ipumsr
An R Interface for Downloading, Reading, and Handling IPUMS Data
v0.10.0
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Mar 13, 2026
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Mozilla Public License 2.0
Description
An easy way to work with census, survey, and geographic data provided by IPUMS in R. Generate and download data through the IPUMS API and load IPUMS files into R with their associated metadata to make analysis easier. IPUMS data describing 1.4 billion individuals drawn from over 750 censuses and surveys is available free of charge from the IPUMS website <https://www.ipums.org>.
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OK 13 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Jun 9, 2026
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r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc
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Package required but not available: ‘haven’ Package suggested but not available for checking: ‘dbplyr’ See section ‘The DESCRIPTION file’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual.
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 17, 2026
ERROR 10 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 4 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026
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r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang
tests
Running ‘testthat.R’ [86s/128s] Running the tests in ‘tests/testthat.R’ failed. Complete output: > # This file is part of the standard setup for testthat. > # It is recommended that you do not modify it. > # > # Where should you do additional ...[truncated]... , basename(x)) 6. │ └─base::is.factor(x) 7. └─base::basename(x) [ FAIL 13 | WARN 0 | SKIP 6 | PASS 838 ] Error: ! Test failures. Warning message: `check_cassette_names()` was deprecated in vcr 2.0.0. Execution halted
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r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc
tests
Running ‘testthat.R’ [66s/105s] Running the tests in ‘tests/testthat.R’ failed. Complete output: > # This file is part of the standard setup for testthat. > # It is recommended that you do not modify it. > # > # Where should you do additional ...[truncated]... , basename(x)) 6. │ └─base::is.factor(x) 7. └─base::basename(x) [ FAIL 13 | WARN 0 | SKIP 6 | PASS 838 ] Error: ! Test failures. Warning message: `check_cassette_names()` was deprecated in vcr 2.0.0. Execution halted
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r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang
tests
Running ‘testthat.R’ [135s/400s] Running the tests in ‘tests/testthat.R’ failed. Complete output: > # This file is part of the standard setup for testthat. > # It is recommended that you do not modify it. > # > # Where should you do additiona ...[truncated]... , basename(x)) 6. │ └─base::is.factor(x) 7. └─base::basename(x) [ FAIL 13 | WARN 0 | SKIP 6 | PASS 838 ] Error: ! Test failures. Warning message: `check_cassette_names()` was deprecated in vcr 2.0.0. Execution halted
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r-devel-windows-x86_64
examples
Running examples in 'ipumsr-Ex.R' failed The error most likely occurred in: > ### Name: read_ipums_ddi > ### Title: Read metadata about an IPUMS microdata extract from a DDI > ### codebook (.xml) file > ### Aliases: read_ipums_ddi > > ### ** Exam ...[truncated]... di_file) > > # Use the object to load its associated data > cps <- read_ipums_micro(ddi) Error in basename(x) : a character vector argument expected Calls: read_ipums_micro ... <Anonymous> -> ifelse -> grepl -> is.factor -> basename Execution halted
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