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Read in ACS block group populations for New York State
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tidycensus1.r
library(tidycensus)
census_api_key("your api key here", install=TRUE)
ny <- get_acs(geography = "block group", variables = c(population = "B01003_001"), state="NY")
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year=2015 specifies the end year of the 5 year period, defaults to 2017

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