Data Questions
- What is the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) and why does PolicyMap use 5-year ACS estimates instead of 1-year estimates?
- Is there a way to convert Census tract vintages in PolicyMap?
- Is there a way to view more granular crime data?
- Why is percent change over time data not available for Connecticut?
- How can I match older tract vintages to the new ones and vice versa?
- Do the default quintile ranges for layer datasets represent the national quintile distribution?
- Is there a way to display where all the nuclear power plants for a particular state are located?
- Does Policy Map have data from countries outside of the US?
- What is the definition for Floodmap Type and what is the difference between a "shaded" and "unshaded" address?
- Can I download data at the school district level?
- What is your definition of the Poverty Line?
- What type of data you will have available for the upcoming Midterm Election?
- I'm trying to share my map with CDC Places data, but am getting an error message. How can I get around this?
- The current US Congress is the 117th Congress, but I only see the 116th Congressional Districts on PolicyMap. When will you be updating them?
- Will the new 118th congressional district boundaries will be added and if so, when?
- Where can I find a full list of your data indicators and sources?
- Do you have address level data for businesses or residential housing?
- Can PolicyMap combine the 4 violent crime metrics into one data point "Violent crime aggregate"?
- What type of reporting can PolicyMap provide on a county basis?
- Do you have data on access to drinking water?
- Do you offer low-to-moderate income tracking?
- Is it possible to get Household Income data at the Zip level with Policy Map?
- When I’ve loaded my data in, I can get the X/Y Coordinates, but not the Census Tracts and confirming eligibility. Can you point me in the direction of the steps to turn the loaded addresses and then X/Y Coordinates into Census Tracts?
- Can I upload census tract or zip code level data to PolicyMap?
- Why are some data sets available at the block group level, but not others?
- In the Community Health Report, what is the definition of "other families"? How is poverty defined 100% or 200%?
- When will 2020 data be available for Language Spoken at Home data?
- How was the variable "Average annual dollars spent out of pocket per person on eyeglasses or contact lenses in 2019" obtained? Is there a confidence interval/margin of error available for individual values at the census tract?
- How is “population” defined? How can I find that definition?
- Why won't the map load for me?