Esri Releases Ready-to-Use US Census Bureau Data in ArcGIS Living Atlas
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REDLANDS, Calif.--( BUSINESS WIRE )-- Esri , the global leader in location intelligence, today announced that ArcGIS software users will now have easy access to the most current data on the US population, housing, and workforce.Through ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World, people can see and use over 1,000 annually refreshed attributes of American Community Survey (ACS) tables from the US Census Bureaus five-year estimates.After this years massive wildfires in Santa Barbara County, California, government analysts used ACS census data to track damage boundaries and target recovery efforts.Living Atlas—the foremost collection of global geographic information including maps, apps, and data layers—supports governments, businesses, and universities in performing research, analysis, and decision-making.Today, Esri software is deployed in more than 350,000 organizations including the worlds largest cities, most national governments, 75 percent of Fortune 500 companies, and more than 7,000 colleges and universities.