Download an urban areas shapefile into R
Urban areas include both "urbanized areas," which are densely developed areas with a population of at least 50,000, and "urban clusters," which have a population of greater than 2,500 but less than 50,000. For more information, please see the link provided.
urban_areas(cb = FALSE, year = NULL, ...)
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 2019). |
... |
arguments to be passed to the underlying 'load_tiger' function, which is not exported.
Options include |
Other metro area functions:
combined_statistical_areas(),
core_based_statistical_areas(),
metro_divisions(),
new_england()
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