geosnap.io.store_acs

geosnap.io.store_acs(years='all', level='tract', data_dir='auto')

Save census American Community Survey 5-year data to the local geosnap storage.

Each year is about 550mb for tract level and about 900mb for blockgroup level.

Parameters:

yearslist (optional)

subset of years to collect. Default is ‘all’ to fetch every available vintage. Currently 2012-2021 vintages are available

levelstr (optional)

geography level to fetch. Options: {‘tract’, ‘bg’} for tract or blockgroup

Returns:

None

Data will be available in the geosnap.data.datasets and will be used in place of streaming data for all census queries.