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...

Metropolitan Changes by Decade

Last week, we looked at the population change over the last 50 years. This week, we are looking at the metro level change by decade, from 1970 to 2030 (projected). We see some interesting patterns emerge in the maps. It seems as if metropolitan areas have fads and...

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January Round-Up

At the end of each month, the AGS team takes a look back at articles and blog posts that we saw this month that stood out to us. Many of these come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from January 2021. CARTO Over on the Carto blog, they...

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Snapshot Goes PDF Reports

The latest release of the Snapshot API adds a critical feature that creates PDF reports for any study area-radius, drive times, polygons, census and postal geography- with as much or as little formatting as you like, including our BYOM feature. This customizable...

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Population Change Across the U.S.

Over the last 50 years, the landscape of American life has dramatically changed in many ways. Since 1970, the United States population has grown 1.27% on average per year. Using historical Census data, we looked at the concentration of that growth on our country....

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Consumer Expenditures Overview

Understanding both consumer demand and the existing retail landscape are vital to successful retail network planning. The AGS Consumer Expenditures database helps retailers estimate demand for any given product in any given area. The Consumer Expenditure database...

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Consumer Expenditures: Elderly Care Expenditures

This week as we look at the Consumer Expenditures database, it is helpful to look at a specific example. We looked at elderly care expenditures by household nationwide to show how this database functions. The number of households reporting these expenditures is fairly...

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