Tag Archives: data tools

American Community Survey Takes Our Nation’s Demographic Pulse Each Year

Posted on September 23, 2011 by amber

Tweet Written by: James Treat, US Census Bureau In every census between 1940 and 2000, millions of American households received a “long form”, which contained scores of questions on a wide range of demographic, socioeconomic and housing topics. Following the … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Census Bureau, Business Ownership, Data Tools, Economy, Education, Health Care, Housing, Income, Population, Transportation | Tagged ACS, American Community Survey, data tools, economy, income, population, poverty, US Census Bureau | 2 Comments

Visualizing Data with OnTheMap for Emergency Management

Posted on June 6, 2011 by briana

Tweet The Census Bureau released OnTheMap for Emergency Management Version 2.0 today, the beginning of the 2011 hurricane season. Version 2.0 adds floods and wildfires to hurricanes which was released last year. OnTheMap for Emergency Management is a public data tool … Continue reading →

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Data Visualization: US Center of Population

Posted on May 9, 2011 by briana

Tweet Each decade, after it tabulates the decennial census, the Census Bureau calculates the center of population. The center is determined as the place where an imaginary, flat, weightless and rigid map of the United States would balance perfectly if … Continue reading →

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Census Innovation is “OnTheMap”

Posted on February 16, 2011 by briana

Tweet State and local officials increasingly need detailed local information about their economies to make informed decisions – and yet are frustrated by the lack of timely local data. The Census Bureau’s LED/state partnership works to fill critical data gaps … Continue reading →