Only Fools Rush In

As many of you know, after many delays the Census Bureau finally released the DHC (Demographic and Housing Characteristics) file at the end of May. This eagerly anticipated set of files includes many essential core tables, such as population by age and sex, race by...

Curb Your Enthusiasm

The Census bureau finally released the repeatedly delayed Demographic Profile and Demographic and Housing Characteristics File (DHC). Within hours of the release, our LinkedIn feeds were littered with maps and short commentaries, most without any acknowledgement that...

The Politicization of Census Data

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...

Changing of the Counties

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...
Transparency Matters

Transparency Matters

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...

Why AGS: Vast Geographic Coverage

When the Census data is released every ten years, the geographic boundaries change. The 2020 Census provided unique challenges with the data and geography that we have extensively covered on the blog. To best serve our clients, we carry a complete range of standard...