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  1. Is data on car-free households available?

    http://www.bikesatwork.com/carfree/carfree-census-database.html suggests that the 2000 census included data on car-free households (also, worth reaching out to them to help plug their searches into Census Reporter!)

    I'd love to find that data here but all I see is "means of transportation to work"

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  2. Use coefficient of variation when trying to assess the margin of error

    You have a dagger (†) warning for when the margin of error is 10% of the estimate, but the more appropriate way to do this is to use the coefficient of variation (see link below) to assess the MoE. It's also called the "relative standard error" and is a way to assess whether the margin of error is "too high" for the estimate to be of any use. I would recommend showing the dagger warning when the coefficient of variation exceeds 30%. For broader audience communication purposes, you could say something like, "The margin of error for this estimate is…

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  3. The NY Congressional Maps are severely outdated (from 2018) the maps have changed

    Please correct the NY congressional maps. New maps are coming out end of the month. The maps you have are about 5 versions too old.

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  4. Identify similar cities for geographic profiles

    I would like to be able to easily see entities that have similar characteristics to the one I search for. Similarity could be restricted to identical entity types (places, metro areas, districts)

    For example, I search for Tucson, AZ (place) https://censusreporter.org/profiles/16000US0477000-tucson-az/

    I would like to see a list of similar Places could be presented for the major categories/buckets displayed:
    Population
    Economic
    Housing
    Social

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  5. Make pop-ups to explain the interface as you go through the steps of using it.

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  6. add in sexuality and gender identity

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  7. Use cartographic boundary shapefiles (to avoid Great Lakes states misshapen look)

    The Great Lakes states like Michigan and Wisconsin look funky because the shapefile includes the lakes themselves. The Census Bureau released the Cartographic Boundary Shapefiles that are clipped to the land area, which helps eliminate this issue.

    https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/tiger-cart-boundary.html

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  8. Make searching for places better

    Census Reporter is about to start work on strategies to help you find profile pages better.

    We'd love your "stories" about ways it hasn't worked so well in the past, or other suggestions.

    Please be as specific as possible.

    Thanks!

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  9. Change data download from horizontal to vertical

    When I download demographic data (age/gender) into Excel or CSV, it loads horizontally. I then have to select all and transpose in order to work with it effectively. Also, I found when downloading to Excel, not all data are downloaded. I suggest eliminating the Excel option if this cannot be fixed. You can always open a CSV file using Excel.

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  10. Provide a view of adults 18+ for all demographics

    We always look at population 18 years of age or older. Many of the tables that have information we need (example Income) start at age 25. Others, like some of the educational attainment tables have different rolled up categories for 18 to 24 than for 25+. It would be helpful to have the same level granularity in both groups and to have a section that subtotals the 18+ population.

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  11. Save charts and grafts for print materials

    Instead of screenshots, download as graphics files for print publications.

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  12. Add "About us" information to every page: Census Reporter is a Knight News Challenge-funded project ..."

    Make it easier to find "About us" information on the site.

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  13. make something resembling a google search for the site for both finding a place and a topic

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  14. Include homeless populations.

    In california it says we have 13+ million households. And that we have 14+ million housing units. That leaves us with over a million vacant units. Are the people who live in hotels, motels cars and rvs included. And are hotels motels and inn counted as part of the housing units? Because they should not be. Unless they are extended stays because they have no other place to rent. Not long term business trips. But used as actually housing. If there are over a million vacant units and we don't have that many households to fill them then why are…

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  15. Show data over time on Profile of a Place

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  16. provide the information in a table instead of graphics

    The data needs to be available in a table.

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  17. Northborough, MA population is listed as six thousand something when it's actually closer or over 15,000. Just FYI

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  18. Smartphone & Internet Penetration

    Smartphone & Internet Penetration,
    electronics by household

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  19. Display an inventory of releases contained in the database and the tables in those releases

    Use case I'm thinking would be: Does Census Reporter has the QT-H1 - General Housing Characteristics table from the 2000 census and the 2010 census?

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  20. Include Urban Areas

    Include Urban Areas, as well as core cities/suburbs designation.

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