{"id":457512,"date":"2019-03-25T13:00:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/?post_type=blog&p=457512"},"modified":"2020-05-20T14:27:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T21:27:57","slug":"add-census-data-to-any-map-with-the-living-atlas","status":"publish","type":"blog","link":"https:\/\/www.esri.com\/arcgis-blog\/products\/arcgis-living-atlas\/mapping\/add-census-data-to-any-map-with-the-living-atlas","title":{"rendered":"Add Census Data to Any Map with the Living Atlas"},"author":6461,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":""},"categories":[22941],"tags":[31341,36021,43101,31361,268131],"industry":[],"product":[36581],"class_list":["post-457512","blog","type-blog","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mapping","tag-acs","tag-american-community-survey","tag-arcgis-living-atlas-of-the-world","tag-census","tag-living-atlas","product-arcgis-living-atlas"],"acf":{"short_description":"There are many different ways to add demographic information into your maps using data from the U.S. Census' American Community Survey. ","flexible_content":[{"acf_fc_layout":"content","content":"

The Living Atlas of the World<\/a> now contains layers about various population and housing topics with data sourced straight from the most recent 5-year estimates offered by the Census Bureau\u2019s American Community Survey (ACS)<\/a>. The layers are updated each year behind the scenes when the newest data is released by the ACS (December)<\/a>, meaning that you are always accessing the most current data offered by the U.S. Census Bureau.<\/p>\n

The layers cover topics such as income, age, education, jobs, ancestry, language, and many others. Each layer contains state, county, and tract geography levels, allowing you to tell national or local stories about the data. Each topic is offered in two geographic formats: boundaries and centroids. This blog<\/a> talks about the layers in depth and includes additional resources about the data and the American Community Survey.<\/p>\n

You can easily add these layers into your maps and applications within ArcGIS Online and ArcGIS Pro to quickly learn more about the population and housing in the entire USA or your area of interest. The layers are publicly available, meaning that no credits or subscription are required to use them!<\/p>\n

Here are a few ways to start using them within your GIS workflows today:<\/p>\n

Browse and find the layers<\/strong><\/h3>\n

To get started or to learn more about the layers, you can access them from the Living Atlas. Use a search phrase such as \u201ccurrent year ACS\u201d to easily find this collection of data. A few ways to do that are:<\/p>\n