We should be able to speed up https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/blob/2310faa109bdfd9ff3ef4fc19a163d790d60c645/pandas/_libs/parsers.pyx#L1612 when the users passes a `CategoricalDtype`. xref https://github.com/pandas-dev/pandas/pull/17643
We should be able to speed up
pandas/pandas/_libs/parsers.pyx
Line 1612 in 2310faa
CategoricalDtype.xref #17643