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Two Decades of Change: What the Latest Census ACS Data Reveals About Long-Term Trends in Communities
For the first time, twenty years of American Community Survey data are comparable across four five-year periods, and the trends are striking. Nearly 10% of U.S. counties have sustained poverty rates above 20% for two decades straight, while rents have climbed and utility costs have surged in communities already under pressure. From Sun Belt population booms to persistent inequality in the South, new data on PolicyMap makes it possible to see how your community has changed and where the pressures are piling up. Explore the full breakdown on the PolicyMap blog.
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MORE ON ACS |
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Explore the Latest ACS Data from 2020-2024 on PolicyMap
We’re excited to introduce the latest American Community Survey (ACS) data update, providing a richer, more detailed snapshot of U.S. communities. PolicyMap now features 2020-2024 ACS data, accessible through our interactive maps, charts, reports, and downloads. At PolicyMap, we believe in the power of data democracy—the idea that public data should be accessible to everyone, not just experts or institutions.
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Live Webinar – Deeper Insights with New ACS Indicators
Join us Wednesday April 29th at 1pm EST
In this session, Magdalen Andreoni, Senior Data Analyst, will provide a brief overview of ACS and 5-year estimates, then walk through newly added indicators, including 10-year percent change, updated demographic measures, and new housing and income data. We’ll also take a closer look at how PolicyMap handles shifting geographic boundaries to ensure reliable comparisons over time. We’ll end with a live Q&A.
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CUSTOMER STORY |
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Kindred Futures
Kindred Futures is a nonprofit organization working in the South to advance shared prosperity and close racial wealth gaps through policy advocacy, research, and catalytic investments. Through partnerships with community leaders, financial institutions, and policymakers, Kindred Futures develops solutions that support long-term, sustainable Black wealth-building. To better understand and communicate the structural drivers behind wealth inequities, and to power their interactive tool: Mapping Pathways to Building Collective Black Wealth, Kindred Futures relies on PolicyMap.
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**New Data** New cancer incidence data from the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) is now available for select head and neck cancers.
**New Data** New point data displaying the locations of pharmacies enrolled in HRSA’s 340B Drug Pricing program have been uploaded to PolicyMap.
**New Data** CMS Medicare Advantage Enrollment data is now available on PolicyMap.
The HRSA Community Health Centers and Look-Alikes point data has been updated on PolicyMap.
Tracts that are considered eligible low-income communities (LIC) for the new round of Opportunity Zone designations have been added to PolicyMap. This data is from the US Dept of the Treasury.
Select Health Professional data from BLS Occupation Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) is now available on PolicyMap.
Birth data from the CDC has been updated to 2024.
Data on the Predominant Tenure of Housing Units from the Census Bureau and PolicyMap has been updated with new ACS data.
FBI Crime data has been updated to 2024.
We are committed to our promise of curated, cleaned, standardized, and always updated data. We’re posting real-time updates on our website, LinkedIn and BlueSky.
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Published Research
Explore scholarly works from students and researchers using PolicyMap.
A Rank-Based Information Fusion Framework for Comparing Clustered Multivariate Socioeconomic Outcomes, published in arXiv
Spatiotemporal Characterization of Overdose Mortality in Georgia, USA Using Spectral and Nonlinear Interaction Analysis, 2003-2021,
published in arXiv
Open PolicyMap Training Sessions
Offered twice a week. Register here.
Level 1: Learning the basics of PolicyMap
Level 2: Learn the Data Loader, Multi-Layer Maps, and other Advanced Features
Open to non-subscribers. Course times rotate weekly. Don’t see a time that works for you?
Contact us.
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Join Us!
CTAA 2026 Expo
May 10 – 13, 2026
Omaha, NE
PolicyMap’s Jacinda Linderman will be presenting at the 2026 CTAA Expo. Be sure to catch her session on using PolicyMap to analyze public transit access on May 13th during Workshop Block 9.
Register here!
ISPOR 2026
May 17 – 20, 2026
Philadelphia, PA
PolicyMap is excited to exhibit at ISPOR 2026 — right here in our hometown Philadelphia! Stop by booth #438 to meet the PolicyMap team and learn more about our geographic data offerings.
Register here!
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