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Census Tract Data Access & Use
  ... examine neighborhoods of interest
  ... analytical tools you can use

August 2024 .. use tools and data in this section to learn more about neighborhood level demographic economic characteristics. Use this decision-making information and insights for your planning and to execute actionable steps to meet your objectives. Covering the U.S. wall-to-wall, census tracts provide small area geographic, demographic and economic suitable for wide-ranging analyses.

In this Section
  • interactive mapping tool to locate/examine a tract based on address/location.
  • interactive table to view, rank, compare, each/all tracts.

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Mapping Census Tracts -- Examine Areas of Interest
.. using iVDA part of Visual Data Analytics .. more options available using VDAGIS Discovery
The start-up view is presented below in an interactive mapping window .. watch video
Locate a census tract .. see it on a map .. examine its demographics
Click a box to view instructions.
Find a census tract based on an address/location .. enter an address or location like
    6701 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria, VA 22307
.. the map view zooms-in to the tract containing the location and shows the tract.
.. view the demographic profile for this tract is displayed in the lower left panel.
.. here you can examine many demographic subject matter items for the tract.
.. optionally click on other layers in the Legend Panel.

.. the address/location is shown by the blue marker
.. this is in the tract associated with the address/location used in the searchbar.
.. see the profile for this tract in the lower left panel.
.. the tract code is 51059415200 with population 2,878 based on the ACS2022 5-year estimate

.. try a different address or location, maybe the ZIP code "85258" or any address/location.
.. the view will zoom to that neighborhood.
Examine K-12 Schools .. in the Legend Panel, left of map, click "K-12 Schools Elem" ckeckbox on.
.. the map refreshes showing K-12 Elementary Schools with a small yellow/black marker.
.. click on any school marker to view its attributes in lower left panel.
.. see original view by using "6701 Fort Hunt Rd, Alexandria, VA 22307" in searchbar .. press enter
.. in the profile, see this is Belle Haven Elementary School with enrollment of 414 students.
.. hide this layer by unchecking the layer checkbox.
Examine Patterns of Economic Prosperity .. in the Legend Panel, left of map, click "Tracts $MHI" ckeckbox on (scroll down in legend panel).
    click + icon to view legend interval colors/values.
.. the map refreshes showing patterns of median household income ($MHI) based on legend intervals shown at left.
.. click on a tract in map to view its attributes in lower left panel.
.. hide this layer by unchecking the layer checkbox.
The start-up view is the U.S. 48 states by county.

Subject Matter Items in tract profile
.. from clipboard, pasted into XLSX.

Neighborhood Demographic Characteristics .. interactive table .. goto top
  .. 84,122 tracts in states & D.C.; total population: 331,449,281.
  .. click column header to sort; click again to sort other direction.


Table Usage Notes
.. click ShowAll button between queries
.. find one tract; use Find GEOID/Tract; enter 11 column tract code
    default is 04013216807 -- tract in Maricopa County, AZ
.. find all tracts in a county; use Find in County with 5 state+county code
    default is 04013 -- Maricopa County, AZ
.. find all tracts in a CBSA; use Find CBSA with 5 character CBSA code
    default is 38060 -- Phoenix, AZ MSA
See state, county, CBSA codes

Column Headers; Subject Matter Items

  - GeoID -- 11 character unique Census 2020 tract code
  - St
  - St1
  - StCty
  - Tract
  - CBSA
  - CSA
  - Land Area sqmt
  - Water Area sqmt

  - Population One Race 2020
  - White alone 2020
  - Black alone 2020
  - AIAN alone 2020
  - Asian alone 2020
  - NHOPI alone 2020
  - Other alone 2020
  - Multi Race 2020
  - White NonHisp 2020
  - Black NonHisp 2020
  - Hispanic (any race) 2020

  - Population 18+ 2020
  - Population 18+ One Race 2020
  - White alone 18+ 2020
  - Black alone 18+ 2020
  - AIAN alone 18+ 2020
  - Asian alone 18+ 2020
  - NHOPI alone 18+ 2020
  - Other alone 18+ 2020
  - Multi Race 18+ 2020
  - White 18+ NonHisp 2020
  - Black 18+ NonHisp 2020
  - Hispanic 18+ (any race) 2020

  - Group Quarters 2020
  - Group Quarters Inst 2020
  - Group Quarters NonInst 2020

  - Total Housing Units 2020
  - Occupied Units 2020
  - Vacant Units 2020

About Census Tract Geography and Codes
.. see about census tract geography

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