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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Has it Been Five Years?

Hard to believe, but it’s been 5 years since the last census was taken. Starting January 21, 2020, the bureau started counting the population in remote Alaska and moved to kick off self-responses on March 12th when the first mailed notices went out. As we now know,...

Dealing with the 4 Million New People

Late last year, the census estimate jumped by over 4 million people. Over the past few years, news reports have indicated that more than two million people have crossed the southern border annually. The Census Bureau has the capacity to incorporate these figures into...

Risky Business?

Just over 30% of adults in the U.S. own any kind of security, but that topline figure conceals deep differences in who is investing — and what they’re putting their money into. From safe bets like annuities and CDs to edgy plays like cryptocurrency, investment choices...

Mid-Decade Review

Halfway through the decade, where are we from a population standpoint and growth hot spots? Looking at historical growth patterns, some of the recent phenomena of moving to places like Nashville don’t seem as shocking as it was made out to be during Covid. But what...
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