Skills census

Name: census
Author: openclaw

US Census Bureau — population, demographics, ACS data, economic indicators, and geographic data.

install

source · Clone the upstream repo

git clone https://github.com/openclaw/skills

Claude Code · Install into ~/.claude/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/aiwithabidi/census" ~/.claude/skills/openclaw-skills-census && rm -rf "$T"

OpenClaw · Install into ~/.openclaw/skills/

T=$(mktemp -d) && git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/openclaw/skills "$T" && mkdir -p ~/.openclaw/skills && cp -r "$T/skills/aiwithabidi/census" ~/.openclaw/skills/openclaw-skills-census && rm -rf "$T"

manifest: skills/aiwithabidi/census/SKILL.md

📊 Census API

US Census Bureau — population, demographics, ACS data, economic indicators, and geographic data.

Requirements

Variable	Required	Description
`CENSUS_API_KEY`	✅	Census API key (optional)

Quick Start

# ACS 5-Year estimates
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/census.py acs-5yr --get "NAME,B01003_001E" --for "state:*"

# ACS 1-Year estimates
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/census.py acs-1yr --get "NAME,B01003_001E" --for "state:*"

# 2020 Decennial Census
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/census.py decennial --get "NAME,P1_001N" --for "state:*"

# Population estimates
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/census.py population --get "NAME,POP_2022" --for "state:*"

# County Business Patterns
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/census.py cbp --get "NAME,ESTAB,EMP" --for "state:*" --naics "72"

# Poverty data
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/census.py poverty --get "NAME,B17001_001E,B17001_002E" --for "state:*"

# Median household income
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/census.py income --get "NAME,B19013_001E" --for "state:*"

# Housing data
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/census.py housing --get "NAME,B25001_001E,B25002_002E,B25002_003E" --for "state:*"

# List available datasets
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/census.py list-datasets --year "2022"

# List ACS variables
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/census.py list-variables

# List available geographies
python3 {{baseDir}}/scripts/census.py list-geographies

Output Format

All commands output JSON by default.

Script Reference

Script	Description
`{baseDir}/scripts/census.py`	Main CLI — all commands in one tool

Credits

Built by M. Abidi | agxntsix.ai YouTube | GitHub Part of the AgxntSix Skill Suite for OpenClaw agents.

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