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My goal is to set up a map that connects census tract data with some other census data, e.g., population or median income. | My goal is to set up a map that connects census tract data with some other census data, e.g., population or median income. | ||
=Census.gov API= | |||
First, I found the SunglightLabs Census library, which provides a Python wrapper to the 2010 Census data API (wow!): | First, I found the SunglightLabs Census library, which provides a Python wrapper to the 2010 Census data API (wow!): | ||
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And waited......... | And waited......... | ||
=Mapping Census Data= | |||
To map census data, I wanted to get shapefile information. Here's shapefile information provided by the Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/geo/shapefiles2010/main | |||
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My goal is to set up a map that connects census tract data with some other census data, e.g., population or median income.
Census.gov API
First, I found the SunglightLabs Census library, which provides a Python wrapper to the 2010 Census data API (wow!):
https://github.com/sunlightlabs/census
I requested a key from census.gov here: http://www.census.gov/developers/
And waited.........
Mapping Census Data
To map census data, I wanted to get shapefile information. Here's shapefile information provided by the Census Bureau: http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/geo/shapefiles2010/main