geosnap.io.get_lodes

geosnap.io.get_lodes(datastore, state_fips=None, county_fips=None, msa_fips=None, fips=None, boundary=None, years=2015, dataset='wac', version=8)

Extract a subset of data from Census LEHD/LODES .

Parameters:

datastoregeosnap.DataStore

an instantiated DataStore object

state_fipslist or str, optional

string or list of strings of two-digit fips codes defining states to include in the study area.

county_fipslist or str, optional

string or list of strings of five-digit fips codes defining counties to include in the study area.

msa_fipslist or str, optional

string or list of strings of fips codes defining MSAs to include in the study area.

fipslist or str, optional

string or list of strings of five-digit fips codes defining counties to include in the study area.

boundarygeopandas.GeoDataFrame, optional

geodataframe that defines the total extent of the study area. This will be used to clip tracts lazily by selecting all `GeoDataFrame.representative_point()`s that intersect the boundary gdf

yearslist of ints, required

list of years to include in the study data (the default is 2015).

datasetstr, required

which LODES dataset should be used to create the Community. Options are ‘wac’ for workplace area characteristics or ‘rac’ for residence area characteristics. The default is “wac” for workplace.

Returns:

geopandas.GeoDataFrame

long-form geodataframe with ‘year’ column representing each time period