Data for the Greater Good

What makes data and statistical analysis wonderful is the ability to optimize your research or business and take it to the next level. But what about using data to optimize non-profit organizations and enhance the work that they do? A little data can go a long way to...

Dealing with the 2020 Census

A tremendous effort in the analytics world is devoted to the task of data preparation and cleansing. Data exchanges refer to ‘curated’ data, which suggests that the suppliers of that data have gone to the trouble of estimating missing fields, reigning in outliers, and...

Optimizing Online Ads with Data

  In the years since “big data” became a term, the scope of what data can do to enhance your business has changed and evolved. If you own a business, you likely are paying for some kind of online advertising. Google Ads, social media advertising, and any other...

Diversity and the American City

In recent years, diversity has become one of our cultural buzzwords. Yes, the United States is more ethnically diverse, but does this translate to more diverse neighborhoods in our major cities? To find out, we used both our diversity measure and a categorical measure...

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The Evolving Snapshot Engine

Snapshot is the production engine that AGS uses to deliver data to clients, undertake custom analytics, and power our report API. While the name might be relatively new, it is actually a fourth-generation platform. Nearly four decades ago, I was the sole dissenting...

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The Summer Urban Exodus

Kids are getting out of school at this time of year, and many families plan a week or two of vacation. Many will be packing up the SUV and heading for a cottage or second home to spend part or all of the summer. Some will rent a place from Airbnb or VRBO, others are...

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May 2025 Round-up

At the end of each month, the AGS team looks back at articles and blog posts that we saw this month that stood out to us. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from May 2025. SiteSeer Worried about...

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2025A Release Highlights

We are excited to announce our latest data release is now available. Highlights include new and updated tables for our core Estimates and Projections, as well as more than 1,900 new MRI variables. For full details on what has been updated and included, keep reading....

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