For the United States, Esri provides advanced demographics datasets developed by Esri. These datasets may also include source material supplied by the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, MRI-Simmons, Applied Geographic Solutions (AGS), and Kalibrate. Esri also provides ArcGIS Places datasets for the United States sourced from data supplied by Data Axle and SafeGraph.
U.S. geographic boundaries include information supplied by the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB), ATTOM Data, The Nielsen Co., TomTom, and Uber. Visit Where to find ArcGIS Data to learn more about using Esri Demographics and ArcGIS Places.
Dataset release dates and vintages
Esri provides the following datasets for the United States with the listed release dates and vintages.
| Dataset | Description | Release date | Vintage |
|---|---|---|---|
Current-year estimates and five-year projections for more than 2,000 demographic and socioeconomic variables. Updated annually. | June 2026 | 2026/2031 | |
Designates United States population and land area (at the census block geography level) into one of 10 categories. Updated annually. | June 2026 | 2026 | |
Groups residential areas into segments based on shared demographic, socioeconomic, and lifestyle characteristics. Updated annually. | June 2026 | 2026 | |
Insight into household budget allocation across a range of product categories, such as apparel, dining out, and travel. Updated annually. | June 2026 | 2026/2031 | |
An extension of the Consumer Spending dataset describing commercial locations and businesses preferred across regions. Updated annually. | June 2026 | 2026 | |
Esri's methodology applied to opinion surveys about goods, services, and activities, including consumer attitudes about topics such as health care, media, and the environment. Updated annually. | June 2026 | 2026 | |
American businesses categorized by industrial classification codes, types of business, employee and sales information, and more. Updated three times per year. | June 2026 | April 2026 | |
Dataset of American points of interest locations, such as the place-name, location, and other place details. Updated annually. | June 2026 | March 2026 | |
Five-year rolling summaries from the U.S. Census Bureau's continuous, nationwide survey of Puerto Rican and U.S. households, providing ongoing data about population, households, housing, and more. Updated annually. | June 2026 | 2020-2024 (rolling) | |
Information about Puerto Rican and U.S. population, families, group quarters, households, housing (occupancy and tenure), age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin. Esri supplements and validates census-derived data with additional geographies and variables. Updated decennially. | June 2026 | 2020, 2010, 2000 | |
Aggregated information about crime incidents reported by most U.S. law enforcement jurisdictions; provides an overview of the relative risk of specific crime types. Updated annually. | June 2026 | 2026A | |
Current, extensive U.S. traffic dataset for trade analysis, routing, or mathematical modeling. Updated quarterly. | June 2026 | Q1 2026 |
Settlement points
Esri's American settlement points use U.S. Census/TIGER 2025 block points.
Location accuracy
The U.S. ArcGIS Places datasets use geographic point data derived from latitude-longitude coordinates. Most locations can be located to rooftop or street centerline accuracy, but some can only be placed to city or ZIP/postal code centroid-level accuracy. Therefore, not all points have an exact location.
Available geographies
Esri's United States geographic boundaries consist of legal/administrative, postal, statistical, and tribal boundaries and geometric tessellations. To learn about the structure and boundaries used in Esri's U.S. and Puerto Rican geography levels, see A guide to Esri U.S. geography.
The following tables provide the geographic boundaries available for the United States for the current and previous release dates.
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See Puerto Rico Geography levels for comparable geographic boundaries.
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All U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line geodatabases have been altered to better align with Esri basemaps.
2026 U.S. geographic boundaries
The following are the 2026 geographic boundaries available for the United States datasets:
| Geography type | Vintage | Geography level | Feature count |
|---|---|---|
Legal/Administrative | U.S. Census/TIGER 2025 | United States (US) | 1 |
51 | ||
436 | ||
3,144 | ||
Elementary School Districts (ED) | 1,971 | |
Secondary School Districts (SD) | 478 | |
Unified School Districts (UD) | 10,858 | |
State Legislative Districts - Upper Chamber (SU) | 1,953 | |
State Legislative Districts - Lower Chamber (SL) | 4,835 | |
Tribal | U.S. Census/TIGER 2025 | 484 | |
493 | ||
American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Areas (TH) | 867 | |
935 | ||
Statistical | The Nielsen Co./2025-26 | 210 | |
Statistical | ATTOM Data/Q3 | 27,553 | |
Statistical | The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)/July 2023 | 925 | |
181 | ||
Statistical | U.S. Census/TIGER 2025 | 2,462 | |
84,112 | ||
239,239 | ||
Mixed | U.S. Census/TIGER 2025 |
| 32,056 |
| 35,403 | |
Geometric/Repeating Geometric/Tessellation | 170 | |
H3 Hexagon—Resolution 3 (H3) | 936 | |
H3 Hexagon—Resolution 4 (H4) | 5,814 | |
H3 Hexagon—Resolution 5 (H5) | 38,408 | |
H3 Hexagon—Resolution 6 (H6) | 261,327 | |
H3 Hexagon—Resolution 7 (H7) | 1,802,706 | |
Postal | TomTom/Q2 2025 | 32,183 | |
Postal | U.S. Census/TIGER 2025 | 33,642 |
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¹ Census Areas in Alaska are Statistical and treated as county-equivalents.
2025 U.S. geographic boundaries
The following are the 2025 geographic boundaries available for the United States datasets:
| Geography type | Vintage | Geography level | Feature count |
|---|---|---|
Legal/Administrative | U.S. Census/TIGER 2024 | United States (US) | 1 |
State (ST) | 51 | |
Congressional Districts (CD) | 436 | |
County or (statistical) County Equivalent (CY) ¹ | 3,144 | |
Elementary School Districts (ED) | 1,952 | |
Secondary School Districts (SD) | 481 | |
Unified School Districts (UD) | 10,875 | |
State Legislative Districts - Upper Chamber (SU) | 1,951 | |
State Legislative Districts - Lower Chamber (SL) | 4,834 | |
Tribal | U.S. Census/TIGER 2024 | American Indian Tribal Subdivisions (TS) | 484 |
Tribal Census Tracts (TT) | 493 | |
American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian Areas (TH) | 864 | |
Tribal Block Groups (TB) | 935 | |
Statistical | The Nielsen Co./2024-25 | Designated Market Areas (DM) | 209 |
Statistical | The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)/July 2023 | Core Based Statistical Areas (CB) | 925 |
Statistical | U.S. Census/TIGER 2024 | Public Use Microdata Areas (PM) | 2,462 |
Census Tract (TR) | 84,117 | |
Block Group (BG) | 239,247 | |
Mixed | U.S. Census/TIGER 2024 | Places (PL)
| 32,039 |
County Subdivisions (CSD)
| 35,393 | |
Geometric/Repeating Geometric/Tessellation | H3 Hexagon—Resolution 2 (H2) | 170 |
H3 Hexagon—Resolution 3 (H3) | 936 | |
H3 Hexagon—Resolution 4 (H4) | 5,814 | |
H3 Hexagon—Resolution 5 (H5) | 38,408 | |
H3 Hexagon—Resolution 6 (H6) | 261,329 | |
H3 Hexagon—Resolution 7 (H7) | 1,802,737 | |
Postal | TomTom/Q2 2024 | Residential ZIP Codes (ZP) | 32,157 |
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¹ Census Areas in Alaska are Statistical and treated as county-equivalents.
Visualize demographic data variables
The data browser is an interface to help you visualize and explore the data categories and analysis variables available in Esri Demographics. See Explore data variables to learn more about this visualization tool.
Related links
Refer to the following content:
- 2026 Esri Demographics U.S. and Puerto Rico Release Notes (PDF)
- 2025 Esri Demographics U.S. and Puerto Rico Release Notes (PDF)
- 2026-2031 Esri U.S. Data Catalog (XLS)
- 2025-2030 Esri U.S. Data Catalog (XLS)
- 2026 ArcGIS Business Analyst Pro and Enterprise demographic and business data variable list (XLS)
- 2025 ArcGIS Business Analyst Pro and Enterprise demographic and business data variable list (XLS)
- 2026-2031 Esri new and notable variables by dataset (XLS)
- 2025 Esri removed variables by dataset (XLS)
- U.S. Data Variable Definitions (XLS)
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