{"id":405522,"date":"2021-02-22T19:54:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T03:54:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/?post_type=arcuser&p=405522"},"modified":"2021-06-02T14:11:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-02T21:11:04","slug":"ready-to-use-us-census-data-layers","status":"publish","type":"arcuser","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/about\/newsroom\/arcuser\/ready-to-use-us-census-data-layers","title":{"rendered":"Ready-to-Use US Census Data Layers"},"author":1031,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"sync_status":"","episode_type":"","audio_file":"","castos_file_data":"","podmotor_file_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[275822,25022,91],"tags":[407982,472461,320072,339302],"arcuser_issues":[473092],"class_list":["post-405522","arcuser","type-arcuser","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arcgis-living-atlas-of-the-world","category-hands-on","category-mapping","tag-american-community-survey","tag-arcuser","tag-census-data","tag-demographic","arcuser_issues-arcuser-winter-2021"],"acf":{"short_description":"American Community Survey (ACS) demographic data layers are available from the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World for ready analysis.","pdf":{"host_remotely":false,"file":405552,"file_url":""},"flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"blockquote","content":"Traditionally, using American Community Survey (ACS) data required processing the newest estimates from the US Census Bureau each year, which could take days or weeks."},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Since 2018, ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World has made many ACS tables readily available for use with your GIS workflows. These layers are updated automatically each year when the US Census Bureau releases its annual estimates.\r\n\r\nYou can quickly map more than 1,700 ACS attributes covering a wide range of demographic topics such as income, housing, age, race, and education. Each layer maps an interesting subject with informative pop-ups. You can immediately see important patterns anywhere in the United States or Puerto Rico. You can also use the layers to create your own customized web maps and applications to tell an endless number of stories about the population or housing in an area.\r\n\r\nThese layers are accessible in ArcGIS software, are free to use, sourced directly from the US Census Bureau API and require no login or credits. To make using these layers even easier, percentages and related margins of error have already been calculated. These layers are provided as both boundaries and centroids layers.\r\n\r\n "},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":438192,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

New Enhancements with this Release<\/h2>\r\nAs of December 11, 2020, these layers contain the newest 5-year estimates for 2015-2019. Boundaries layers always reflect TIGER (Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing) boundaries that are appropriate for the newest ACS figures. In this update, many layers have adjusted cartography that highlights the national rate of the attribute being mapped and legends that clearly state the national figure, which helps create a reference point for map readers.\r\n\r\nThe alias names have been updated to describe race and ethnicity attributes to be consistent with the ACS race and ethnicity categories as published by the US Census Bureau.\r\n\r\nSome attributes with precalculated percentages now have revised calculations based on feedback from the US Census Bureau. These attributes help you map a normalized attribute quickly without needing to research what the denominator should be.\r\n\r\n "},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":438202,"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":""},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

New Attributes Allow for More Mapping Possibilities<\/h2>\r\nACS layers in the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World cover a host of topics around housing, income, internet access, education, disability, and other characteristics, created in response to user requests. New attributes include:\r\n