The Esri United States datasets contain an array of Advanced Demographics from a wide range of statistical demographic and socioeconomic data sources and data providers.
Data source
Release: | June 2024 |
Data: | © Esri |
Boundaries: | U.S. Census TIGER 2023 (County Subdivision, Places, Block Group, Census Tract, County, CBSA, Congressional District, State, and Country); 2023 Q3 TomTom (ZIP Code); 2023-2024 Nielsen (DMA) |
Settlement Points: | TIGER 2020 Block Points |
Dataset information
| United States | |
|---|---|
Three-letter ISO country code | USA |
Currency | US Dollar |
Three-letter currency code | USD |
Number of geography levels | 11 |
Data Apportionment Settings
| Threshold upper bound | Aggregation method | Level of geography |
|---|---|---|
101 mi | Block Apportion | US.BlockGroups |
152 mi | Centroids in Polygon | US.BlockGroups |
202 mi | Centroids in Polygon | US.Tracts |
404 mi | Centroids in Polygon | US.ZIP5 |
more | Centroids in Polygon | US.Counties |
more | Centroids in Polygon | US.BlockGroups |
Advanced Demographics available geographies
Esri provides data for the United States and Puerto Rico for several legal or administrative, statistical, and postal geographies. Effort is made to make data available for the most recent boundaries available from the U.S. Census Bureau and our data partners. To learn about U.S. geographies, view the Understanding Esri Geography tutorial. Use the following table to understand the geographies associated with each dataset.
U.S. geographic boundaries
The following geographies are available for the United States:
| Geography | Type | Vintage and count for 2020 Census, Esri 2023 Demographics, Tapestry, Consumer Spending, Market Potential, Retail Demand by Industry, Business Summary, ACS 2017-2021, Crime Indexes, 2000 and 2010 Census | Vintage and count for 2020 Census, Esri 2024 Demographics, Tapestry, Consumer Spending, Market Potential, Retail Demand by Industry, Business Summary, ACS 2018-2022, Crime Indexes, 2000 and 2010 Census |
|---|---|---|---|
Nation | Legal or Administrative | U.S. Census Bureau/TIGER 2021
| U.S. Census Bureau/TIGER 2023
|
State/State Equivalent (ST) | Legal or Administrative | U.S. Census Bureau/TIGER 2021
| U.S. Census Bureau/TIGER 2023
|
County/County Equivalent (CY) | Legal or Administrative ¹ | U.S. Census Bureau/TIGER 2021
| U.S. Census Bureau/TIGER 2023
|
Census Tract (TR) | Statistical | U.S. Census Bureau/TIGER 2021
| U.S. Census Bureau/TIGER 2023
|
Block Group (BG) | Statistical | U.S. Census Bureau/TIGER 2021
| U.S. Census Bureau/TIGER 2023
|
Places (PL) | Mixed 4 | U.S. Census Bureau/TIGER 2022
| U.S. Census Bureau/TIGER 2023
|
County Subdivisions (CSD) | Mixed 5 | U.S. Census Bureau/TIGER 2020
| U.S. Census Bureau/TIGER 2023
|
Core Based Statistical Areas (CB) | Statistical | Office of Management and Budget/March 2020
| Office of Management and Budget/July 2023
|
Designated Market Areas (DM) | Statistical | The Nielsen Company/2022–2023
| The Nielsen Company/2023–2024
|
Congressional Districts (CD) | Legal or Administrative | U.S. Census Bureau/118th Congressional District TIGER
| U.S. Census Bureau/TIGER 2023
|
Residential ZIP Codes (ZP) | Postal | TomTom/Q2 2023
| TomTom/Q2 2023
|
All ZIP Codes | Postal | TomTom/Q2 2023
| TomTom/Q2 2023
|
¹ Census Areas in Alaska are Statistical and treated as county-equivalents.
² Esri did not include one all-water tract in Connecticut in the database to maintain the same overall tract database count as TIGER 2020.
³ Esri did not include one all-water block group in Connecticut in the database to maintain the same overall block group database count as TIGER 2020.
4 Incorporated Places are Legal/Administrative and Census Designated Places (CDPs) are Statistical.
5 Minor Civil Divisions (MCDs) are Legal/Administrative and Census County Divisions (CCDs) are Statistical.
U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line geodatabases have been altered to better align with Esri basemaps.
Note:
Visit Puerto Rico for comparable U.S. geographic boundaries.
Available datasets
U.S. Advanced Demographics datasets include the following. Visit each dataset page for detailed descriptions, data providers, methodologies, included data categories, variable lists, and sample reports.
| Database name | Source | Vintage | Description | Update frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2024/2029 | Esri provides current-year updates and five-year projections of population, age by sex, race and Hispanic origin, households and families, tenure, home value, household income, household income by age of householder, per capita income, current-year employed population by occupation and industry, unemployment, current-year marital status, current-year educational attainment, current-year age by sex and race, current-year disposable income, current-year net worth, and more. | Annual | ||
2024 | Esri Tapestry Segmentation provides an accurate, detailed description of America’s neighborhoods. U.S. residential areas are divided into 67 distinctive segments based on their socioeconomic and demographic composition. | Annual | ||
2024/2029 | This comprehensive database developed by Esri is based on a combination of the latest Consumer Expenditure Surveys (CEX) from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Data is reported by product or service and includes total expenditures, average spending per household, and a Spending Potential Index (SPI) for current year and five-year projection. | Annual | ||
2024 | This database represents an extension to Esri's Consumer Spending estimates. The data includes annual total industry expenditures, annual average industry potential spending per household, and an industry-specific SPI. The total industry expenditures value represents the potential aggregate spending by all households within an industry in an area. | Annual | ||
Esri and MRI-Simmons | 2024 | The Market Potential database includes data representing goods, services, attitudes, and activities and is collected from the MRI-Simmons consumer survey. The database provides the expected number of consumers and a Market Potential Index (MPI). | Annual | |
| Esri and Data Axle | 2024 | This geographic database summarizes the comprehensive list of businesses from Data Axle for select NAICS and SIC summary categories and includes total number of businesses, sales, and employees for a trade area. | Annual | |
U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) | 2018–2022 | Esri provides ACS data for households by social security income, households by retirement income, poverty status, labor force, journey to work, languages spoken, and ancestry. To increase understanding of the data, Esri developed a system of reliability symbols that indicates the accuracy of each estimate. Esri also provides the ACS data for geographies not supplied by the Census Bureau, such as ZIP Codes, rings, drive times, and hand-drawn areas. | Annual | |
Census Data | Esri provides census data for geographies not supplied by the Census Bureau, including ZIP Codes, DMAs, rings, drive times, and hand-drawn areas. Esri also provides data for states, counties, tracts, block groups, places, CBSAs, congressional districts, and county subdivisions. | Decennial | ||
ArcGIS Places (Business Locations) | 2024 | Esri’s business locations data is extracted from a comprehensive list of businesses licensed from Data Axle. The business list contains data for more than 13 million U.S. businesses, including name and location, industrial classification code, number of employees, and sales. The Business Locations data from SafeGraph contains information for 5 million U.S. places, including name, location, industrial classification code, and brand. These places are defined as locations where consumers can spend money or time and include restaurants, grocery stores, malls, parks, hospitals, museums, and more. | Quarterly | |
2024 | Esri’s Crime Indexes data incorporates information from the AGS national CrimeRisk database that is based on an extensive analysis of several years of crime incidents reported by most U.S. law enforcement jurisdictions. The Crime Indexes database includes standardized indexes for a range of serious crimes against both persons and property. The data is available at multiple geographies down to the block group level. | Semiannual | ||
2024 | Esri’s traffic count data comes from TrafficMetrix and provides the most current and extensive U.S. traffic data for trade analysis, routing, or mathematical modeling. | Quarterly |
Additional resources
See the following tutorials, release notes, data catalogs, and other documents to learn more:
- Tutorials
- Get started with U.S. Updated Demographics tutorial series
- How to use and interpret U.S. Updated Demographics tutorial series
- Mapping with margins of error tutorial series
- Release notes
- U.S. Data Fact Sheet
- Data catalog
- 2024 U.S. Demographics ArcGIS Business Analyst Pro and Enterprise 2024/2029 Esri U.S. Data Update variable and report list (XLS)
- U.S. Data Variable Definitions (XLS)