https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/contiguous-us-census-tracts-population-weighted/m-p/1188046#M56761 <P>I know that this question has been asked in other ways but I am not still able to find an answer for it.</P><P>I want to calculate the population-weighted centroids of census tracts within the Contiguous US using the census block populations.&nbsp;</P><P>I am using the Mean Center and I have defined the weights as&nbsp;census block populations, and for the Case field, I used the census tracts FIPS Code.</P><P>There are&nbsp;83,776 tracts in the Contiguous US but the outcome has only&nbsp;28,798 records. And most of the points are not projected on the right tract (for instance, the centroid of a tract in NY is shown in FL).&nbsp;</P><P>I have also used the "USA_Contiguous_Equidistant_Conic" projection system for all my data and also my main map. The Datum is also NAD83.</P><P>I know that Census provides Population Mean Center but I want to find a way to get those results by myself. Please assist me if you can. Thank you</P> Wed, 29 Jun 2022 20:36:29 GMT NasserSharareh1 2022-06-29T20:36:29Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/contiguous-us-census-tracts-population-weighted/m-p/1188046#M56761 <P>I know that this question has been asked in other ways but I am not still able to find an answer for it.</P><P>I want to calculate the population-weighted centroids of census tracts within the Contiguous US using the census block populations.&nbsp;</P><P>I am using the Mean Center and I have defined the weights as&nbsp;census block populations, and for the Case field, I used the census tracts FIPS Code.</P><P>There are&nbsp;83,776 tracts in the Contiguous US but the outcome has only&nbsp;28,798 records. And most of the points are not projected on the right tract (for instance, the centroid of a tract in NY is shown in FL).&nbsp;</P><P>I have also used the "USA_Contiguous_Equidistant_Conic" projection system for all my data and also my main map. The Datum is also NAD83.</P><P>I know that Census provides Population Mean Center but I want to find a way to get those results by myself. Please assist me if you can. Thank you</P> Wed, 29 Jun 2022 20:36:29 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/contiguous-us-census-tracts-population-weighted/m-p/1188046#M56761 NasserSharareh1 2022-06-29T20:36:29Z