censusapi2csv

A tool for downloading Census/ACS data from the API and parsing to CSV

Installation

npm install censusapi2csv -g

Usage

censusapi2csv -f <census field codes>

Arguments

-f, --fields (REQUIRED) Comma-separated list of desired ACS fields or decennial census fields (e.g. B01001 = Total population)
-e, --endpoint (OPTIONAL) Desired endpoint, one of acs (American Community Survey) or dc (Decennial Census); default = acs
-l, --level (OPTIONAL) Geographic level of desired results, one of state, county, place, county subdivision, zip code tabulation area, tract, block group, or block. (default: 'state')
-o, --out (OPTIONAL) Output filename and path if desired. Default is to STDOUT.
-k, --key (OPTIONAL) Census API key (limited use without one)
-s, --state (OPTIONAL) FIPS code of a state to which you want the request restricted (e.g. '06' = California)
-c, --county (OPTIONAL) FIPS code of a county to which you want the request restricted (e.g. '007' = Chittenden county, within Vermont)
-y, --year (OPTIONAL) Census or ACS year (defaults: Census = 2010, ACS = 2017) - (Extra parenthetical notes on Census 2000: ZCTA level is not supported, and there's a different suite of codes)

Notes

Some request levels must be restricted by state or county. For example, the block group level will only be returned if both state and county are specified

License

MIT