I've been given the job of extracting some data from the United States 2000 census (files at http://www2.census.gov/census_2000/datasets/Summary_File_2/Maryland/all_ Maryland.zip 52M). I'm only interested in Census Block Groups (CBGs) located within Baltimore City, Maryland. Additionally, I just have to extract certain data fields. I think I'll be using Summary File 2. This is my first experience working with US census data.
I wasn't successful finding anything using RSiteSearch, although there were some packages with data extracted from the US 2000 census. Are there any pre-constructed tools in R for working with this data? Does the US 2000 census data itself come packaged in R? If there are no R tools, I'd welcome any suggestions on working with this data from anyone experienced with it. Thanks for your advice and suggestions for me. -Kevin Kevin Zembower Internet Services Group manager Center for Communication Programs Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University 111 Market Place, Suite 310 Baltimore, Maryland 21202 410-659-6139 ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
