Re: [R] Any tools for working with US 2000 census data? (Zembower, Kevin)

Hi Kevin, Not an R-specific solution, but by far the easiest way to extract data from the 2000 census is to use American FactFinder. Go to the main page: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en Hover over Data Sets, click Decennial Census. Select the file you want (SF-2 for yo

Re: [R] Any tools for working with US 2000 census data?

On Thursday 17 January 2008 10:55:03 am Zembower, Kevin wrote: > 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

[R] Any tools for working with US 2000 census data?

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 ha