS development.
📅 October 29 at 2:30 pm ET
Register here: bit.ly/RxAI-join
#RStats
🗺️ Pragmatic development with AI in Spatial, R, and OSS development.
📅 October 29 at 2:30 pm ET
Register here: bit.ly/RxAI-join
#RStats
October 27, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Catch @kylewalker.bsky.social (of tidycensus fame) for the AI • R meetup!
🗺️ Pragmatic development with AI in Spatial, R, and OSS development.
📅 October 29 at 2:30 pm ET
Register here: bit.ly/RxAI-join
#RStats
🗺️ Pragmatic development with AI in Spatial, R, and OSS development.
📅 October 29 at 2:30 pm ET
Register here: bit.ly/RxAI-join
#RStats
I'm pleasantly surprised the API still works. I wanted some data for a local blog post I'm working on - the {tidycensus} #RStats 📦 let me pull what I needed!
October 10, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I'm pleasantly surprised the API still works. I wanted some data for a local blog post I'm working on - the {tidycensus} #RStats 📦 let me pull what I needed!
Feeling stuck with data.census.gov unavailable during the government shutdown?
Now's a great time to try out tidycensus.
The decennial Census and American Community Survey are at your fingertips - and get pre-joined geographies for mapping.
Now's a great time to try out tidycensus.
The decennial Census and American Community Survey are at your fingertips - and get pre-joined geographies for mapping.
October 8, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Feeling stuck with data.census.gov unavailable during the government shutdown?
Now's a great time to try out tidycensus.
The decennial Census and American Community Survey are at your fingertips - and get pre-joined geographies for mapping.
Now's a great time to try out tidycensus.
The decennial Census and American Community Survey are at your fingertips - and get pre-joined geographies for mapping.
THIS IS MY TIDYCENSUS API KEY.
THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT, BUT THIS ONE IS MINE.
THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT, BUT THIS ONE IS MINE.
October 1, 2025 at 7:42 PM
THIS IS MY TIDYCENSUS API KEY.
THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT, BUT THIS ONE IS MINE.
THERE ARE MANY LIKE IT, BUT THIS ONE IS MINE.
The US Census website / data.census.gov are down. R users, however, can still access data:
- Geographies (via FTP): tigris github.com/walkerke/...
- Decennial / ACS with geographies: tidycensus walker-data.com/tidy...
- All datasets: censusapi www.hrecht.com/censu...
- Geographies (via FTP): tigris github.com/walkerke/...
- Decennial / ACS with geographies: tidycensus walker-data.com/tidy...
- All datasets: censusapi www.hrecht.com/censu...
October 1, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The US Census website / data.census.gov are down. R users, however, can still access data:
- Geographies (via FTP): tigris github.com/walkerke/...
- Decennial / ACS with geographies: tidycensus walker-data.com/tidy...
- All datasets: censusapi www.hrecht.com/censu...
- Geographies (via FTP): tigris github.com/walkerke/...
- Decennial / ACS with geographies: tidycensus walker-data.com/tidy...
- All datasets: censusapi www.hrecht.com/censu...
The fastest way to start using & exploring the new 2024 1-year ACS data?
R with tidycensus + mapgl.
With just a few lines of code, you can pull down any of the thousands of variables available in the new data and explore on an interactive MapLibre map.
R with tidycensus + mapgl.
With just a few lines of code, you can pull down any of the thousands of variables available in the new data and explore on an interactive MapLibre map.
September 11, 2025 at 8:05 PM
The fastest way to start using & exploring the new 2024 1-year ACS data?
R with tidycensus + mapgl.
With just a few lines of code, you can pull down any of the thousands of variables available in the new data and explore on an interactive MapLibre map.
R with tidycensus + mapgl.
With just a few lines of code, you can pull down any of the thousands of variables available in the new data and explore on an interactive MapLibre map.
The new 2019-2023 ACS data is the first small-area data release where a majority of the years in the sample represent post-COVID demographics.
{tidycensus} and {mapgl} allow us to visualize work-from-home patterns for all 84k+ Census tracts, in-browser, on an interactive map from #rstats.
{tidycensus} and {mapgl} allow us to visualize work-from-home patterns for all 84k+ Census tracts, in-browser, on an interactive map from #rstats.
December 13, 2024 at 8:31 PM
The new 2019-2023 ACS data is the first small-area data release where a majority of the years in the sample represent post-COVID demographics.
{tidycensus} and {mapgl} allow us to visualize work-from-home patterns for all 84k+ Census tracts, in-browser, on an interactive map from #rstats.
{tidycensus} and {mapgl} allow us to visualize work-from-home patterns for all 84k+ Census tracts, in-browser, on an interactive map from #rstats.
Or these options:
Or r/DataHoarder:
www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/
Also - my understanding is that if you are an R or Python user the API's are still up and running - tidycensus may still be working:
walker-data.com/census-r/map...
Or r/DataHoarder:
www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/
Also - my understanding is that if you are an R or Python user the API's are still up and running - tidycensus may still be working:
walker-data.com/census-r/map...
It's A Digital Disease!
This is a sub that aims at bringing data hoarders together to share their passion with like minded people.
www.reddit.com
February 5, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Or these options:
Or r/DataHoarder:
www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/
Also - my understanding is that if you are an R or Python user the API's are still up and running - tidycensus may still be working:
walker-data.com/census-r/map...
Or r/DataHoarder:
www.reddit.com/r/DataHoarder/
Also - my understanding is that if you are an R or Python user the API's are still up and running - tidycensus may still be working:
walker-data.com/census-r/map...
Users of the tigris / tidycensus #rstats packages:
The Census website has been blocking requests from tigris (and curl) since yesterday.
(Don’t worry, the datasets are still there!)
I’ve patched tigris, install with `pak::pak("walkerke/tigris@ftp-patch")` and everything should work.
The Census website has been blocking requests from tigris (and curl) since yesterday.
(Don’t worry, the datasets are still there!)
I’ve patched tigris, install with `pak::pak("walkerke/tigris@ftp-patch")` and everything should work.
April 5, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Users of the tigris / tidycensus #rstats packages:
The Census website has been blocking requests from tigris (and curl) since yesterday.
(Don’t worry, the datasets are still there!)
I’ve patched tigris, install with `pak::pak("walkerke/tigris@ftp-patch")` and everything should work.
The Census website has been blocking requests from tigris (and curl) since yesterday.
(Don’t worry, the datasets are still there!)
I’ve patched tigris, install with `pak::pak("walkerke/tigris@ftp-patch")` and everything should work.
tidycensus::get_acs(
geography = "tract",
variables = "B19013_001",
state = "CA",
geometry = TRUE
) |>
mapgl::maplibre_view(
column = "estimate"
)
(5 seconds or less if you have your shapefiles cached!)
geography = "tract",
variables = "B19013_001",
state = "CA",
geometry = TRUE
) |>
mapgl::maplibre_view(
column = "estimate"
)
(5 seconds or less if you have your shapefiles cached!)
July 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
tidycensus::get_acs(
geography = "tract",
variables = "B19013_001",
state = "CA",
geometry = TRUE
) |>
mapgl::maplibre_view(
column = "estimate"
)
(5 seconds or less if you have your shapefiles cached!)
geography = "tract",
variables = "B19013_001",
state = "CA",
geometry = TRUE
) |>
mapgl::maplibre_view(
column = "estimate"
)
(5 seconds or less if you have your shapefiles cached!)
📊 Don't download or process data in-app (this means calling my beloved tidycensus) if you can avoid it. Wrangle your data first, then save to queryable formats like Parquet or DuckDB. In the app, use inputs to query what you need rather than loading full datasets into memory.
July 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
📊 Don't download or process data in-app (this means calling my beloved tidycensus) if you can avoid it. Wrangle your data first, then save to queryable formats like Parquet or DuckDB. In the app, use inputs to query what you need rather than loading full datasets into memory.
The tidycensus package in R is incredible. It makes accessing ACS data infinitely easier than going through data.census.gov. My R skills are truly What's Mid™ but with tidycensus I just prepared a bunch of data for a client in 12 minutes.
June 22, 2024 at 3:46 PM
The tidycensus package in R is incredible. It makes accessing ACS data infinitely easier than going through data.census.gov. My R skills are truly What's Mid™ but with tidycensus I just prepared a bunch of data for a client in 12 minutes.
The 2019-2023 American Community Survey data were released today.
With #rstats and tidycensus, insights from the brand-new data are at your fingertips *this fast* once you've set up your code.
Learn more: walker-data.com/tidy...
With #rstats and tidycensus, insights from the brand-new data are at your fingertips *this fast* once you've set up your code.
Learn more: walker-data.com/tidy...
December 12, 2024 at 11:02 PM
The 2019-2023 American Community Survey data were released today.
With #rstats and tidycensus, insights from the brand-new data are at your fingertips *this fast* once you've set up your code.
Learn more: walker-data.com/tidy...
With #rstats and tidycensus, insights from the brand-new data are at your fingertips *this fast* once you've set up your code.
Learn more: walker-data.com/tidy...
try the tidycensus api! 😭
January 31, 2025 at 9:46 PM
try the tidycensus api! 😭
More custom insights are available in the ACS Public Use Microdata Series (PUMS) datasets, available in tidycensus with `get_pums()`.
Perform cross-tabulations and create models using individual-level Census data to get insights not possible in the aggregate tables!
walker-data.com/tidy...
Perform cross-tabulations and create models using individual-level Census data to get insights not possible in the aggregate tables!
walker-data.com/tidy...
November 13, 2024 at 8:51 PM
More custom insights are available in the ACS Public Use Microdata Series (PUMS) datasets, available in tidycensus with `get_pums()`.
Perform cross-tabulations and create models using individual-level Census data to get insights not possible in the aggregate tables!
walker-data.com/tidy...
Perform cross-tabulations and create models using individual-level Census data to get insights not possible in the aggregate tables!
walker-data.com/tidy...
The #tidycensus package is one of my favorites in #rstats. It makes working with census data so much easier. #gischat
Looking to fold @uscensusbureau data into your workflows? Our latest blog shows how to use #tidycensus to explore & visualize social vulnerability indicators in the Western U.S., with #reproducible code!
🔗: waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/acs-maps/
#rstats #DataViz #WaterInsecurity #OpenScience
🔗: waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/acs-maps/
#rstats #DataViz #WaterInsecurity #OpenScience
December 9, 2024 at 8:09 PM
The #tidycensus package is one of my favorites in #rstats. It makes working with census data so much easier. #gischat
The API is up though!
January 31, 2025 at 10:47 PM
The API is up though!
Thanks for the shoutout of "Mapping water insecurity in R with #tidycensus"
waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/acs-maps/
waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/acs-maps/
March 4, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Thanks for the shoutout of "Mapping water insecurity in R with #tidycensus"
waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/acs-maps/
waterdata.usgs.gov/blog/acs-maps/
@kylewalker.bsky.social any reactions or timeframe from the Census Bureau on when this might be resolved? This issue landed right in the middle of a unit I teach every semester about tidycensus, and I’ve got 24 students who can’t do their lab assignment because geometry data won’t download.
April 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
@kylewalker.bsky.social any reactions or timeframe from the Census Bureau on when this might be resolved? This issue landed right in the middle of a unit I teach every semester about tidycensus, and I’ve got 24 students who can’t do their lab assignment because geometry data won’t download.
I use census data every day for my work. Very glad I saved a big file of every variable for all the counties I work with instead of relying on tidycensus
February 1, 2025 at 1:34 AM
I use census data every day for my work. Very glad I saved a big file of every variable for all the counties I work with instead of relying on tidycensus
Release day for the 2019-2023 5-year American Community Survey data is one week away!
On release day, you'll be able to use the tidycensus #rstats package to get your hands on it right away.
Want to learn how? My book Analyzing US Census Data is a great way to start:
walker-data.com/cens...
On release day, you'll be able to use the tidycensus #rstats package to get your hands on it right away.
Want to learn how? My book Analyzing US Census Data is a great way to start:
walker-data.com/cens...
Preface | Analyzing US Census Data
This book is an overview of how practitioners can acquire, wrangle, visualize, and model US Census data with the R programming language.
walker-data.com
December 5, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Release day for the 2019-2023 5-year American Community Survey data is one week away!
On release day, you'll be able to use the tidycensus #rstats package to get your hands on it right away.
Want to learn how? My book Analyzing US Census Data is a great way to start:
walker-data.com/cens...
On release day, you'll be able to use the tidycensus #rstats package to get your hands on it right away.
Want to learn how? My book Analyzing US Census Data is a great way to start:
walker-data.com/cens...
Does anyone work with the Census data using tidycensus? Is that part of all the public data infrastructure that's been destroyed by the new administration?
My data pulls are failing this morning... I assume it's them but would like to confirm.
#AcademicSky
My data pulls are failing this morning... I assume it's them but would like to confirm.
#AcademicSky
February 4, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Does anyone work with the Census data using tidycensus? Is that part of all the public data infrastructure that's been destroyed by the new administration?
My data pulls are failing this morning... I assume it's them but would like to confirm.
#AcademicSky
My data pulls are failing this morning... I assume it's them but would like to confirm.
#AcademicSky