The first map updates from the 2016-20 American Community Survey are here!

Click the map link to view total population estimates from the 2016-20 American Community Survey (ACS). Data are available for counties, ZIP Codes, and other geographic areas. Search the Map Room for the terms 2020 ACS to view additional demographic estimates (age, race, gender, and ethnicity) from the American Community Survey. Additional map layers will be rolling out over the coming days and weeks, so check back soon for further updates!

Food Insecurity Rate by County, 2020

Layer displays updated food insecurity rates for US counties. Food insecurity refers to USDA’s measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members and limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods. Data is from Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap program.

Estimated Pesticide Use by County

This layer shows the estimated agricultural use of pesticide compounds for counties in the contiguous lower 48 states. Total pesticide use was calculated per area and for area in agricultural land. Additional layers for glyphosate, metolachlor, atrazine, acetochlor, 2,4-D were also calculated and available in the map room as separate layers!

Pulic Education Revenue

This layer data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) School District Finance Survey. The survey provides finance data for all local education agencies (LEAs) that provide free public elementary and secondary education in the United States. County-level data was generated by CARES by aggregating school-district level records with valid reported figures for total students and total expenditures.

Revenues are gained by each public school district through federal, state, and local funding.

Public Education Expenditures

This layer data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) School District Finance Survey. The survey provides finance data for all local education agencies (LEAs) that provide free public elementary and secondary education in the United States. County-level data was generated by CARES by aggregating school-district level records with valid reported figures for total students and total expenditures.

Maximum Temperature – Average Days Above 100 Degrees

This updated dataset reports the total number of days in which an extreme heat event was above 100 degrees between 2019-2021 at the county level. Data were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN).

Gross Domestic Product

This layer displays the 2020 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) produced within each U.S. county and the percent change in GDP from the previous year. GDP is the monetary value of all the goods and service produced within a county and is a measure of economic activity. The growth rate of GDP is the most popular indicator of overall economic health.

Heat Index – Average Days Above 98th Percentile

This updated dataset reports the total number of days in which an extreme heat event was above the 98th percentile between 2019-2021 at the county level. Data were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Environmental Public Health Tracking Network (EPHTN).