timkiely / choroplethrZip

Data and Visualization of US ZIP Codes

choroplethrZip

v1.4.0: Master:

R package with shapefile, metadata and visualization functions for US Zip Code Tabulated Areas (ZCTAs).

Training & Development

My free course Learn to Map Census Data in R can teach you how to use this package. I blog about this package's development here.

Installation

Due to this package's size (~60MB) it is hosted on github, not CRAN. To install the latest stable release type the following from an R console:

# install.packages("devtools")
library(devtools)
install_github('arilamstein/choroplethrZip@v1.4.0')

Usage

This package ships with two vignettes which explain how to use the package. For convenience I have also published them online:

1. Creating ZIP Code Choropleths with choroplethrZip
2. Creating ZIP Code Choropleths of US Census Data with choroplethrZip
3. Zip Code Demographics with choroplethrZip v1.3.0

In short: type ?zip_choropleth and ?zip_choropleth_acs after installing the package to get started.