State & Local Government Blog

This blog features an article on ArcGIS Monitor in the Esri State & Local Government Spring 2026 newsletter.

We’re rolling out new updates to help organizations work with the most accurate location data. This release brings: 

• Updated Standard Demographics across Western and Eastern Europe, plus new Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS) boundaries 

• Refreshed Advanced Demographics for Germany, Japan, and Thailand 

• New U.S. crime and traffic data 

• Latest U.S. Business Summaries  

• Reminder: SIC‑based business summaries and Esri Tapestry Segmentation retire in 2026—now is the time to migrate. 

Learn more in the What’s New blog.  

 The October 2025 release of Esri Demographics introduces a wealth of data to significantly improve your analysis and enhance decision-making. Key highlights include: 

• Esri France: Updating data vintage from 2022 to 2025. Removing 14 population/housing variables and adding 4 household-related variables. 

• Canada, Environics Analytics: Updating data vintage from 2024 to 2025. Adding 14 DemoStats variables and 145 Household Spend variables, while removing 162 outdated Household Spend variables.  

• Esri Norway: Adding 200 new data variables for Norway users. 

Discover all these updates and more in our What's New October2025 blog article. 

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To improve discoverability and ease of access to data offerings, Esri has introduced an e-commerce experience for users to purchase demographic data for the United States.  

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