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: | November 2024 |
Data: | © Esri |
Boundaries: | U.S. Census TIGER 2023 (County Subdivision, Places, Block Group, Census Tract, County, CBSA, Congressional Districts, School Districts, State, and Country); 2023 Q2 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 | 14 |
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 / 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 tables to understand the geographies associated with each dataset.
2024 U.S. geographic boundaries
The following geographic boundaries for 2024 are available for the United States datasets 2020 Census, Esri 2024 Updated Demographics, Tapestry, Consumer Spending, Market Potential, Retail Demand by Industry, Business Summary, ACS 2018-2022, Crime Indexes, Census 2010, and Census 2000:
| Geography | Type | Vintage | Database count | Feature count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nation | Legal / Administrative | U.S. Census / TIGER 2023 | 1 | 1 |
State or State Equivalent (ST) | Legal / Administrative | U.S. Census / TIGER 2023 | 51 | 51 |
County or County Equivalent (CY) | Legal / Administrative ¹ | U.S. Census / TIGER 2023 | 3,144 | 3,144 |
Census Tract (TR) | Statistical | U.S. Census / TIGER 2023 | 84,414 ² | 84,116 |
Block Group (BG) | Statistical | U.S. Census / TIGER 2023 | 239,780 ³ | 239.246 |
Places (PL) | Mixed 4 | U.S. Census / TIGER 2023 | 32,037 | 32,035 |
County Subdivisions (CSD) | Mixed 5 | U.S. Census / TIGER 2023 | 35,495 | 35,403 |
Core Based Statistical Areas (CB) | Statistical | Office of Management and Budget / July 2023 | 925 | 925 |
Designated Market Areas (DM) | Statistical | The Nielsen Company / 2023-2024 | 210 | 210 |
Congressional Districts (CD) | Legal / Administrative | U.S. Census / TIGER 2023 | 436 | 436 |
Elementary School Districts | Legal / Administrative | U.S. Census / TIGER 2023 | 1,957 | 1,957 |
Secondary School Districts | Legal / Administrative | U.S. Census / TIGER 2023 | 480 | 480 |
Unified School Districts | Legal / Administrative | U.S. Census / TIGER 2023 | 10,895 | 10,889 |
Residential ZIP Codes (ZP) | Postal | TomTom / Q2 2023 | 32,080 | 32,134 |
All ZIP Codes | Postal | TomTom / Q2 2023 | 40,956 | 40,956 |
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:
See Puerto Rico for comparable U.S. geographic boundaries.
2023 U.S geographic boundaries
The following geographic boundaries for 2023 are available for the United States datasets 2020 Census, Esri 2023 Updated Demographics, Tapestry, Consumer Spending, Market Potential, Retail Demand by Industry, Business Summary, ACS 2017-2021, Crime Indexes, Census 2010, and Census 2000:
| Geography | Type | Vintage | Database count | Feature count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Nation | Legal / Administrative | U.S. Census / TIGER 2021 | 1 | 1 |
State or State Equivalent (ST) | Legal / Administrative | U.S. Census / TIGER 2021 | 51 | 51 |
County or County Equivalent (CY) | Legal / Administrative ¹ | U.S. Census / TIGER 2021 | 3,143 | 3,143 |
Census Tract (TR) | Statistical | U.S. Census / TIGER 2021 | 84,414 | 84,112 |
Block Group (BG) | Statistical | U.S. Census / TIGER 2021 | 239,780 | 239.203 |
Places (PL) | Mixed 4 | U.S. Census / TIGER 2022 | 31,895 | 32,035 |
County Subdivisions (CSD) | Mixed 5 | U.S. Census / TIGER 2020 | 35,629 | 35,545 |
Core Based Statistical Areas (CB) | Statistical | Office of Management and Budget / March 2020 | 927 | 927 |
Designated Market Areas (DM) | Statistical | The Nielsen Company / 2022-2023 | 210 | 210 |
Congressional Districts (CD) | Legal / Administrative | U.S. Census / 118th Congressional District TIGER | 436 | 436 |
Residential ZIP Codes (ZP) | Postal | TomTom / Q2 2023 | 32,080 | 32,134 |
All ZIP Codes | Postal | TomTom / Q2 2023 | 40,956 | 40,956 |
¹ Census Areas in Alaska are Statistical and treated as county-equivalents.
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:
See 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 | Description | Source | Vintage | Update frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Current-year updates and five-year projections for more than 2,000 demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. | 2024 / 2029 | Annual | ||
| Esri Urbanicity Type | Designates land into one of 10 urbanicity categories based on characteristics such as density, infrastructure development, and socioeconomic dependence on urban cores. | 2024 | Annual | |
Esri provides detailed descriptions of America’s neighborhoods. U.S. residential areas are divided into 67 distinctive segments based on their socioeconomic and demographic composition. | 2024 | Annual | ||
Details about the products and services that consumers are buying based on the latest Consumer Expenditure Surveys (CEX) from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. | 2024 / 2029 | Annual | ||
An extension to Esri's Consumer Spending estimates, including annual total industry expenditures, annual average industry potential spending per household, and an industry-specific SPI. | 2024 | Annual | ||
Data representing goods, services, attitudes, and activities that is collected from the MRI-Simmons consumer survey. | Esri and MRI-Simmons | 2024 | Annual | |
A comprehensive list of businesses for select NAICS and SIC summary categories. | Esri and Data Axle | 2024 | Three times per year | |
Esri's methodology applied to survey data from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) that provides an overview of American and Puerto Rican households. | U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) | 2018–2022 | 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, in addition to states, counties, tracts, block groups, places, CBSAs, congressional districts, and county subdivisions. | Decennial | ||
ArcGIS Places (Business Locations) | Esri provides relevant business and location information about distinct latitude-longitude points, such as company name, address, type of business, industry-standard classification codes, and more. | 2024 | Three times per year | |
Esri incorporates aggregated information about crime incidents reported by most U.S. law enforcement jurisdictions to provide a view of the relative risk of specific crime types. | 2024 | Semiannual | ||
A current and extensive U.S. traffic dataset for trade analysis, routing, or mathematical modeling. | 2024 | 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)