Fetch ACS public program use data

Source: R/coc_economic_indicators.R

Fetches Census Tract level enrollment in SNAP, public assistance, SSI, and Medicaid from the Census API. Medicaid data is for age 19-64.

fetch_public_program_use(year)

Arguments

year

A numeric with the year of the data to fetch.

Value

A data frame:

  • fips: Census Tract FIPS code

  • year: Year

  • total_hh_snap: Total number of households from the SNAP enrollment table

  • hh_with_snap: Number of households receiving SNAP benefits

  • total_hh_pub_assist: Total number of households from the public assistance enrollment table

  • hh_with_pub_assist: Number of households receiving public assistance benefits

  • total_hh_ssi: Total number of households from the SSI enrollment table

  • hh_with_ssi: Number of households receiving SSI benefits

  • total_male_19_64: Total number of males age 19-64

  • male_19_64_with_medicaid: Number of males age 19-64 enrolled in Medicaid

  • total_female_19_64: Total number of females age 19-64

  • female_19_64_with_medicaid: Number of females age 19-64 enrolled in Medicaid

See also

build_coc_public_program_use() for CoC public program utilization rates