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
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