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h2022
Frequent Visitor
3 years ago

Data Mining Us Census Data

Hi everyone,

 

I am looking at some data sources, and I would love to be able to get the quickfacts info from the US census data into my Power BI report. Example: https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045222

 

I can get this specific URL to import, but then I only have for all the US as a whole. I would ideally like to be able to have all the different states, but I'm not sure how to do that because you have to select each state individually in the drop down and there doesn't seem to be a nice dataset to import. Has anyone done something similiar or have any ideas?

 

Thanks!

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  • v-jingzhang's avatar
    v-jingzhang
    Community Support
    3 years ago

    Hi h2022 

     

    I notice that if we use the input box to enter a state/city/..., the URL will be updated to include that state/city/... and the table will include columns of data for all these regions. 

     

    To have data of all states, you may need to prepare a list of URLs in advance, which include all state name strings. Then query data from these URLs to get all the data. 

     

    Best Regards,
    Community Support Team _ Jing
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    • h2022's avatar
      h2022
      Frequent Visitor
      3 years ago

      Hmm yeah, I was hoping there was an easier way - like how they offer APIs for alot of their demographic data. I might just be better off going that route.

      • v-jingzhang's avatar
        v-jingzhang
        Community Support
        3 years ago

        I agree, it would be easier with APIs. Have you found whether this website provides APIs for these data? I haven't found any yet.