Guides: Building Community Profiles for Architecture: Demographics and Growth Trends

What are the overall population and growth trends for the community?

What are the age distribution and ethnic composition?
Are there any concentrations of groups including ethic, religious, LGBTQIA+, elderly, low-income, or people with physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments?

Proquest Statistical Insight This link opens in a new window
Provides access to statistics produced by business, Federal and State agencies, as well as other intergovernmental organizations.
Statista: The Statistics Portal This link opens in a new window
Statista aggregates the most important statistics and studies from market researchers, organizations, special publications as well as government platforms. With over 1-million statistics from 600+ areas: market data, consumer data, revenue figures and trends.

Census Data Advanced Search
Narrative Profiles
Each Narrative Profile covers 18 different topic areas and provides text and bar charts to display highlights of selected social, economic, housing and demographic estimates for a selected geographic area.
2020 Census - Census Tract Reference Map
Understanding and Using American Community Survey Data
Census Population Topics