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Hi, Yes, on the Housing Units Occupancy Variables, the field you're looking for is B25002_002E (occupied housing units aka households). If you want to use a layer with more context on households, I recommend Household Size Variables, in which case the field to use is B25009_001E. -Diana
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Hi, Yes, we have the most recent vintage of ACS (2019-2023) down to census tract level, if that works for your project. We have it available in both boundaries<> (polygons) and centroids<> (points), points work well for aggregation purposes. The field for total households is 25009_001E.
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Hello, It sounds like you need counts of households at the block level, so I would use this layer<> from the 2020 census, and use occupied housing units (H0010002) as your count of households. As far as your workflow, you could do it all in ArcGIS Online: first create 10 minute walksheds from each park (using the Generate Travel Areas tool) (referenced in this blog post<>), then summarize the occupied housing units (households) within those in order to get the # of households w/in a 10-minute walk. As far as your denominator, summarize the occupied households in the whole study area. Hope this helps!
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Thanks LLyons. I added a note at the bottom saying, "Last updated with the 2018-2022 release in Dec. 2023". It's a good idea for us to add a "last updated (date)" on that list, thank you!
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Hello Alexander, Ousmane, Jennifer and others, We are ramping up for ACS season here on the Living Atlas team, and wanted to follow up on this. Due to your interest and others we've heard from, we added C16001 to the Living Atlas earlier this year! ACS Specific Language by English Ability (boundaries & centroids) If you're interested, another one was added too: Educational Attainment by Race and Sex. (Announcement blog here). These layers will be updated with all our other ACS layers in Living Atlas with the 2018-2022 data within a week when it's released from Census, usually in December.
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Hi Patrick, Thanks so much for your feedback. You are not alone, we have heard many requests for that ACS table! We plan to add it during our annual update beginning this Thursday. The updates generally take about a week. For more info, see this blog on upcoming enhancements: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-living-atlas/mapping/updates-coming-to-american-community-survey-layers-in-arcgis-living-atlas-winter-2022/ -Diana
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Hi Melanie, Thanks. The Item Pages of each of the layers have the vintage. For example, this layer of Median Age (https://arcg.is/1OzP4K) says "Current Vintage: 2016-2020." When the Census Bureau releases the 2017-2021 data (on Thursday!) these layers will be updated within a week or so of the Census release, and the "Current Vintage" on the Item Pages will reflect that. Interesting idea to put it in the pop-up, I will take this to my team and think about ways to implement this. -Diana
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Hi Maya, In the meantime, you might be able to use the boundaries from our BLS unemployment layer, which combines Maui + Kahoolawe counties into one feature since Bureau of Labor Statistics reports unemployment for both of these counties as a combined estimate. https://www.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=993b8c64a67a4c6faa44a91846547786#overview
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Hi Alexander, We currently do not have that table as part of our Living Atlas offerings, but I will add it to our list of additional tables to consider for the near future.
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Hi Veronica, You can pull the block group data from the Census' API for ACS data, although you'll have to go county by county. Here's an example to get basic median household income from table B19049 for Antagua County, AL (fips: 01001): https://api.census.gov/data/2018/acs/acs5?get=NAME,group(B19049)&for=block%20group:*&in=county:001&in=state:01 Essentially the request is for all of table B19049, blockgroup is wildcard, or all block groups, denoted by (*), within the county of interest. For more info, you can look at the Census Data API User Guide: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/data/developers/api-user-guide/api-guide.pdf -Diana
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Thank you @Linda Peters for starting this discussion. I recently created a story map about what I learned about differential privacy from this webinar as well as from the Association of Public Data Users (APDU) virtual conference: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/39c11710526645069b6f4230015a7c43
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Hi Marcos, Yes, your guess is correct that the inner tracts represent more populated areas. Census tracts are not necessarily rectangles, just polygons that contain a certain range of population and households. Census tracts are reviewed every 10 years, and if the size of population and households has changed dramatically, then the tracts are split (or merged) accordingly. -Diana
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Hi Onel, Both of these maps were made in ArcGIS Online using Smart Mapping functionality. For the home heating type map, we use a "predominance" style for the polygon data, turn the transparency up. Then copy the layer, and use "predominance and size" style with the same attributes & colors right on top of it. Here's some tips on predominance mapping: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-online/mapping/whats-new-in-predominance-mapping-april-2018/ For the unemployment map, we used "above and below" symbology with proportional symbols. Above and below allows you to center your color ramp on a critical value. This blog post has some good info about it in the "Above and Below Theme" section: https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/arcgis-online/mapping/better-breaks-define-your-maps-purpose/ Best of luck with your bamboo map! -Diana
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I love making StoryMaps. They’re a great way to present maps alongside narrative text, charts and graphs, and multimedia. I do NOT like looking for stock photos. I’ve found many other ways to break up long blocks of text in StoryMaps, often using existing content blocks that are accessed straight from the StoryMaps Builder. Seven simple ways to break up text Embed cards Buttons Separators Graphics of horizontal color blocks Graphics of big statistics, or Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Graphics of simple icons Graphics of conceptual diagrams The first three are natively available within the new ArcGIS StoryMaps builder. The last four, easily added as images in a story, are simple graphics you can build in a program such as Word and PowerPoint – no fancy Photoshop skills needed! Let’s expand on each of these by drawing examples from these two StoryMaps: Student Loans or Mortgages? Young Adults Can’t Afford Both, and Women in National Parliaments. Embed Cards and Buttons When adding context and explanatory text around your maps, it’s very common to link to various sites and documents. In addition to adding a link within paragraph text, there are two other options you might like: embed cards and buttons. Embed cards are great when you really want to highlight the source, document, or website that you’re linking to. They take advantage of the website’s metadata and display the site’s description and image, although you can still edit within the story. Buttons are a great way to call attention to a link while still maintaining the color scheme of your story. Here’s an example that uses embed cards for related links, and then ends with a button taking the reader to Esri Maps for Public Policy to explore more maps on the topic at hand: And here’s an example of using a button to call out a source in a more impactful way than simply linking to it within the paragraph text: Separators and Horizontal Color Blocks Use separators straight from the StoryMap builder to add a subtle break in between different sections of your story. The exact look of the separator will vary based on the theme you have chosen. If you want a more obvious break between sections, one trick is to add a long, horizontal color block as an image. I sometimes create a single-color rectangle shape in PowerPoint, the length of a typical slide. If you want to get fancy, you can play around with shadows and gradient effects. Save the color block as a .png image, and add it in to my story. If your image is over 1920 pixels in width, you will see an option to add it in as a “large” image: Graphics Graphics are a simple way to add visual interest to your stories. Here are three ways to do this, from least to most effort: Statistics or Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) Do you have a statistic or number that you want to call attention to? Create a text box in PowerPoint, change the color of the text box, and the font to white (or a light color that you’re already using). Save this text box as a .png image, add to story. Voila! Whenever you burn text into an image like this, I recommend putting that same text in the alt text section of that image’s properties. That way, those with a vision impairment who depend on screen reader assistance technologies will still be able to consume your information. Simple Icons Just as easily as you can add a rectangular shape or text box, you can add a whole bunch of icons – representative symbols that are computer-generated rather than photo-generated. Word and PowerPoint come with a lot of icons, and thenounproject.com is another great source. It’s as simple as: change the color of the icon, save as a .png image, add to story. Here’s an example of a backpack icon that I used in a section discussing alternatives to student loans: Conceptual Diagrams Can you represent what your text is discussing in some kind of visual diagram? These often make a great graphic for your story map. Here’s an example in which I combined multiple icons to create a visual representation of my topic: Here’s an example of taking advantage of PowerPoint’s SmartArt, which provides lots of templates for flowcharts, processes, and relationships. I then go on to discuss all four of these concepts in detail in four different paragraphs underneath this diagram within my story. More Tips for Creating a Polished, Professional Story Using only two to three colors throughout your story will make it look polished and unified. When creating graphics such as the horizontal color blocks, KPIs, icons, or diagrams, use the same colors throughout the whole story. You can even use your organization’s branding colors by customizing the accent color in the design panel. Take the branding of your story one step further by adding a logo. ArcGIS StoryMaps allows you to tell the stories of your maps in a clear, compelling way. While photos can certainly enhance your story, they are not the only way to create a visual separation, as there are many other strategies to break up long blocks of text. If you do want to use stock photos, make sure you are not breaking any copyright rules. This blog post was originally published on the ArcGIS Blog.
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