New maps and data for 2023 BRFSS PLACES indicators

Data from the latest BRFSS PLACES dataset have been added to the platform! The PLACES dataset provide prevalence estimates representing the year 2023 for population health behaviors and conditions. Data are available for counties, ZIP codes, cities, and census tracts across the United States. Check out the latest data by creating a new assessment today!

Expenditures on Child Care and other Household Expenses, 2024

These map layers display consumer expenditures per household by county from the ESRI 2024 consumer spending data survey. Data is available as average spent (dollar amount spent on a product or service divided by total number of households in an area) and as a percentage of total household spending (amount spent per household on a product or service divided by the total household spending in an area). Food-related expenditures include those for: Child Care; Day Care, Nursery, and Preschool; Health Care; Housing; Transportation; Utilities, Fuel, and Public Service.

For more information, please see the Census Business Builder website.

Expenditures on Food and Related Items by County, 2024

These map layers display consumer expenditures per household by county from the ESRI 2024 consumer spending data survey. Data is available as average spent (dollar amount spent on a product or service divided by total number of households in an area) and as a percentage of total household spending (amount spent per household on a product or service divided by the total household spending in an area). Food-related expenditures include those for: Fruit and Vegetables; Meat, Alcohol; Snacks; Food Consumed at Home (Total); Dining Out (Total).

For more information, please see the Census Business Builder website.

New maps and data now available for the 2023 Employment Change indicator are now available!

Data showing employment changes between 2022 and 2023 in US businesses are now available! These data are from the 2023 Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) database, which provides annual measures of business dynamics (such as job creation and destruction, establishment births and deaths, and firm startups and shutdowns) for the economy overall and aggregated by establishment and firm characteristics.

Flood Vulnerability

An update is available for the estimated population living within a 100-year flood zone. This indicator reports the estimated number of people living within a 100-year flood hazard area based on the 2020 LandScan estimated population counts and EPA estimated flood hazard areas. The EPA EnviroAtlas dataset provides an estimate of the 100-year floodplain for the conterminous United States at 30-meter resolution to fill the gaps in the FIRM. The model hit rate for the CONUS was 0.79 compared to the FIRM, indicating that the model captured 79% of the 100-year floodplain identified by FEMA.

Access to SNAP-Authorized Retailers – Rate

This layer displays the number and rate of SNAP-authorized retailers in each census tract. Locations of retailers are based on the December, 2025 USDA directory of SNAP-authorized retailers.