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Hello - I'm a Data Dissemination Specialist with the Census Bureau - here in Northern NJ and I cover NJ, CT and greater NYC. If anyone needs extra help with data - and also with GIS/Geography concepts, please feel free to reach out to me. Especially ...
New OMB Proposed Rule: What Federal Funding Recipients Need to Know A sweeping proposed rule from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) could significantly change how federal grants and cooperative agreements are administered and ...
One other thing to check, at least for the left-most bar... Are you excluding cases for which household income is blank (such as for those living in group quarters)? If you provide a little more context about any code and selection criteria you are ...
In addition to what Mark said about the existing data elements available to you: if doing your own calculation, make sure to use the Gross Rent variable from ACS. That includes estimated utility costs, which housing affordability should take into account. ...
Hi, Aidan. I am also not an expert on this, but if you sign up with IPUMS and use their forum, you can get expert help from the staff there. I've not looked at how income is calculated in ACS in a long time, but sometimes the results of income surveys ...
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