Download a set of data from the US Census API

Usage

fetch_data(
  variables,
  year,
  for_geo,
  for_items,
  survey_type,
  table_or_survey_code,
  ...,
  use_key = TRUE
)

variables: <chr[]> a vector of variable names, like "B01001_001E"
year: an integer year, e.g. 2021L
for_geo: <chr> the geographical level the data will describe, e.g. "tract"
for_items: <chr[]> one or more instances of for_geo desired, e.g. "*" or "000200", passed on to build_for_geographies()
survey_type: e.g. "acs" or "dec"
table_or_survey_code: e.g. "acs5" or "pl"
...: <dynamic dots> other items to pass to the query
use_key: <lgl?> optional, should the query include a Census API key from the system environment. Defaults to TRUE

a tibble with "Group", "Index", "Value", and "Year" fields, as well as one field for each geography.