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Data.census.gov Newsletter – March 2022 Learn about the latest system updates, data releases, and educational opportunities for data.census.gov. Latest System Updates In February, we released new updates to improve your experience on data.census.gov. With this release, you will now see: Geography Profiles for Puerto Rico areas Improved search Technical updates Fixes to 13 defects Learn More The primary feature of the release is the addition of Geography Profiles for Puerto Rico geographies. The profiles provide a collection of the most popular data from the Census Bureau in an easily digestible and visual format. With this release, they are now available for Puerto Rico and its municipios, zonas urbanas comunidades, barrios, barrios-pueblo, and other subdivision areas. Access these profiles with two easy steps: Run a search for a single supported geography Click the map of the geography on the right side of the 'All' Results page You will also notice improved functionality when using the single search bar to search for partial labels of detailed population groups and North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) keywords. For example, a search for "day cares" will find the matching filter for "624410: Child day care services" without having to type the full label. And finally, we applied technical updates to simplify our process to provide you with default table views that have been customized for easy viewing. This step helps us work towards providing you with more data tables from the Population Estimates Program in future releases. Latest Data Releases January 2022 Current Population Survey Basic Monthly – Feb 10 Coming Soon In future updates to data.census.gov, we are working toward: Refreshed landing page Improved Geography Profiles Enhanced search Defects fixes Featured Question How Can I Match the GEOID from data.census.gov with the GEOID from the TIGER/Line Shapefiles? Geography IDs in data.census.gov downloads contain nine extra characters in the beginning. This provides details that identify the summary level, geographic variant, and geographic component. Use this easy trick in Microsoft Excel to match the GEOIDs from data.census.gov with the TIGER/Line Shapefiles. Learn More March Events We will promote data.census.gov to attendees at these events in March: Delaware State Data Center Meeting – 3/22 Public Library Association Conference – 3/23-3/25 Help us spread the word! Share this on social media or forward it to a friend. Upcoming Webinar: data.census.gov News and Updates: March 2022 3/16: 2:00-2:30pm ET We will provide updates on the Geography Profiles for Puerto Rico, new mapping functionality, improved search, and other recently released data.census.gov features. Coming Soon Upcoming Workshops: Choose one of many workshop dates through April 2022. Basics of Finding Data on data.census.gov Choose one of many workshop dates through March 2022. These participatory classes walk you through examples that cover the basics of using data.census.gov to find demographic and economic data, including ways to search, options available for getting tables into Excel, how to map a table, and more. Register Advanced Usage of data.census.gov For experienced users of data.census.gov, or those who have completed the "Basics of Finding Data Using data.census.gov" workshop, this participatory class walks you through some of the more advanced ways to use data.census.gov to find demographic and economic data, including detailed race, ethnicity, and ancestry data, finding data for collections of geographies, using geographic components, and more. Register Recorded Webinars: data.census.gov: Streamlining the Way You Get Data Learn how to search for and download data, use the map feature, and customize table views on data.census.gov. Coming Soon Making the Most of Mapping on data.census.gov Learn how to get the most out of the mapping feature, including basics on how to get started, how to select variables from a table to render a map, creating maps from scratch, providing useful tips and tricks, and more. Coming Soon About data.census.gov Data.census.gov is the primary platform to access data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau. We continuously update data.census.gov with new data from our most popular survey and programs, as well as system enhancements to improve your experience on the platform. We're here to help with your data needs: Visit our data.census.gov Resources page for educational materials Learn about Microdata Access and the Census Data API Request a data.census.gov training: ced.cedsci.outreach@census.gov Request a training for your local area: census.askdata@census.gov Ask your questions: census.data@census.gov   Provide Feedback on data.census.gov Your suggestions help determine future improvements we implement to make data.census.gov work better for you! Send Feedback

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