"},{"ID":7121,"user_firstname":"Diana","user_lastname":"Lavery","nickname":"Diana Lavery","user_nicename":"dianaclavery_global","display_name":"Diana Lavery","user_email":"DLavery@esri.com","user_url":"","user_registered":"2018-03-02 00:19:20","user_description":"(she\/her\/hers) Diana loves working with data. She has over 15 years experience as a practitioner of demography, sociology, economics, policy analysis, and GIS. Diana holds a BA in quantitative economics and an MA in applied demography. She is a senior GIS engineer on ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World's Policy Maps team. Diana enjoys strong coffee and clean datasets, usually simultaneously.","user_avatar":"
"}],"short_description":"The Policy Map team is excited to announce more languages and education by race now available in ArcGIS Living Atlas!","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"Since 2018, Esri\u2019s Living Atlas Policy Mapping team provides to the GIS community\u00a0a set of free layers\u00a0that contain a wealth of data from the U.S. Census Bureau\u2019s\u00a0American Community Survey (ACS)<\/a>.\u00a0These are five-year estimates, available in both boundary and centroid form, and updated annually when Census releases its newest estimates.<\/p>\n The\u00a0Census ACS layers in Living Atlas<\/a>\u00a0cover a wide range of topics on housing, income, internet access, education, disability, health insurance, and more. These layers contain data for states, counties, and census tracts. More than 100 layers are available, each focusing on a specific topic, with a pre-configured informative pop-up and symbology.<\/p>\n We also receive requests to add additional Census tables and layers throughout the year and do our best to accommodate these requests. The Policy Map team is excited to announce two new topics now available in ArcGIS Living Atlas<\/a>!<\/p>\n ACS Educational Attainment by Race by Sex (boundaries<\/a> & centroids<\/a>)<\/p>\n ACS Specific Language by English Ability (boundaries<\/a> & centroids<\/a>)<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1916112,"id":1916112,"title":"NewACSLayers_EARS_SLEA","filename":"NewACSLayers_EARS_SLEA-scaled.jpg","filesize":173293,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSLayers_EARS_SLEA-scaled.jpg","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/new-american-community-survey-layers-added-to-arcgis-living-atlas\/newacslayers_ears_slea","alt":"Screenshot of how the layers' cards appear in Living Atlas search.","author":"7121","description":"","caption":"","name":"newacslayers_ears_slea","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1907872,"date":"2023-04-26 00:57:37","modified":"2023-04-28 18:43:50","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":2560,"height":701,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSLayers_EARS_SLEA-213x200.jpg","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSLayers_EARS_SLEA-scaled.jpg","medium-width":464,"medium-height":127,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSLayers_EARS_SLEA-scaled.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":210,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSLayers_EARS_SLEA-scaled.jpg","large-width":1920,"large-height":526,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSLayers_EARS_SLEA-1536x420.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":420,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSLayers_EARS_SLEA-2048x561.jpg","2048x2048-width":2048,"2048x2048-height":561,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSLayers_EARS_SLEA-826x226.jpg","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":226,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSLayers_EARS_SLEA-1920x526.jpg","wide_image-width":1920,"wide_image-height":526}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSLayers_EARS_SLEA-scaled.jpg"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" Educational Attainment by Race and Sex has been highly requested for its relevance to racial equity programs such as the Southern Communities Initiative. This layer has count estimates for the following groups:<\/p>\n Education:<\/strong> less than high school and bachelor\u2019s degree or higher<\/p>\n Race\/ethnicity:<\/strong><\/p>\n Sex:<\/strong> male or female<\/p>\n These groupings mean there are estimates for all the group intersections, or cross tabs. For example, Black or African American females who hold a bachelor\u2019s degree or higher.<\/p>\n Additionally, there are estimates of more detailed educational attainment breakdowns by sex for the entire adult population:<\/p>\n This level of detail can answer specific questions such as:<\/strong><\/p>\n Which communities or school districts would benefit from education funding programs?<\/em><\/p>\n How do education levels differ between females and males?<\/em><\/p>\n How do education levels differ between different race\/ethnicity groups?<\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1923212,"id":1923212,"title":"FemaleAfricanAmericanLessHighSchool","filename":"Blog_FemaleBlackEdu.png","filesize":616541,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blog_FemaleBlackEdu.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/new-american-community-survey-layers-added-to-arcgis-living-atlas\/blog_femaleblackedu","alt":"The percent of Black or African American females that have less than a high school diploma.","author":"7031","description":"","caption":"The percent of Black or African American females that have less than a high school diploma.","name":"blog_femaleblackedu","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1907872,"date":"2023-05-02 18:33:48","modified":"2023-05-03 21:44:01","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1742,"height":924,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blog_FemaleBlackEdu-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blog_FemaleBlackEdu.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":246,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blog_FemaleBlackEdu.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":407,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blog_FemaleBlackEdu.png","large-width":1742,"large-height":924,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blog_FemaleBlackEdu-1536x815.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":815,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blog_FemaleBlackEdu.png","2048x2048-width":1742,"2048x2048-height":924,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blog_FemaleBlackEdu-826x438.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":438,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blog_FemaleBlackEdu.png","wide_image-width":1742,"wide_image-height":924}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=70472f6023624d2cbda0d7244cde079a"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" Educational Attainment by Race by Sex adds to the existing available Education topics currently in Living Atlas<\/a>, which include additional breakdowns by veteran status, housing tenure, and internet access.<\/p>\n Specific Language by English Ability shows language or language groups spoken at home by English ability. This can be useful for emergency response scenarios enabling organizations such as the Red Cross to communicate effectively with both English and non-English speakers.<\/p>\n This layer has seven specific languages:<\/p>\n In addition to these seven, there are five other language groupings:<\/p>\n All language and language groupings also have estimates of those who speak English very well vs. those who speak English less than very well. We have included additional Esri calculated counts and percentages of those who speak English very well (Bilingual in English and another language) and those who speak English less than very well (have limited English ability).<\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1908602,"id":1908602,"title":"NewACSlayers_languagepopup","filename":"NewACSlayers_languagepopup.png","filesize":49919,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSlayers_languagepopup.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/new-american-community-survey-layers-added-to-arcgis-living-atlas\/newacslayers_languagepopup","alt":"Pop-up of California: Among the population age 5+, approximately 26.7% (+\/-0.1%) are bilingual in English and another language, an estimated 9,894,273 (+\/- 31,331) individuals. The top groups here are: Spanish, Chinese (including Mandarin, Cantonese), other Indo-European languages. Another 17.2% have limited English ability, and 56.1% speak English only. (pie chart).","author":"7031","description":"","caption":"","name":"newacslayers_languagepopup","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1907872,"date":"2023-04-18 23:15:19","modified":"2023-04-28 18:50:34","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":453,"height":663,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSlayers_languagepopup-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSlayers_languagepopup.png","medium-width":178,"medium-height":261,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSlayers_languagepopup.png","medium_large-width":453,"medium_large-height":663,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSlayers_languagepopup.png","large-width":453,"large-height":663,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSlayers_languagepopup.png","1536x1536-width":453,"1536x1536-height":663,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSlayers_languagepopup.png","2048x2048-width":453,"2048x2048-height":663,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSlayers_languagepopup-318x465.png","card_image-width":318,"card_image-height":465,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSlayers_languagepopup.png","wide_image-width":453,"wide_image-height":663}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSlayers_languagepopup.png"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" This layer can help answer questions such as:<\/strong><\/p>\n How many people need emergency warnings in a language other than English?<\/em><\/p>\n What is the most common language spoken in an area by those who speak English less than very well?<\/em><\/p>\n Where are areas where select languages must be included for voting materials? <\/em><\/p>\n"},{"acf_fc_layout":"image","image":{"ID":1924392,"id":1924392,"title":"LimitedEnglishAbility","filename":"Blog_LimitedEnglishMap.png","filesize":573324,"url":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blog_LimitedEnglishMap.png","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/announcements\/new-american-community-survey-layers-added-to-arcgis-living-atlas\/blog_limitedenglishmap","alt":"Map with use of feature-specific drop shadow effects showing the areas that meet the Voting Rights Act criteria for needing translated voting materials (counties with either 10,000 or 5% of the population having limited English ability).","author":"7031","description":"","caption":"Map with use of feature-specific drop shadow effects showing the areas that meet the Voting Rights Act criteria for needing translated voting materials (counties with either 10,000 or 5% of the population having limited English ability).","name":"blog_limitedenglishmap","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":1907872,"date":"2023-05-03 21:56:27","modified":"2023-05-03 21:56:53","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/png","type":"image","subtype":"png","icon":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1754,"height":975,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blog_LimitedEnglishMap-213x200.png","thumbnail-width":213,"thumbnail-height":200,"medium":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blog_LimitedEnglishMap.png","medium-width":464,"medium-height":258,"medium_large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blog_LimitedEnglishMap.png","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":427,"large":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blog_LimitedEnglishMap.png","large-width":1754,"large-height":975,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blog_LimitedEnglishMap-1536x854.png","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":854,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blog_LimitedEnglishMap.png","2048x2048-width":1754,"2048x2048-height":975,"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blog_LimitedEnglishMap-826x459.png","card_image-width":826,"card_image-height":459,"wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Blog_LimitedEnglishMap.png","wide_image-width":1754,"wide_image-height":975}},"image_position":"center","orientation":"horizontal","hyperlink":"https:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/apps\/mapviewer\/index.html?webmap=2c15f2d8d81343d883e70a73317a5cb9"},{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":" Specific Language by English Ability adds to the existing available Language topics currently in Living Atlas<\/a>, which include additional breakdowns by language spoken at home, linguistic isolation, and emergency response. It also replaces an older version<\/a> of this data from 2011-2015.<\/p>\n If you have questions about the layers, visit our\u00a0FAQ,<\/a>\u00a0or post on\u00a0Esri Community\u2019s Living Atlas<\/a>\u00a0space. You can also learn more about the layers\u00a0in this blog<\/a>. And as always, let us know what additional Census tables or topics you would like to see in ArcGIS Living Atlas.<\/p>\n"}],"related_articles":[{"ID":361371,"post_author":"7121","post_date":"2018-12-11 05:00:22","post_date_gmt":"2018-12-11 13:00:22","post_content":"","post_title":"Mapping American Community Survey (ACS) Data Just Got Easier","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"mapping-american-community-survey-acs-data-just-got-easier","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-11-19 11:31:08","post_modified_gmt":"2021-11-19 19:31:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=361371","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":1418832,"post_author":"134231","post_date":"2022-01-20 09:45:43","post_date_gmt":"2022-01-20 17:45:43","post_content":"","post_title":"Five ways Arcade enhances maps: American Community Survey example","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"five-ways-arcade-enhances-maps-american-community-survey-example","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-11-01 00:00:44","post_modified_gmt":"2024-11-01 07:00:44","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=1418832","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":686682,"post_author":"6461","post_date":"2019-12-20 12:15:29","post_date_gmt":"2019-12-20 20:15:29","post_content":"","post_title":"Access the Newest American Community Survey (ACS) Data in Minutes","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"access-the-newest-american-community-survey-acs-data-in-minutes","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-10-27 09:46:35","post_modified_gmt":"2021-10-27 16:46:35","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=686682","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":1785702,"post_author":"7031","post_date":"2022-12-13 12:15:26","post_date_gmt":"2022-12-13 20:15:26","post_content":"","post_title":"Updates to American Community Survey Layers Now Available in ArcGIS Living Atlas","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"updates-to-american-community-survey-layers-now-available-in-arcgis-living-atlas-2","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-12-13 12:38:21","post_modified_gmt":"2022-12-13 20:38:21","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=1785702","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":1067481,"post_author":"7121","post_date":"2021-01-07 16:25:46","post_date_gmt":"2021-01-08 00:25:46","post_content":"","post_title":"Reveal demographic trends over time with American Community Survey layers in Living Atlas","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"acs-trends-over-time","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2024-06-13 15:08:15","post_modified_gmt":"2024-06-13 22:08:15","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=1067481","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":758751,"post_author":"7121","post_date":"2020-03-16 09:20:40","post_date_gmt":"2020-03-16 16:20:40","post_content":"","post_title":"Industry-specific American Community Survey (ACS) layers now in ArcGIS Living Atlas","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","post_password":"","post_name":"industry-specific-acs-layers","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2021-10-22 17:12:02","post_modified_gmt":"2021-10-23 00:12:02","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=758751","menu_order":0,"post_type":"blog","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"card_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSlayers_card.png","wide_image":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/app\/uploads\/2023\/04\/NewACSlayers_header.png"},"yoast_head":"\nEducational Attainment by Race by Sex<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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