by Gary Menger | Apr 13, 2023 | Census, Menger's Musings
Prior to the 2020 census, there was considerable debate about the politicization of the census through the proposed question on immigration status. The ultimate decision by the Supreme Court to disallow the question was largely because of the concern that the accuracy...
by Elyse Menger | Apr 6, 2023 | Database Overview
The Behavior & Attitudes database is a collection of modeled variables that are intended to complement and simplify the main Consumer Behavior MRI database by focusing on those key attitudes and behavioral characteristics that drive consumer behavior and...
by Elyse Menger | Apr 6, 2023 | Census, Data Releases
As we told you about a few months back, the geographic rosters for Connecticut are changing. The counties are being replaced by a new set of areas that are being called ‘Planning Regions’ and will be considered as part of the county level of geography. These changes...
by Elyse Menger | Mar 30, 2023 | Data Releases, Product Sneak Peek
In early May, AGS will release our first update of the year: 2023A. As we prepare for the release, we wanted to share about major updates to one database, and the addition of a database that has been requested by our clients. Behaviors and Attitudes (BAT) has been a...
by Elyse Menger | Mar 30, 2023 | Monthly Round-Ups
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 March 2023. CBC Nordstrom is out...
by Elyse Menger | Mar 23, 2023 | Census
After several revised publication dates over the past two years, the Census Bureau is threatening to finally release the detailed counts from the 2020 census starting in May with the DHC (Demographic and Housing Characteristics) file. We won’t pretend to be...
by Elyse Menger | Mar 23, 2023 | Database Overview, Healthcare
In the last year, AGS has released an additional database with health related variables: Chronic Diseases and Risk Factors. This database joins the Healthcare database that AGS has had in our library for many years. But how are these databases different, and when...
by Elyse Menger | Mar 16, 2023 | City Series
Once a major military city, Tampa sits on the Gulf Coast of Florida as the state’s third most populous city. While the city’s success was once driven by Fort Brooke and the bay’s port, today it is known for it’s booming technology sector as a popular place for...
by Elyse Menger | Mar 16, 2023 | City Series
San Jose is the center of Silicon Valley, headquarters to major tech companies and the most populous city in Northern California. This metropolitan area is home to the young and wealthy, but has its appeal started waning? Since the early 1900’s, San Jose has always...
by Elyse Menger | Mar 9, 2023 | Canada Data, Demographics
Last year, we released basic demographics for Canada. In line with our U.S. demographics, we have expanded the Canadian Demographics database to include estimates and projections. In addition to greatly expanding the list of current estimates, we are adding a set of...
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