American Community Survey data for the 2012-16 five-year period has been processed and released! These updates replace previous indicator data from the 2011-2015 five-year period. Data from previous years is accessible via saved “static” reports, or by searching the Community Commons Map Room.
New estimates for the 2016-2017 school year were acquired from the U.S. Department of Education EDFacts program (replacing estimates from the 2014-15 school year).
New data about clinical care among Medicare beneficiaries are available for 2015 (replacing data for 2014). Affected indicators:
Clinical Care
New data on chronic absenteeism students who were absent 15 or more school days during the school year) has been added to the data platform!
An issue was identified affecting the export to Excel data for multi-county report areas in three indicator datasets. For these indicators a database query needed to summarize data across multiple counties was missing causing state, county, and national values to populate across the excel table columns incorrectly. This issue has been addressed. Affected indicators:
Analysis was implemented to generate tract-level estimates of access to SNAP-authorized retailers. Counts of SNAP Retailers are current as of April, 2019. Population estimates are from the US 2010 Decennial Census. Maps are now available at the 2010 census tract level.
New maps and data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis display information about personal income from transfer receipts (benefits received by persons for which no current services are performed). New breakouts display transfer payment income by source: Retirement and disability; Medical benefits; Income maintenance benefits (SSI, EITC, SNAP, etc.); Unemployment; Veterans’ benefits; Education and training assistance; Other government benefits; Payments from businesses.Affected Indicators:
Social & Economic Factors
New maps and data now available for High School Graduation Rate indicator. New estimates for the 2016-2017 school year were acquired from the US Department of Education (ED), replacing estimates from the previous school year. Trend-over-time is now available for this indicator!
New data about clinical care among Medicare beneficiaries are available for 2015 (replacing data for 2014). Affected indicators:
Clinical Care
Data has been updated to the latest (August, 2019) version of the CMS NPPES database.
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