Change log — 2024

Information about updates made to the ArcGIS GeoEnrichment Service, Esri Demographics standard demographics, advanced demographics, and ArcGIS Places datasets in 2024 is provided below.

November 2024

The November 2024 release included changes to standard demographics, advanced demographics, and ArcGIS Places datasets:

Standard demographics

The following standard demographics datasets for Europe, Oceania, and South America, sourced with data provided by Michael Bauer Research GmbH, have been added or updated by Esri:

Region	Changed content
Europe	European Cross-border Data (beta)—Esri introduced a new dataset in November 2024 that provides comparable attributes for 39 countries or regions sourced from data supplied by Michael Bauer Research GmbH. The following information has been updated for these countries or regions relevant to this dataset only: Vintage 2023. Settlement points have been updated from 2017 Esri raster-based points to the 2023 European Commission Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) raster points, which could result in changes to previously run values in some trade areas. 2023 Consumer Spending data shows high deviation due to elevated inflation in most regions and significant post-pandemic volatility. For reasons of data privacy, in areas with few regional inhabitants, all data except Population and Household numbers are anonymized. In these areas, variables simultaneously referring to currency and population are based on the national average; all other variables are set to zero. The following European countries or regions are included in the dataset: Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus (Greek part), Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova (without Transnistria), Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, and the United Kingdom
Oceania	Standard demographics datasets were updated for the following Oceanian countries or regions—Australia, Fiji, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea Vintage update to 2024 (2023 for Unemployed Population) and some geography level, settlement point, and attribute changes.
South America	Standard demographics datasets were updated for the following South American countries or regions—Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela Vintage update to 2024 (2023 for Unemployed Population) and some geography level, settlement point, and attribute changes.

Advanced demographics

The following advanced demographics datasets have been updated by Esri:

Country	Changed content
Canada	The Esri advanced demographics dataset for Canada, sourced from data supplied by Environics Analytics, has been updated to vintage 2024. Updates include 23 new attributes; 116 attributes no longer available. The following datasets were updated: ArcGIS Places - Canada—Vintage June 2024. CensusPlus—Vintage 2021. DaytimePop—Vintage 2024. DemoStats—Vintage 2024; 20 new attributes; 41 attributes no longer available. Note: Note that family structure and number of children variables were removed (for example, Census Families by Family Structure with 1 child, Census Families by Family Structure with 2 children, and so on) from the Census Families by Family Structure and Census Family Households by Family Structure categories because of changes to the 2021 Census. DemoStats Trends—Vintage 2024; 14 new attributes. HouseholdSpend—Vintage 2024. PRIZM® Market Segmentation—Vintage 2024. ShoppingCentres—Vintage 2024.
India	The Esri advanced demographics dataset for India, sourced from data supplied by Esri India, has been updated with a new Geography level, Wards, new projected population estimates, and one new attribute: Total Projected Population GHSL (Global Human Settlement Layer).
Netherlands	In November 2024, Esri discontinued the advanced demographics dataset sourced from data supplied by 4orange for the Netherlands. For this region, the Esri standard demographics dataset sourced from data supplied by Michael Bauer Research GmbH remains available.
Puerto Rico	School District Boundaries—A school district boundary from TIGER 2023 was added for Puerto Rico. However, although the United States uses school district boundaries as a standard geography level, there is only one school district for all of Puerto Rico: it does not show at a local geographic scale in ArcGIS mapping products. See School District for more information.
United States	Esri 2024 U.S. Demographics are available for 14 geography levels including all standard Census geography levels: states, counties, census tracts, and block groups, as well as Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs), Designated Market Areas (DMAs), Congressional Districts (CDs), Places, County Subdivisions (CSDs), School Districts, and residential ZIP codes. School District Boundaries—Geographic boundaries for School Districts have been added for the United States, including Elementary, Secondary, and Unified School Districts. School districts are geographic areas designated by local and state officials to organize and manage public education. In many parts of the country, school districts align with place or county boundaries. For more information about school district boundaries, see the United States Census Bureau Updated School District Boundaries Technical Documentation on the U.S. Census website. There are four types of school districts, sourced from the TIGER (Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing) system maintained by the U.S. Census Bureau, in part for the purpose of helping the Department of Education properly allocate Title 1 funding. The latest school district boundaries used with ArcGIS Data are from TIGER 2023, which contains information for districts that were in operation as of January 1, 2023. Districts are categorized based on the grade ranges for which the district is financially responsible. These may or may not be the same as the grade ranges that a school district operates: Unified school districts provide education to children of all school ages. In general, if an area is covered by a unified school district, no elementary or secondary district exists. Secondary school districts are generally responsible for high school levels, but some are responsible for grades 6–8 as well. Elementary school districts are responsible for school children starting in kindergarten or pre-kindergarten. Generally, if an elementary school district exists in an area, there may or may not be a secondary school district. GEOIDs for school districts have a length of 7: the first two characters represent the state FIPS code, as school districts do not cross state boundaries; the remaining five characters are the school district local education agency code. Esri Urbanicity Type data—a land-based classification system that designates every U.S. Census block into one of 10 urbanicity categories. Esri Business Summary—Data vintage is updated to June 2024. There are 14 new NAICS-based business summary sub-categories. Traffic Counts—Vintage Q3 2024.

ArcGIS Places data

The following ArcGIS Places datasets have been updated by Esri:

ArcGIS Places dataset	Content change
Data Axle	Vintage June 2024. Updated the Attributes table with information about ArcGIS Pro. Sales volume and employee count estimates in this release will reflect Data Axle’s updated, AI-powered business models released in June 2024. Users are likely to note shifts in these numbers relative to prior releases, as well as expanded coverage of records with sales volume estimates.
Esri India	Vintage May 2024.
Foursquare	Vintage August 2024.
SafeGraph	Vintage August 2024.

June 2024

The June 2024 release included changes to standard demographics, advanced demographics, and ArcGIS Places datasets:

Deprecation Announcement: Esri 2021 and 2022 U.S. Data

Starting in mid-June 2024, Esri will discontinue the Esri 2021 and Esri 2022 datasets for the U.S. Users should transition their workflows and processes to the Esri 2023 and Esri 2024 U.S. datasets ahead of this change. The Esri 2024 U.S. dataset will be available as part of the Esri Demographics data release scheduled for mid-June 2024. For more information about Esri's U.S. datasets, visit Esri Updated Demographics.

Standard demographics

The following standard demographics datasets for Europe and North America, sourced with data provided by Michael Bauer Research GmbH, have been updated by Esri:

Region	Changed content
Europe	Standard demographics datasets were updated for the following European countries or regions—Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus (Greek part), Czech Republic, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Hungary, Iceland, Kosovo, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova (without Transnistria), Monaco, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia Vintage update to 2023 (2022 for Unemployed Population) and some geography level, settlement point, and attribute changes.
North America	Standard demographics datasets were updated for the following North American country—Greenland. Vintage update to 2023.

Advanced demographics

The following advanced demographics datasets have been updated by Esri:

Country	Changed content
Japan	Vintage 2020-2024 (varies) sourced from data supplied by Esri Japan. Geography level names have updated to plural form (for example, from Block to Blocks). 12 Age attributes are no longer available. New Spending, Age, and Population attributes are available.
Puerto Rico	American Community Service (ACS) for Puerto Rico—Vintage 2018-2022; updated to the 2024 boundaries. 12 new Housing variables; 12 Housing variables no longer available. U.S. Census dataset: Census 2010 data was merged into the Census 2020 dataset. All 2010 variables added to the 2020 variable list. Vintage 2024 (based on the U.S. 2020 Census). The variables 2020 HHr Population in HHs (HHLRPOP20) and 2020 Male HHrs in HHs (MLHHRS20) were moved from the Households by Type Field Category to the Population by Relationship and Household Type Field Category. Puerto Rican Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC) data updated to 2024 boundaries.
United States	Esri Updated Demographics—Vintage 2024 and 2029. American Community Survey (ACS)—Updated with the ACS 2018 -2022 5-year data. Added a new Poverty Index. Esri Census Demographics—Updated 2020 block group level and above Census data for 2024 boundaries. Updated to 2024 U.S. boundaries and block points. Multiple changes to Population variables. Esri Tapestry Segmentation—Vintage 2024. Esri Consumer Spending—Vintage 2024 and 2029. Esri Market Potential—Vintage 2024. Esri Retail Demand by Industry—Vintage 2024. Esri Business Summary——Vintage February 2024. Crime Indexes—Vintage 2024A. Traffic Counts—Vintage Q2 2024.

ArcGIS Places data

The following ArcGIS Places datasets have been updated by Esri:

ArcGIS Places	Content change
Data Axle	Vintage February 2024. New government business records and online directory resources have been added to Data Axle's business compilation process. This has resulted in an increase in records for sectors, including medical/health businesses, non-profit organizations, education/library and government, mining, and unclassified businesses relative to prior releases. Over 900,000 records were added between February 2023 and February 2024: Added new attributes Location Parent, Location Parent Relationship, and Specialty. Updated attributes: Locator Match Status and Locator Match Rating are now only available in Canada. Professional Specialty merged into new attribute Specialty. Specialty attribute combines content from Data Axle that includes religious denomination, restaurant cuisines, restaurant service type, business type, car make, and professional specialty.
Esri India	Vintage 2023 Total Esri India Places location count: 9,732,246 Added 1.2 million records Deleted 8,000 locations Updated Brand name and Street name for 4.1 million records. Total records with Street name now 9.2 million Added validation for longer state names
Foursquare	Vintage April 2024. Added three new attributes: Symbol ID, Open 24 Hours a Day, and UTC Time Zone
SafeGraph	Vintage March 2024. Removed attribute: Phone Number. Updated attribute: Address no longer includes Street Name (applied to U.S. dataset only). Added attribute: Esri PID.

February 2024

The February 2024 release included changes to standard demographics, advanced demographics, and ArcGIS Places datasets and the ArcGIS GeoEnrichment Service:

Standard demographics

The following standard demographics datasets for Europe, sourced with data provided by Michael Bauer Research GmbH, have been updated by Esri:

Standard demographics datasets were updated for the following European countries or regions—Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, and the United Kingdom

Vintage update to 2023 (2022 for Unemployed Population) and some geography level, settlement point, and attribute changes.

Advanced demographics

The following advanced demographics datasets have been updated by Esri:

Country	Changed content
Australia	Vintage 2021—sourced from data supplied by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) 449 new attributes 38 attributes, vintage 2016, no longer available
Germany	Vintage 2023—sourced from data supplied by Nexiga 7 attributes, vintage 2022, no longer available
Thailand	Vintage 2022—sourced from data supplied by Esri Thailand 1 attribute, vintage 2021, no longer available
United States	Crime Indexes—Vintage 2023B sourced from data supplied by Applied Geographic Solutions (AGS) Traffic Counts—Vintage Q4 2023 sourced from data supplied by Kalibrate

ArcGIS Places data

The following ArcGIS Places datasets have been updated by Esri:

ArcGIS Places datasets	Content change
Introduction to ArcGIS Places	Updated user content, including product overviews and attribute comparison.
Data Axle	Vintage November 2023. Added attribute details to the user content. Added two new attributes for the U.S. only: Attribute Description Square Foot Minimum / Maximum Estimated minimum or maximum square footage of the business (shown as an integer). Square Footage The estimated square footage of the business: 1–1,499 sf 1,500–2,499 sf 2,500–4,999 sf 5,000–9,999 sf 10,000–19,999 sf 20,000–39,999 sf 40,000–99,999 sf 100,000+ sf
DENUE	Added attribute details to the user content.
Esri India	Added attribute details to the user content.
Foursquare	Vintage February 2024. New and updated records in countries and territories around the world; approximately 100,000 additional records for the United Kingdom and China; more than 1,000,000 additional records for Japan. Added attribute details to the user content. Added four new attributes (currently available only in ArcGIS Business Analyst and ArcGIS Community Analyst): Attribute Description H3 Hexagon R7 Esri-provided Uber H3 global hexagon identifier for resolution level 7. Conceptually similar to a U.S. Census Block ID, the Uber H3 global hexagon ID is designed to help users rapidly associate and summarize places data within a grid for analysis. See this ArcGIS Blog article to learn more. Open 7 Days a Week Indicates whether the place is open 7 days a week. Open Weekends Only Indicates whether the place is only open Saturday or Sunday. Number of Sublocations The number of 'child' or sublocations associated with a place. For example, a shopping mall place may contain multiple 'child' stores or sublocations.
NOSTRA	Vintage 2023. Added attribute details to the user content.
SafeGraph	Vintage December 2023. Added attribute details to the user content. Update to 17 NAICS code categories: NAICS code Description 71 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 442 Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores 448 Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores 622 Hospitals 4422 Home Furnishings Stores 4452 Specialty Food Stores 4471 Gasoline Stations 4483 Jewelry, Luggage, and Leather Goods Stores 7211 Traveler Accommodation 7225 Restaurants and Other Eating Places 8123 Dry Cleaning and Laundry Services 62111 Offices of Physicians 485310 Taxi Service 611630 Language Schools 623220 Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities 713120 Amusement Arcades 811113 Automotive Transmission Repair
U.S. Places data	Added attribute comparison details to the user content.

ArcGIS GeoEnrichment Service

In Puerto Rico and the United States—Some variables are unavailable for data enrichment at the Block Group level. For these, variables have been added at the Census Tract level to support reports and infographics.