Detailed information about what changed for Esri Demographics Standard Demographics, Advanced Demographics, and ArcGIS Places data for the October 2023 release is provided below.
Standard Demographics
This release includes updates to Standard Demographics for 46 African countries and 25 North American countries with data from Michael Bauer Research GmbH.
Africa
The following African countries are updated with new Standard Demographics (vintage updated from 2021 to 2023): Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
North America
The following North American countries are updated with new Standard Demographics (vintage updated from 2020 to 2022): Anguilla, Aruba, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Advanced Demographics
This release includes updates to Advanced Demographics for Canada, France, Mexico, Spain, and the United States and Puerto Rico. Advanced Demographics for New Zealand are now available.
Canada
The 2023 update for Canada includes the newly released CensusPlus 2021 data and new Census 2021 boundaries from Environics Analytics.
France
In France, the vintage for attributes in the Advanced Demographics data from Esri France are updated to 2023. Additionally, a new coding system has been implemented that removes the vintage from variable IDs.
Mexico
In Mexico, the boundaries and settlement points from INEGI are updated. There is also a new Spanish translated version providing a dual language dataset.
New Zealand
This update includes the first release of 2018 Stats New Zealand Census data for New Zealand.
Spain
In Spain, the vintage for attributes in the Advanced Demographics data from the AIS Group are updated to 2023, and there are additional variables available.
United States
The following content is added for Esri U.S. Demographics for 2023:
- Historical Time Series data for population, households, and housing units, including annual counts from 2010 to 2023, enables visualization of population changes over time.
- New 2020 U.S. Census data provides access to 1,400 variables, including detailed age by gender and race, relationship and household type, group quarters, housing by size, and housing by tenure. Additional 2020 U.S. Census data from the recently released Demographics and Housing Characteristics (DHC) includes updates to report templates and updated DHC data for Puerto Rico that will be added to existing American Community Survey (ACS) data in a single hierarchy.
- The new Esri Retail Demand by Industry database represents an extension to Esri 2023 Consumer Spending (by product and service) estimates. Retail Demand by Industry highlights where consumers are likely to spend money. In all, these estimates provide an alternative view of spending potential based on the industries where such market transactions may occur.
Puerto Rico
This release includes an updated combined Census 2000/2010/2020 dataset for Puerto Rico with the new 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics Data.
ArcGIS Places data
This release includes the following updates and new releases for ArcGIS Places data:
- United States—Quarterly update to ArcGIS Places sourced from Data Axle Business Locations and SafeGraph Places data (Q3 2023).
- Puerto Rico—Quarterly update to ArcGIS Places sourced from SafeGraph Places (Q3 2023).
- Canada—Quarterly update to ArcGIS Places sourced from Data Axle Business Locations and SafeGraph Places (Q3 2023).
- India—New ArcGIS Places sourced from Esri India Places (April 2023).
- Global—Quarterly update to ArcGIS Places data based on data sourced from Foursquare (Q3 2023), including coverage for Russia, Ukraine, Iran, and Belarus.
Esri India
This release includes an April 2023 ArcGIS Places dataset from Esri India with more than 8 million points of interest, including businesses, government buildings, and cultural centers. The dataset is newly available in Business Analyst and is expected to be updated annually.