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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Passing this along. I know many of us make use of census data so I thought you might find it interesting. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Tripp Corbin, MCP, CFM, GISP</span></i></b><b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>| Chief Executive Officer</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><br></span><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;color:#1F4E79'><a href="http://www.egisassociates.com/"><span style='color:#1F4E79;text-decoration:none'>eGIS Associates, Inc.</span></a></span></b><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:tcorbin@egisassociates.com">tcorbin@egisassociates.com</a> | <a href="www.egisassociates.com">www.egisassociates.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>678-710-9710 ext 21 | 866-</span><span lang=EN style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F4E79'>304-3864 Fax</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black'>Esri Certified Trainer | Esri Certified Desktop Associate</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><h2 style='margin-bottom:24.0pt'><span style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#333333'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY, DEC. 17, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h2 style='margin-bottom:12.0pt' id=title><span style='font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Census Bureau Introduces New Interactive Mapping Tool along with Latest American Community Survey Statistics<o:p></o:p></span></h2><div><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The U.S. Census Bureau released <a href="http://www.census.gov/censusexplorer"><span style='color:#990066;text-decoration:none'>Census Explorer</span></a>, a new interactive mapping tool that gives users easier access to neighborhood level statistics. The mapping tool uses updated statistics from the 2008-2012 American Community Survey (ACS), which were also released today.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'><a href="http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/img/cb13-215_census_explorer.jpg"></a></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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"This interactive map helps users to learn more about the social, economic and housing characteristics of their communities — the same characteristics that drive decision-making from the local to the national level."<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The tool allows users to look at the following eight statistics from the American Community Survey:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul style='margin-top:0in' type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Total population<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Percent 65 and older<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Foreign-born population percentage<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Percent of the population with a high school degree or higher<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Percent with a bachelor's degree or higher<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Labor force participation rate<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Home ownership rate<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#333333;margin-bottom:3.75pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Median household income<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>In addition to these characteristics, more than 40 <a href="http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/12_5YR/DP02/0100000US.04000"><span style='color:#990066;text-decoration:none'>social</span></a>, <a href="http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/12_5YR/DP03/0100000US.04000"><span style='color:#990066;text-decoration:none'>economic</span></a> and <a href="http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/12_5YR/DP04/0100000US.04000"><span style='color:#990066;text-decoration:none'>housing</span></a> topics are now available through the American Community Survey statistics for all communities in the nation, regardless of size, down to the block group level. For example, health insurance coverage statistics are now available for the first time at the neighborhood level.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h4><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>Additional Exploration Tools<o:p></o:p></span></h4><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>A variety of other Census Bureau data tools have been updated with today's new numbers, including the Census Bureau's <a href="http://www.census.gov/developers/"><span style='color:#990066;text-decoration:none'>application programming interface</span></a>, <a href="http://www.census.gov/easystats/"><span style='color:#990066;text-decoration:none'>Easy Stats</span></a> and <a href="http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/navigation/1.0/en/d_dataset:ACS_12_5YR"><span style='color:#990066;text-decoration:none'>American FactFinder</span></a>. In addition to the updated exploration tools, the Census Bureau is releasing <a href="http://www.census.gov/acs/www/data_documentation/2012_narrative_profiles/"><span style='color:#990066;text-decoration:none'>narrative profiles</span></a> which allow users to explore a graphical and narrative presentation of the statistics from the American Community Survey.<o:p></o:p></span></p><h4><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>About the American Community Survey<o:p></o:p></span></h4><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The American Community Survey provides a wide range of important statistics about all communities in the country. The American Community Survey gives communities the current information they need to plan investments and services. Retailers, homebuilders, police departments, and town and city planners are among the many private- and public-sector decision makers who count on these annual results. Ever since Thomas Jefferson directed the first census in 1790, the census has collected detailed characteristics about our nation's people.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The Census Bureau uses information collected over five years from the American Community Survey in order to have more accurate and reliable statistics for areas with populations smaller than 20,000. Statistics for larger areas are also included with this release, making comparisons across large and small geographies possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:7.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:7.5pt;margin-left:0in'><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333'>The Census Bureau is currently reviewing all of the questions on the American Community Survey to ensure adequate coverage of statistical information that communities rely on. The survey is the only source of local statistics for most of the 40 topics it covers, such as educational attainment, housing, employment, commuting, language spoken at home, nativity, ancestry and selected monthly homeowner costs down to the smallest communities. The Census Bureau is inviting the public to give feedback on each question asked in the survey. For more information on the review process, please visit the <a href="http://www.census.gov/acs/www/about_the_survey/acs_content_review/"><span style='color:#990066;text-decoration:none'>American Community Survey content review website</span></a> for more details.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>David Alvarez <br><br>“THE FURTHER BACKWARDS YOU LOOK, THE FURTHER FORWARD YOU CAN SEE"<br><br>Winston Churchill <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>