The US Census now has an API

Re:The US Census now has an API by peter_l_downs on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @06:58PM (#4076638)

All good explanations, but I can't help but wish they had chosen a format like:

  {
    P0010001 : [
      '710231',
      '4779736',
      // ... etc.
    ],
    NAME : [
      'Alaska',
      'Alabama',
      // ... etc.
    ],
    state: [
      '02',
      '01,
      // ... etc.
    ],
    // ... etc.
  }

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Re:The US Census now has an API by tzs on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @11:11PM (#4077424)

I'm having trouble thinking of any situation where that would be more convenient or useful than the format they are using now. Where would your proposed format be an advantage?

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Re:The US Census now has an API by asdfaoeu on Wednesday June 06, 2012 @10:27PM (#4077298)

Why would that be better? You'd probably still have to convert it. And also that structure would be harder to convert to from a CSV format or a SQL query.

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