topic Re: Calculating Location Quotients in Spatial Statistics Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/calculating-location-quotients/m-p/471724#M1483 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>LQ is the ratio of (Land use category "i" in a census tract / total land use in census track) to (Land use category "i" in the zonal area / Total land use zonal area). For example census track A has 10 acres of corn, 90 acres of agriculture area; and 30 acres of corn in the zonal region, and 150 acres of agricultural area.&nbsp; the LQ would be (10/90)/(30/150) = 0.55 or corn acreage in census track "A"&nbsp; is less than what was expected.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:24:03 GMT JeffReichman 2014-02-21T00:24:03Z Calculating Location Quotients https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/calculating-location-quotients/m-p/471723#M1482 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am trying to calculate location quotients for land use. I have the zoning data and have intersected that with my census tracts, but do not know what to do from here. Here is the formula I am using for location quotients. </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>(Land use in category </SPAN><SPAN style="font-style:italic;">i</SPAN><SPAN> census tract/total land use in all categories of census tract)/(land use in category </SPAN><SPAN style="font-style:italic;">i</SPAN><SPAN> for all census tracts/total land use in all census tracts.</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Thank you in advance for any help you can give!!!</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 21 Jun 2013 23:11:53 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/calculating-location-quotients/m-p/471723#M1482 CourtneyRiggs 2013-06-21T23:11:53Z Re: Calculating Location Quotients https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/calculating-location-quotients/m-p/471724#M1483 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>LQ is the ratio of (Land use category "i" in a census tract / total land use in census track) to (Land use category "i" in the zonal area / Total land use zonal area). For example census track A has 10 acres of corn, 90 acres of agriculture area; and 30 acres of corn in the zonal region, and 150 acres of agricultural area.&nbsp; the LQ would be (10/90)/(30/150) = 0.55 or corn acreage in census track "A"&nbsp; is less than what was expected.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Fri, 21 Feb 2014 00:24:03 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/spatial-statistics-questions/calculating-location-quotients/m-p/471724#M1483 JeffReichman 2014-02-21T00:24:03Z