DEMOGRAPHICS DASHBOARD
This Dashboard includes 4 tiles:
- “Year over Year” is a line chart showing the filtered Metric over Data Years for the filter Region(s).
- “County View” is a map chart of the filtered Metric by Five Digit Fips (this is the county code Looker uses to map the data).
- “Demographics Table” is a table chart of each possible Measure/Metric by state.
- “Households by Income Range” is a table chart of the number of households in each Household Income Range by state.
When viewing a Dashboard, use the filters to change the data points displayed. Filter options include:
- Dollar Type: by default dollars are displayed in Real dollars, see Dollar Year
- Data Year: most recent Data Year by default in County View and Commodity Table tiles. All available Data Years are displayed in the Year over Year tile (filter does not apply to this tile).
- Dollar Year: by default dollars are shown in current-year dollars
- State: no default set. When states are selected in the State filter, only counties within the filtered states will appear in the county filter or in the data query when selected.
- County: no county filter is set by default
- Metric: by default Households, options include all Measures in this Data Library Section
The gear in the upper right provides more options such as downloading the Dashboard to a PDF. On each tile, click the Table Menu (a series of three vertical dots that appears in the upper right of a tile when hovering over it with your cursor) for the option to download the data within that tile. Choose “Explore from here” within the Table Menu to access more data query options. Exploring from the Dashboard allows you to dig into the data starting from the settings within the Dashboard tile.
EXPLORING DEMOGRAPHIC DATA
Explore the Demographic Data by choosing Demographic Data from the Explore dropdown menu, or by choosing “Explore from here” from a Demographic Data Dashboard Tile or Look.
By default in Explore > Demographic Data, the Dollar Type is Real, the Dollar Year is the current year, and the Data Set Year is the most recent Data Year. With this setting, all dollar values included in a data query will be adjusted for inflation and displayed in current year dollars. It is recommended to always either filter or pivot on Data Year. Otherwise, data measures will be summed over Data Years.
EXPLORE: FILTER-ONLY FIELDS
Dollar Type
When Dollar Type is Real, Nominal dollar values are adjusted for inflation/deflation such that each dollar value Measures will be displayed in the selected Dollar Year(s). Dollar Year only applies when Dollar Type is Real.
When Dollar Type is Nominal, dollar value Measures will be unadjusted, therefore they will be displayed in the same Dollar Year as the Data Year.
Field Picker
The Field Picker allows you to pick any one of the Measures from the filter dropdown menu. The Measure titled “Metric” to do so is tied to the Field Picker. Select, filter, and/or pivot on this measure in order to include in data query.
EXPLORE: DIMENSIONS
Select a Dimension to include as a column with all Dimension possibilities. Filter a Dimension to specify which Dimension possibilities appear in the data query. Pivot a Dimension to transpose the Dimension rows into columns.
Dimensions |
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County |
All U.S. counties are possible Dimensions. When states are selected in the State filter, only counties within the filtered states will appear in the county filter or in the data query when selected. |
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County Fips |
A County Fips is a three digit county code designated to counties within a given state. All U.S. County Fips are possible Dimensions. Note, County Fips are not state specific, therefore it is recommended to include and/or filter on the State Dimension in addition to this Dimension. A list of FIPS codes can be found at the following link: https://www.census.gov/geographies/referenc |
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Data Year |
All IMPLAN Data Years are possible Dimensions. |
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Dollar Year |
Years 1997 through 2060 are possible Dimensions. Dollar Year only applies when Dollar Type is Real. |
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Five Digit Fips |
A Five Digit Fips is a county code. The first two digits indicate the state and the following three digits indicate the county. All U.S. Five Digit Fips codes are possible Dimensions. This Dimension is used to map the data in the County View Map Chart found on the Dashboard. |
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Household |
All Household Income groups (Code and Description) are possible Dimensions. |
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Household Code |
All Household Income group codes are possible Dimensions. |
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Household Description |
All Household Income group Descriptions (listing income ranges by group) are possible Dimensions. |
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Region |
All 50 States plus the District of Columbia are possible Dimensions. Pivoting or selecting Region will display filtered states when filtering on state and will display filtered counties when filtering on county. |
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Shannon Weaver Index |
County level Shannon Weaver Indexes are possible Dimensions. This is not available at the State level. |
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State |
All 50 States plus the District of Columbia are possible Dimensions. |
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State Fips |
A State Fips is a two digit state code. States Fips for all 50 States plus the District of Columbia are possible Dimensions. |
EXPLORE: MEASURES
Measures are displayed based on Dimension settings. Select a Measure to include as a column in the data query.
Measures |
Details |
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Households |
Count of households. |
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Land Area |
Area in square miles. |
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Metric |
Metric is recommended to be selected in conjunction with a Field Picker filter (a Filter-Only Field). This is a helpful Dashboard option. |
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Population |
Count of residents. |
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Population Density |
Ratio of population to land area. Count of residents per square mile. |
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Total Personal Income |
Total Personal Income is based on the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) definition of Personal Income. Personal Income is all household income receipts except from commodity sales and borrowing. BEA Personal Income includes imputed income, adjustments for misreporting and under-reporting, and employment paid benefits. |
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Written November 16, 2020
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