Hi, my name is Maria, and today I want to show you how to search for P.L. 94-171
Redistricting Data using the ‘Place’ geography filter on data.census.gov. The ‘Place’ geography
filter is made up of incorporated places, which are legal entities, and census designated places
(CDPs), which are statistical entities. Places nest within state boundaries. A lot of users may
want to view the new Redistricting Data for this geography, so let’s jump into our example search!
To do this, navigate to our site at data.census.gov and click on the Advanced Search
button located directly under the Single Search bar. Once you click on that link, you will see
our new navigational layout, which includes a list of exposed filters on the left side of the screen.
To access the Redistricting Data, click on the ‘Surveys’ filter and select the ‘Decennial
Census’ option. Then, select ‘Redistricting Data’ with ‘PL 94-171’ in parentheses.
Click on the checkbox directly to the left of this survey title.
Since we want the newest tables from 2020, go to the ‘Years’ filter and select ‘2020’ from the
list. One of the new features of our navigational interface is that when you select one filter,
the other filters will automatically update to show what is available. For example,
since I selected the ‘Redistricting’ filter, the ‘Years’ filter has now updated to show only the
years 2000, 2010 and 2020, since the Redistricting tables are released through the Decennial Census.
Once we’ve selected our survey and year, you’ll then select the geography you want to view.
For this example, I will use the city of Denver, Colorado, so I’ll click on the ‘Geography’ filter,
and then select the ‘Place’ filter out of the ‘Most Commonly Used’ geography filters towards
the top of the list. After we select ‘Place’, we will choose the state that our place is in.
Since Denver is in Colorado, you will click on ‘Colorado’
and the page will advance to show all places in Colorado.
Scroll down the list and then click on the checkbox directly to the left of ‘Denver city,
Colorado’. It’s also worth mentioning that you can add multiple geographies to your search.
If I’m looking for data on Denver and, say, Baltimore, Maryland, I would return to the
breadcrumb labelled ‘Colorado’, which will take me back to the state selection page.
Then, select ‘Maryland’ and scroll down the list to find ‘Baltimore city’ just like I did for
Denver, and that too would be added to the search. Once those filters are applied, click on
the ‘Search’ button, located at the bottom right corner of the screen.
The results page shows all six tables available from the 2020 P.L. 94-171 Redistricting Data.
Since we’re looking for data specifically on the Hispanic or Latino populations of Denver
and Baltimore, let’s click on table P2, ‘Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race.’
This table shows the total populations of Denver and Baltimore on the first line,
the total Hispanic or Latino population on the second line,
and the total population of those who did not identify as Hispanic or Latino on the third line.
Now let’s navigate to the table list on the left and click on Table P4,
‘Hispanic or Latino, and Not Hispanic or Latino by Race for the Population 18 Years and Over.’
This table provides the same data as table P2,
but only for the voting age populations of Denver and Baltimore. Our new updates also
allow users to collapse the filter panel and table list to show a larger view of the table,
as well as providing more customization located in the ribbon above the table view.
I hope this tutorial provided insight on how to access the 2020 PL 94-171 Redistricting Data on a
Place-level geography through data.census.gov. For more guidance on using our site,
please visit our Resources page at the link provided below
(https://www.census.gov/data/what-is-data-census-gov.html). Thank you!