Here are 2 new Department of Justice guidance documents for assessing Limited English Proficiency or LEP compliance. Woohoo! Who doesn’t just love government guidance documents with diagrams and checklists? Click on the links below, and a PDF will begin downloading. Language Access Assessment and Planning Tool for Federally Conducted and Federally Assisted Programs Frequently Asked [...]
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Walkable Neighborhoods have Higher Housing Vacancy Rates per Census 2010 Data
Summary I pulled Census 2010 data for 20 walkable neighborhoods in the United States and compared the vacancy rates for those neighborhoods to the vacancy rates for their surrounding cities (and in 1 case, the county). One pattern emerged. Walkable neighborhoods have higher vacancy rates than their surrounding cities. Vacancy Rates of Walkable Neighborhoods View [...]
How to Cite Census Data, including American Community Survey Data
So this blog post probably won’t be among the most captivating posts I’ve ever written. But it might help someone who is googling around for “how to cite Census data.” The Census Bureau normally makes a suggestion of how to cite the different datasets. For example, here’s how to cite Census 2000 data. And [...]
3 Best Sources for Free Parcel Data
I recently got a question from a Cubit user about where to get parcel data. I’ve shared our conversation in hopes that it might answer other peoples’ questions about where to find parcel and real estate data. The Question: Where Do I Find Parcel Data? “I’m working on my final project for my masters program [...]
Get Census 2010 Data by County or City Via Cubit
Below are step-by-step instructions for getting Census 2010 (plus lots of other demographic data) for cities and counties. Example: Get Census 2010 Data for Cook County, IL I’m going to use a County as an example. If you want data for a City, follow the same 4 steps, substituting the word City for County below. [...]
