state_legislative_districts {tigris} | R Documentation |
Download a state legislative districts shapefile into R - upper or lower
Description
This function allows you to download boundaries for state legislatures into R. Generally, state legislatures are comprised of an "upper" house, which is typically referred to as the Senate, and a "lower" house, which is often (but not exclusively) referred to as the House. The exception is Nebraska, which has a unicameral state legislature.
Usage
state_legislative_districts(
state = NULL,
house = "upper",
cb = FALSE,
year = NULL,
...
)
Arguments
state |
The two-digit FIPS code (string) of the state. Can also be state
name or abbreviation (case-insensitive). When |
house |
Specify here whether you want boundaries for the |
cb |
If cb is set to TRUE, download a generalized (1:500k) cartographic boundary file. Defaults to FALSE (the most detailed TIGER/Line file). |
year |
the data year; defaults to 2022 |
... |
arguments to be passed to internal function |
Additional Arguments
Additional arguments that can be passed in ...
are:
-
class
Desired class of return object:"sf"
(the default) or"sp"
. sp classes should be considered deprecated as of tigris version 2.0, but legacy support is still available. -
progress_bar
If set toFALSE
, do not display download progress bar (helpful for R Markdown documents). Defaults toTRUE
. -
keep_zipped_shapefile
If set toTRUE
, do not delete zipped shapefile (stored in temporary directory orTIGRIS_CACHE_DIR
depending on the configuration of global option"tigris_use_cache"
). Defaults toFALSE
. -
refresh
Whether to re-download cached shapefiles (TRUE
orFALSE
) . The default is eitherFALSE
or the value of global option"tigris_refresh"
if it is set. Specifying this argument will override the behavior set in"tigris_refresh"
global option. -
filter_by
Geometry used to filter the output returned by the function. Can be an sf object, an object of classbbox
, or a length-4 vector of formatc(xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax)
that can be converted to a bbox. Geometries that intersect the input tofilter_by
will be returned.
See Also
https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/state-legis-dist.html
Other legislative district functions:
congressional_districts()
,
voting_districts()
Examples
## Not run:
library(tigris)
library(leaflet)
leg <- state_legislative_districts("Maine", "lower", cb = TRUE)
leaflet(leg) %>%
addProviderTiles("CartoDB.Positron") %>%
addPolygons(fillColor = "white",
color = "black",
weight = 0.5)
## End(Not run)