Now available from the US Census Bureau, a very useful tool for business and others looking for population and migration trends by county. The County-to-County Migration Flows Tables , which use data collected by the American Community Survey between 2007 and 2011, show how many U.S. residents move from one specific county to another during […]
The 2012 Census of more than 89,000 US Local Governments
How big is government? Well, this survey of local agencies in the US may clarify that for you. The US Census Bureau has just released the data and findings from the 2012 Census of US Governments. The Individual State Descriptions provide the foundation of how government entities are identified and classified for the U.S. Census […]
2013 TIGER/Line Shapefiles from US Census Bureau
An update from the Census Bureau on the availability of the 2013 TIGER/Line files as all legal boundaries and names as of January 1, 2013 were released on August 22, 2013. About the data… The 2013 TIGER/Line Shapefiles contain 2010 Census geography and current geography for the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, […]
US Language Mapper Maps Where non-English Speaking Populations Live
Something new from the US Census Bureau, a handy map resource to help identify regions in the country where specific language clusters exist. According to this new resource based on the 207-2011 Community Survey Data, Spanish, Chinese Top Non-English Languages Spoken; Most of Population is English Proficient. For each language, the mapper shows the concentration […]
Announcing Weekly US Census Data Visualizations
I’m a HUGE fan of data visualizations and I’m always glad to see when awesome companies are working hard to create beautiful, meaningful data visualisations to generate a buzz or tell a story – case in point, just check out what Jon and the gang at IDV have been doing in order to show off […]
U.S. Census Return Rate Challenge: $25,000 in prize money
Here’s a challenge for you statistical gurus from the US Census Bureau. The challenge is to create a statistical model to predict the 2010 Census mail return rate of small area geographic units based on their demographic characteristics. The Census Bureau will use this model for planning purposes for the decennial census and for demographic […]
The Urbanization of America – People Flocking to Cities to work and live
The findings are in and people seem to want to live and work in the city center. With the official release of the 2010 US Census data there’s some interesting facts and figures floating around. For example, more than 10% of the US population resides within the New York and LA city limits! From the […]
Map of Interstate and Cross-Border 2011 Migration Patterns
A fabulous graphic has been made available from Atlas Van Lines. What better resource to get migration patterns and data than the moving company? And so, enter this graphic from Atlas showing in/out migration from various regions. The map shows data by State and Province showing numbers of families leaving and entering the region. Map […]
Census Bureau USA Jan 1, 2012 Population Estimates
This year, like most other years, the US Census Bureau released some year-end population stats including an estimate of the population as of the turn of the calendar page. Some of the findings reported by the Bureau include: The US population for the United States estimated for Jan 1, 2012 was projected to be 312,780,968 […]
Stats Canada to Make Data Products Free and Open
This past week loads of the OpenGov vocalists were all abuzz when it was revealed that finally, after all these years, Stats Canada is emerging from the dark ages and will be making data freely available to the public – although at this time “data” is still undefined so we aren’t really too sure yet […]