cendat 0.8.1

A helper library for exploring and fetching data from the U.S. Census Bureau API.

cendat

A Python helper for the U.S. Census Bureau API.

cendat provides a high-level, chainable interface for discovering datasets, filtering geographies and variables, and fetching data concurrently.

Installation

pip install cendat

Optional Dependencies

pip install cendat[pandas]     # pandas support
pip install cendat[polars]     # polars support
pip install cendat[geopandas]  # geopandas support
pip install cendat[all]        # all of the above

Quick Example

from cendat import CenDatHelper

# Initialize with your API key
cdh = CenDatHelper(years=[2023], key="your-api-key")

# Find and select a product
cdh.list_products(patterns=r"acs/acs5\)")
cdh.set_products()

# Select geography and variables
cdh.set_geos(["050"])  # Counties
cdh.set_variables(["B01001_001E"])  # Total population

# Fetch data
response = cdh.get_data(include_names=True)
df = response.to_polars(concat=True, destring=True)

Documentation

📖 Full documentation: mostlyunoriginal.github.io/cendat

Links

• GitHub Repository
• Developer Blog