Understanding demographic variables—Esri Redistricting Analyze

Esri Redistricting uses demographic variables to help you create optimal redistricting plans. You may see demographic variables displayed on the District Window dialog box, reports, and charts.

In this topic, each of the demographic abbreviations and variables that you see in the application are displayed in a tabular format with a description to help you fully understand each demographic variable. Esri Redistricting contains the census data required for redistricting from the 2020, 2010, and the 2000 census.

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Esri's formulae for data aggregation is determined by official guidance from the U.S. Department of Justice, in accordance with the OMB Bulletin No.00-02.

Using the demographic information, you can add up the total percentage of demographics in a single district to equal 100 percent. To calculate this, be sure to turn on all demographic fields from the same demographic set. For each district, the sum of all demographic fields from the same demographic set equals 100 percent. Keep in mind that percentage values must come from the same district. Values cannot be calculated across multiple districts.

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The demographic variables that are visible in the application depend on the configuration preferences of your organization. Below you will see a complete list of available demographic fields; however, keep in mind that your deployment of the application may contain a limited set of demographics.

The demographic variables that are visible in the application are the demographics the district plan owner enabled when the plan was published to the Redistricting Portal. Below you will see a complete list of available demographic fields; however, keep in mind that your district plan may contain a limited set of demographics.

By understanding the demographic variables that are available, you can create complex analysis to generate redistricting plans. For example, you can generate reports that are meaningful to your plan.

The tables below are divided into the following demographic sets:

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Percent values for each of the demographics are also displayed in Esri Redistricting. Percent values have the letter P added to the demographic abbreviation. For example, while WHITE is the total of all individuals who chose white, WHITEP is the percentage of all individuals who chose white.

Universe

The term universe refers to the total population, which is the focus of study. The P.L. 94-171 population data contains a universe count of all persons by 1) total population and 2) total population by voting age population (18 and over). The universe values are determined from the P.L. 94-171, tables 1 and 3.

Demographic variables in the Universe set
Demographic variable	Demographic abbreviation (field name)	PL item composition	Description
Total	TOTAL	P0010001	Total population
Total voting age	TOTAL18	P0030001	All individuals 18 years of age or older

Standard

The standard classifications are those that include 1) Hispanic or Latino and 2) Not Hispanic or Latino by race. The standard values are determined from the P.L. 94-171, table 2.

Demographic variables in the Standard set
Demographic variable	Demographic abbreviation (field name)	PL item composition	Description
Hispanic	TOTALHISP	P0020002	All individuals of any race who chose Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic	TOTALNH	P0020003	All individuals of any race who chose Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic white	WHITENH	P0020005	All individuals who chose white and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic black	BLACKNH	P0020006 P0020013	All individuals who chose Black either singly or in combination with white and chose Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic American Indian/ Alaskan Native	AIANNH	P0020007 P0020014	All individuals who chose American Indian or Alaskan Native either singly of in combinations with white and chose Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic Asian	ASIANNH	P0020008 P0020015	All individuals who chose Not Hispanic Asian either singly or in combination with white and chose Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	HPINH	P0020009 P0020016	All individuals who chose Hawaiian of Other Pacific Islander either singly or in combination with white and chose Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic some other race	OTHERNH	P0020010 P0020017	All individuals who chose some other race either singly or in combinations with white and chose Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic two or more minority race	MLTMNNH	P0020018 P0020019 P0020020 P0020021 P0020022 P0020023 P0020024 P0020025 P0020026 P0020027 P0020028 P0020049 P0020065 P0020072	All individuals who chose two or more minority groups and may or may not have chosen white but did not select Hispanic.

Standard VAP

The standard classifications are those that include 1) Hispanic or Latino and 2) Not Hispanic or Latino by race and include only those individuals 18 years of age or older (that is, the voting age population for a given demographic). The standard VAP values are determined from the P.L. 94-171, table 4.

Demographic variables in the Standard VAP set
Demographic variable	Demographic abbreviation (field name)	PL item composition	Description
Hispanic voting age population	HISP18	P0040002	All individuals 18 years of age or older of any race who chose Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic voting age population	NONHISP18	P0040003	All individuals 18 years of age or older of any race who chose Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic white voting age population	WHITENH18	P0040005	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose white and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic black voting age population	BLACKNH18	P0040006 P0040013	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose Black either singly or in combination with white and chose Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic American Indian/ Alaskan Native voting age population	AIANNH18	P0040007 P0040014	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose American Indian or Alaskan Native either singly or in combination with white and chose Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic Asian voting age population	ASIANNH18	P0040008 P0040015	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose Asian either singly or in combination with white and chose Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander voting age population	HPINH18	P0040009 P0040016	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose Hawaiian of Other Pacific Islander either singly or in combination with white and chose Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic some other race voting age population	OTHERNH18	P0040010 P0040017	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose some other race either singly or in combination with white and chose Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic two or more minority race voting age population	MLTMNNH18	P0040018 P0040019 P0040020 P0040021 P0040022 P0040023 P0040024 P0040025 P0040026 P0040027 P0040028 P0040049 P0040065 P0040072	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose two or more minority races and chose Not Hispanic.

Alternative

The alternative classifications are those that include total population by race. The alternative values are determined from the P.L. 94-171, table 1.

Demographic variables in the Alternative set
Demographic variable	Demographic abbreviation (field name)	PL item composition	Description
White	WHITE	P0010003	All individuals who chose white.
Black	BLACK	P0010004 P0010011	All individuals who chose Black either singly or in combination with white.
American Indian/ Alaskan Native	AIAN	P0010005 P0010012	All individuals who chose American Indian or Alaskan Native either singly or in combination with white.
Asian	ASIAN	P0010006 P0010013	All individuals who chose Asian either singly or in combination with white.
Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	HPI	P0010007 P0010014	All individuals who chose Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander either singly or in combination with white.
Some other race	OTHER	P0010008 P0010015	All individuals who chose some other race either singly or in combination with white.
Two or more minority race	MLTMN	P0010016 P0010017 P0010018 P0010019 P0010020 P0010021 P0010022 P0010023 P0010024 P0010025 P0010026 P0010047 P0010063 P0010070	All individuals who chose two or more minority groups and may or may not have chosen white.

Alternative VAP

The alternative classifications are those that include total population by race, and include only those individuals 18 years of age or older (that is, the voting age population defined by the alternative population base). The alternative VAP values are determined from the P.L. 94-171, table 3.

Demographic variables in the Alternative VAP set
Demographic variable	Demographic abbreviation (field name)	PL item composition	Description
White voting age	WHITE18	P0030003	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose white.
Black voting age	BLACK18	P0030004 P0030011	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose Black either singly or in combination with white.
American Indian/ Alaskan Native voting age	AIAN18	P0030005 P0030012	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose American Indian or Alaskan Native either singly or in combination with white.
Asian voting age	ASIAN18	P0030006 P0030013	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose Asian either singly or in combination with white.
Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander voting age	HPI18	P0030007 P0030014	Al individuals 18 years of age or older who chose Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander either singly or in combination with white.
Some other race voting age	OTHER18	P0030008 P0030015	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose some other race either singly or in combination with white.
Two or more minority race voting age	MLTMN18	P0030016 P0030017 P0030018 P0030019 P0030020 P0030021 P0030022 P0030023 P0030024 P0030025 P0030026 P0030047 P0030063 P0030070	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose two or more minority races.

OMB

Demographic variables in the OMB set
Demographic variable	Demographic abbreviation (field name)	PL item composition	Description
White [OMB]	G_WHITE	P0010003	All individuals who chose white only.
Black [OMB]	G_BLACK	P0010004	All individuals who chose black only.
American Indian/ Alaskan Native [OMB]	G_AIAN	P0010005	All individuals who chose American Indian/ Alaskan Native only.
Asian [OMB]	G_ASIAN	P0010006	All individuals who chose Asian only.
Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander [OMB]	G_HPI	P0010007	All individuals who chose Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only.
Other [OMB]	G_OTHER	P0010008	All individuals who chose some other race alone.
Black/ and white [OMB]	G_BLWH	P0010011	All individuals who chose black and white.
American Indian / Alaskan Native and white [OMB]	G_AIWH	P0010012	All individuals who chose American Indian/ Alaskan Native and Asian.
Asian/ white [OMB]	G_ASWH	P0010013	All individuals who chose Asian and white.
American Indian/ Alaskan Native and black [OMB]	G_AIBL	P0010016	All individuals who chose American Indian/ Alaskan Native and black.
Multiple Response [OMB]	G_MR	P0010014 P0010015 P0010017 P0010018 P0010019 P0010020 P0010021 P0010022 P0010023 P0010024 P0010025 P0010026 P0010047 P0010063 P0010070	All individuals who chose a combination of more than one race other than the four identified above.

OMB VAP

The Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) uses self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether they are of Hispanic of Latino origin (ethnicity). The demographic information in this section is limited to those individuals 18 years of age or older (that is, the voting age population for data collected by the OMB). The OMB VAP values are determined from the P.L. 94-171, table 3.

Demographic variables in the OMB VAP set
Demographic variable	Demographic abbreviation (field name)	PL item composition	Description
White voting age [OMB]	G_WHITE18	P0030003	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose white only.
Black voting age [OMB]	G_BLACK18	P0030004	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose black only.
American Indian/ Alaskan Native voting age [OMB]	G_AIAN18	P0030005	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose American Indian/Alaskan Native only.
Asian voting age [OMB]	G_ASIAN	P0030006	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose Asian only.
Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander voting age [OMB]	G_HPI18	P0030007	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only.
Other voting age [OMB]	G_OTHER18	P0030008	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose some other race alone.
Black and white voting age [OMB]	G_BLWH18	P0030011	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose black and white.
American Indian/ Alaskan Native and white voting age [OMB]	G_AIWH18	P0030012	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian.
Asian/ white voting age [OMB]	G_ASWH18	P0030013	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose Asian and white.
American Indian/ Alaskan Native and black voting age [OMB]	G_AIBL18	P0030016	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose American Indian/Alaskan Native and black.
Multiple response voting age [OMB]	G_MR18	P0030014 P0030015 P0030017 P0030018 P0030019 P0030020 P0030021 P0030022 P0030023 P0030024 P0030025 P0030026 P0030047 P0030063 P0030070	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose a combination of more than one race other than the four identified above.

OMB Non-Hispanic

The Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) uses self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether they are of Hispanic of Latino origin (ethnicity). The demographic information in this section is limited to those individuals who chose Not Hispanic. The OMB Non-Hispanic values are determined from the P.L. 94-171, table 2.

Demographic variables in the OMB Non-Hispanic set
Demographic variable	Demographic abbreviation (field name)	PL item composition	Description
Non-Hispanic white [OMB]	G_WHITENH	P0020005	All individuals who chose white only and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic black [OMB]	G_BLACKNH	P0020006	All individuals who chose black only and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic American Indian/ Alaskan Native [OMB]	G_AINNH	P0020007	All individuals who chose American Indian/Alaskan Native only and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic Asian [OMB]	G_ASNNH	P0020008	All individuals who chose Asian only and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander [OMB]	G_HINH	P0020009	All individuals who chose Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic Other [OMB]	G_OTHERNH	P0040010	All individuals who chose some other race alone and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic Black/ and white [OMB]	G_BLWHNH	P0020013	All individuals who chose black and white and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic American Indian / Alaskan Native and white [OMB]	G_AIWHNH	P0020014	All individuals who chose American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic Asian/ white [OMB]	G_ASWHNH	P0020015	All individuals who chose Asian and white and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic American Indian/ Alaskan Native and black [OMB]	G_AIBLNH	P0020018	All individuals who chose American Indian/Alaskan Native and black and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic Multiple Response [OMB]	G_MRNH	P0020016 P0020017 P0020019 P0020020 P0020021 P0020022 P0020023 P0020024 P0020025 P0020026 P0020027 P0020028 P0020049 P0020065 P0020072	All individuals who chose a combination of more than one race other than the four identified above and Not Hispanic.

OMB Non-Hispanic VAP

The Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) uses self-identification data items in which residents choose the race or races with which they most closely identify, and indicate whether they are of Hispanic of Latino origin (ethnicity). The demographic information in this section is limited to those individuals who chose Not Hispanic and are 18 years of age or older (that is, the voting age population for data collected by OMB). The OMB Non-Hispanic VAP values are determined from the P.L. 94-171, table 4.

Demographic variables in the OMB Non-Hispanic VAP set
Demographic variable	Demographic abbreviation (field name)	PL item composition	Description
Non-Hispanic white voting age [OMB]	G_WHNH18	P0040005	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose white only and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic black voting age [OMB]	G_BLNH18	P0040006	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose black only and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic American Indian/ Alaskan Native voting age [OMB]	G_AINH18	P0040007	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose American Indian/Alaskan Native only and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic Asian [OMB]	G_ASNH18	P0040008	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose Asian only and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander voting age [OMB]	G_HPINH18	P0040009	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander only and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic Other voting age [OMB]	G_OTHNH18	P0040010	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose some other race alone and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic Black/ and white voting age [OMB]	G_BLWNH18	P0040013	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose black and white and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic American Indian / Alaskan Native and white voting age [OMB]	G_AIWNH18	P0040014	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose American Indian/Alaskan Native and Asian and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic Asian/ white voting age [OMB]	G_ASWNH18	P0040015	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose Asian and white and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic American Indian/ Alaskan Native and black voting age [OMB]	G_AIBNH18	P0040018	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose American Indian/Alaskan Native and black and Not Hispanic.
Non-Hispanic Multiple Response voting age [OMB]	G_MRNH18	P0040016 P0040017 P0040019 P0040020 P0040021 P0040022 P0040023 P0040024 P0040025 P0040026 P0040027 P0040028 P0040049 P0040065 P0040072	All individuals 18 years of age or older who chose a combination of more than one race other than the four identified above and Not Hispanic.

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