Detailed information about what has changed for Esri Demographics and ArcGIS Places for the April 2021 release is provided below.
Standard Demographics
The following countries were updated with new Standard Demographics (vintage updated from 2018 to 2020) from Michael Bauer Research GmbH:
- Greenland
- Caribbean and Central America (11)—Aruba, Bahamas, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Panama, Puerto Rico, Trinidad and Tobago
Advanced Demographics
The following updates were made to Advanced Demographics:
United States and Puerto Rico
American Community Survey
Demographic data from the American Community Survey (ACS) for the United States, including Puerto Rico, is updated from the 2014–2018 five-year data to the 2015–2019 five-year data. Demographic variables include Age, At Risk, Education, Health, Households, Housing, Income, Jobs, Marital Status, Population, Poverty, and Race. Additional information about total population by age, vacant housing units, and tenure by household income is included in this update. With the 2015–2019 data, there is now a complete overlap with the variables offered for the United States and Puerto Rico. You can learn more about this release in the Methodology Statement: 2015–2019 American Community Survey technical paper.
Other U.S. updates
This release includes updates to the following dataset for the United States:
- Traffic Counts from Kalibrate—The quarterly Q1 2021 update is included.
Netherlands
This release contains the annual update of the Advanced Demographics dataset from 4orange (vintage updated from 2019 to 2020). The data is available down to the Neighborhood level and includes a variety of topics including household composition, behavior, housing, spending, and more.
ArcGIS Places
The following updates were made to ArcGIS Places:
Thailand
This release marks the first release of ArcGIS Places for Thailand. The ArcGIS Places from Esri Thailand and NOSTRA includes a large collection of categories. Learn more about this dataset in the following resources:
United States
This release includes the following update to ArcGIS Places for the United States:
- SafeGraph: ArcGIS Places quarterly update vintage is now February 2021.
- Data Axle (formerly known as Infogroup): Business Locations quarterly update vintage is now January 2021.