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Congressional Communities Briefing Session -- understanding our community -- helping make our voices heard by policy-makers Topics • Geography • Subject Matter • Tools/Applications • Keeping in Touch Geography Congressional District Boundaries -- derived from Census Bureau files - boundaries only Congressional Community Boundaries A notable resource A Congressional Community is a subdivision of a Congressional District Developed Congressional Communities using census blocks Completely exhaust a Congressional District area ~7,400 areas nationally; 16-17 per Congressional District Subject Matter Drawing on the Federal Statistical System Census 2020 of Population and Housing American Community Survey (ACS -- annual) Itemset1 data -- derived from DP2, DP3, DP4, DP5 Other Census Programs Address Count Listing Files -- housing units by census block; updated every 6 months through mid-2026 Vintage 2025 Population Estimates & Components of Change States, Metros, Counties, Cities Bureau of Labor Statistics -- Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) Lag in data only 6 months -- QCEW 26Q1 released 8/26/26 Each quarter: 3 months employment, establishments, weekly wages - by 6 digit NAICS North American Industry Classification System (NAICS): type of business Administrative data reported by employers - 95% of all U.S. jobs Easy access using Demographic Economic Data Explorer Limitations of the data -- place of work; county is lowest tabulation level Bureau of Economic Analysis -- Annual Regional Economic Information System (REIS) Limitations of the data -- county is lowest tabulation level Tools/Applications VDA GIS -- Mapping & GeoSpatial Analysis Visual Data Analytics Geographic Information System iVDA - brief review of Virgina CD 08 and CC 5108005 selected subject matter merged into shapefiles (geography) parts of each of subject matter integrated into CD & CC shapefiles added to other layers to form VDA GIS projects Demographic Economic Data Explorer Demographic Economic Data Explorer (DEDE) is an API software tool Access to a broader set of data from multiple agencies and programs for congressional districts and more Merges data with shapefiles for geospatial analysis. Comparative Demographic Analytics - DA1 Compares two or more areas, such as CC 51-08-005 with CD 51-08 using the Census 2020 DP1 Demographic Analysis provides an ability to compare a CC to a CD using the Census 2020 DP1 • Tabular Report • Narratve Report For example, the narrative report tells us that the dependency ratio in 2020 was 28.27 for CC VA 08005 compared to 50.38 for CD118 VA 08 -- both compared 63.6 for the U.S. overall. Read the narrative report to see why this can be important to our CC. Comparative Demographic Analytics - DA2 Compare two areas, such as CC 51-08-005 with CD 51-08, using the ACS Data Demographic Analysis 2 compares a CC to a CD using annual ACS data (ACS 2024). Provides extensive graphics. • Narrative Report CC 5108005 (501) ... CD VA 08 (500) ACS 5-year ChartGraphics & Population Pyramids ChartGraphics is used to develop a population pyramid for CCs, CDs and other geography. ChartGraphics is a tool for visualizing population distribution by gender and age for an area. Compare Census 2020 CC files and ACS 2024 CD files for use with ChartGraphics. Users may develop their own files. • Population Pyramid for CC 5108005 Census 2020 • Population Pyramid for CD 5108 20024 Keeping in Touch Join us in a Web Session every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Join the ProximityOne User Group; receive email updates and other benefits. About ProximityOne. Contact us: Warren Glimpse .. (888) 364-7676 .. P.O. Box 7511 .. Alexandria, VA 22307 Visit Congressional Communities . |
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