Snapshot Benchmarks

Demographic reports can often be difficult to interpret, largely because on their own they lack context. The benchmark on a report is used to introduce that context, but often fails because it is simply a national or state average. Snapshot offers a full range of...

Census Day is April 1!

Forget April 15th, for AGS the key date this year is April 1st, the day the census is officially conducted. For most people, the survey instrument came in the mail mid-March, delivered by address each with address specific logon credentials. “Filling out” the census...

Why AGS: Historic Census Data

One of the things that makes AGS so unique as a provider of demographics is our considerable library of historical census data, all on current boundaries. The primary difficulty with temporal analysis of census data is that the geographic “containers” change...

Data in use: Crime and Place App

From time to time, we will highlight companies that are using our data in unique and innovative ways. Crime and Place is an iOS mobile application that provides neighborhood scale crime risk information nationwide. Perfect for those modern-day explorers who love the...