This layer displays the location of Food Deserts across the United States based on conditions in 2015. More information can be found in the January 2017 report, Low-Income and Low-Supermarket-Access Census Tracts, 2010-2015.
Change in Food Desert Census Tracts, 2010-2015
This layer displays changes in Food Desert Census Tracts between 2010 and 2015. More information can be found in the January 2017 report, Low-Income and Low-Supermarket-Access Census Tracts, 2010-2015.
New 2011-15 American Community Survey Data Layers
Layer displays poverty rates from the 2011-15 American Community Survey. Check out other 2011-15 ACS updates by searching the Map Room for the terms 2015 ACS.
New Data! New map of dominant spoken language by census tract!
Layer displays information about languages spoken at home at the neighborhood (census tract) level. Each area on the map is shaded to reflect the dominant spoken language, or the language spoken by the majority of people in the area. Toggle between map layers to display the dominant language excluding English, and the dominant language excluding English and excluding Spanish. Census tracts in which there is no population, or in which less than 100 individuals or one percent of the population speak the dominant language are excluded from categorization.
New Data! The Community Commons Maproom now provides access to 27 maps layers covering data from the 500 Cities Project!
Map data topics include preventative health, risk behaviors, and clinical care. Estimates from the 500 Cities Project are available at the state, city, and census tract level. For more map layers from this series, search the Map Room for the terms 500 Cities.
Access to Primary Care Providers
Layers display county-level information about the number and rate of physicians based on data from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) 2015-16 Area Health Resource File (AHRF).
EPA Climate Change Indicators – Change in Snowfall
This indicator examines changes in total snowfall in the contiguous 48 United States. Indicator data are acquired from the EPA’s Climate Change Indicators in the United States, Fourth Edition, published in 2016.
Mental Health Treatment Facilities
This layer displays locations and attributes for SAMHSA-certified mental health treatment facilities. Locations are obtained from the US Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Behavioral Health Treatment Services Locator and are current as of February 8th, 2017.
Primary Care Utilization Among the Medicare Population, 2014
Layer displays the percentage of Medicare beneficiaries with at least one visit to their primary care physician in 2014. Data are acquired from the Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare and mapped by Hospital Service Area, County, and State.
Preventable Hospitalizations, Rate per 1,000 Medicare Beneficiaries, 2014
Layer displays the rate at which Medicare beneficiaries were hospitalized for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) in 2014. ACSC conditions are are potentially preventable given appropriate primary and preventive care. Data are acquired from the Dartmouth Atlas of Healthcare and mapped by Hospital Service Area, County, and State.