What's new in Esri Demographics

Information about what's new in Esri Demographics is provided below.

The February 2025 release includes updates to standard demographics and advanced demographics. For details about what was updated for each country, see the Change log - February 2025. Change logs for previous releases are also available.

Standard demographics

This release includes updates to Esri standard demographics datasets sourced from data supplied by Michael Bauer Research GmbH.

Asia

Esri updated the following datasets for Asia: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China, Georgia, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.

Changes include a vintage update to 2024 (Unemployed Population 2023). See the individual country pages or the Change log - February 2025 for details about these updates per country.

Europe

Esri updated the following datasets for Western Europe: Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, The Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, and the United Kingdom.

Changes include a vintage update to 2024 (Unemployed Population 2023). See the individual country pages or the Change log - February 2025 for details about these updates per country.

Advanced demographics

This release includes updates to advanced demographics for Germany, India, Japan, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Thailand, and the United States. See the individual country pages or the Change log - February 2025 for details about these updates per country.

Germany

The Esri advanced demographics dataset for Germany, sourced from data supplied by Nexiga, was updated to vintage 2024. Updates include 28 new Spending attributes; and 2 Households attributes are no longer available.

India

The Esri advanced demographics dataset for India, sourced from data supplied by Esri India, was updated with a Geography level change merging Wards and Villages, and 127 new attributes.

Japan

The Esri advanced demographics dataset for Japan, sourced from data supplied by Esri Japan, was updated to vintage 2025. The updates include two new geography levels: Mesh_1km and Mesh_500m; 346 new attributes; and 89 attributes are no longer available. This dataset is dual-language (Japanese and English).

New Zealand

The Esri advanced demographics dataset for New Zealand, sourced from data supplied by Stats NZ Tatauranga Aotearoa, was updated to vintage 2023. The updates include three new geography levels: Māori Wards, Urban and Rural Areas, and Statistical Areas 3; 235 new attributes; and 68 attributes are no longer available.

Puerto Rico and the United States

Esri updated the following dataset for Puerto Rico and the United States:

Points of Interest

The Points of Interest dataset, sourced from data supplied by SafeGraph, was updated to vintage December 2024.

Thailand

The Esri advanced demographics dataset for Thailand, sourced from data supplied by Esri Thailand, was updated to vintage 2023.

United States

Esri updated the following datasets for the United States:

Business Locations

The Business Locations dataset, sourced from data supplied by Data Axle, was updated to vintage November 2024. The update includes one new attribute: NAICS Industry Sector.

Business Summary

The Business Summary dataset, sourced from data supplied by Data Axle, was updated to vintage November 2024.

Note:

In early 2026, Esri will discontinue support for the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) codes provided by Data Axle and used in the Business Summary dataset.

Traffic Counts

The Traffic Counts dataset, sourced from data supplied by Kalibrate, was updated to vintage Q4 2024.