Description
Download and read US Census Bureau data relationship files. Provides support for cleaning and using block assignment files since 2010, as described in <https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/block-assignment-files.html>. Also includes support for working with block equivalency files, used for years outside of decennial census years.
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| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang | OK |
| r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc | OK |
| r-devel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-arm64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 | OK |
| r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 | OK |
| r-patched-linux-x86_64 | OK |
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| r-release-windows-x86_64 | OK |
Check History
OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 9, 2026
ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 8, 2026
ERROR
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc
whether package can be installed
Installation failed. See ‘/home/hornik/tmp/R.check/r-devel-gcc/Work/PKGS/baf.Rcheck/00install.out’ for details.
OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 4, 2026
ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 3, 2026
ERROR
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc
examples
Running examples in ‘baf-Ex.R’ failed
The error most likely occurred in:
> base::assign(".ptime", proc.time(), pos = "CheckExEnv")
> ### Name: baf_download
> ### Title: Download a file
> ### Aliases: baf_download
>
> ### ** Examples
>
> tf <- temp
...[truncated]...
or in curl::curl_download(url, path, quiet = quiet) :
Stream error in the HTTP/2 framing layer [www2.census.gov]:
HTTP/2 stream 3 reset by server (error 0x2 INTERNAL_ERROR)
Calls: baf_download -> <Anonymous> -> raise_libcurl_error
Execution halted
OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 28, 2026
ERROR 12 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 1 ERROR · 0 FAILURE May 26, 2026
ERROR
r-oldrel-windows-x86_64
examples
Running examples in 'baf-Ex.R' failed
The error most likely occurred in:
> ### Name: baf
> ### Title: Download Block Assignment Files (BAF) from the Census Bureau
> ### Aliases: baf
>
> ### ** Examples
>
> baf('DE', 2020)
Error in curl::curl_download(url, path, quiet = quiet) :
HTTP response code said error [www2.census.gov]:
The requested URL returned error: 520
Calls: baf ... FUN -> baf_download -> <Anonymous> -> raise_libcurl_error
Execution halted