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Migration and Unemployment in Missouri

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Missouri is a diverse and geographically complex state. Two major cities, multiple college towns, and sprawling rural landscapes create an interesting picture. This MCDC story map examines how net migration and unemployment rates fit into that picture on a county and regional level.

The data are from the MCDC’s State/County Annual Population Change web application, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. Census Bureau, and the University of Missouri System (for MU employment data).

Missouri Census Data Center frequently works with MSDIS on mapping and data projects. MSDIS is a spatial data retrieval and archival system offering many mapping resources, primarily focused on the state of Missouri.

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Missouri Accommodations and Food Services Employment Trends

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The Accommodation and Food Services employment sector, which includes businesses such as hotels, motels, resorts, restaurants, fast food outlets, cafes, bars, and caterers, plays a vital role in tourism, business travel, and community life. This sector provides essential services to both residents and visitors.

This month’s story map will explore the dynamics of the Accommodation and Food Services workforce across Missouri’s 115 counties over a ten-year period, from 2011 to 2021. The MCDC‘s County Business Patterns collection is the source for this data.

Missouri Census Data Center frequently works with MSDIS on mapping and data projects. MSDIS is a spatial data retrieval and archival system offering many mapping resources, primarily focused on the state of Missouri.

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Missouri Retail Trade Employment, 2011-2021

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Despite changes in the nature of retail jobs in the past decade, a significant portion of Missouri’s working population — more than 25% in some counties — is still employed in the retail sector. This story map explores employment in the retail trade sector in Missouri counties for the 2011-2021 period. The MCDC‘s County Business Patterns collection is the source for this data.

Missouri Census Data Center frequently works with MSDIS on mapping and data projects. MSDIS is a spatial data retrieval and archival system offering many mapping resources, primarily focused on the state of Missouri.

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Missouri Voter Turnout in General Elections Since 2000 (updated for 2024)

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Our story map about Missouri voter turnout by county has been updated to include the November 2024 general election.

The Missouri Census Data Center frequently works with MSDIS on mapping and data projects. MSDIS is a spatial data retrieval and archival system offering many mapping resources, primarily focused on the state of Missouri.

ACS 2019-2023 and Other Data Updates (December 2024)

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Just in time for the end of the year, we have many small and large data updates to announce. The big one, of course, is the 2019-2023 ACS five-year data collection, released just this month. MCDC uses the five-year ACS data for many products and apps, including:

In the area of population estimates, we recently added the 2010-2019 intercensal population and housing unit estimates, released in November 2024. These estimates, produced each decade by the U.S. Census Bureau’s Population Estimates Program, adjust the existing time series of postcensal estimates for a full decade to smooth the transition from one decennial census count to the next. We have SAS datasets of national files covering the nation, states, counties, places, and subcounty areas. The MCDC data collection now includes a new subdirectory (/popests/intrcensl/) devoted to these datasets.

Other recent, smaller data updates include:

Please contact the MCDC web manager with any questions or comments.

119th Congressional Districts and 2024 State Legislative Districts Now Available in Geocorr 2022

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New in the Geocorr 2022 application this month: We’ve added the 119th congressional districts and 2024-vintage state legislative districts.

  • Five states (Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, New York, and North Carolina) redrew their congressional district plans for the 119th Congress.
  • Eight states (Georgia, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Washington, and Wisconsin) had changes to both their upper (senate) and lower (house) state legislative districts.
  • Three states (Michigan, New York, and South Carolina) changed only their state house districts.

Also note that the Geocorr input form has been slightly redesigned to accommodate the burgeoning number of geography types. State legislative districts are now grouped under their own sub-heading.

Please report any errors to Glenn Rice (riceg@missouri.edu).

DHC 2020 Profiles Applications

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MCDC has added two new web applications for browsing the 2020 Census Demographic and Housing Characteristics (DHC) data.

In August 2023, we posted our “standard extracts” (also called profiles) of the DHC data — a set of just over 100 key variables from the ~9,000 table cells in the complete 2020 DHC file. This collection is located in the /data/dhc2020x directory and is also accessible from our data portal page.

The two new web apps facilitate browsing and extracting data from the profiles. The Census 2020 DHC Extract Assistant is a portal for accessing the collection of SAS datasets linked above. Essentially, it’s a easy-to-use, menu-driven front end for the Dexter data extractor, customized for the DHC Profiles collection. Users may use basic presets, or select the “advanced” option to pass through to the standard Dexter form for additional filters. The application can output web tables, CSV files, PDFs, SAS, and DBF data files.

The Census 2020 Profile Report application offers a simple interface for selecting up to four areas and generating a report listing all of the DHC profile values for each selected area. This is the easiest option for quick results.

Geographic coverage for both apps includes:

  • Census regions
  • Census divisions
  • States
  • Counties
  • Minor civil divisions (county subdivisions)
  • Places (cities, towns)
  • Metropolitan/micropolitan statistical areas
  • Census tracts
  • Census block groups
  • Census blocks
  • Urban areas (complete and state portions)
  • Congressional districts (118th Congress)
  • State senate districts
  • State house districts
  • Public use microdata areas (PUMAs)
  • ZIP Codes (ZCTAs) within state
  • Elementary school districts
  • Secondary school districts
  • Unified school districts

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The Physiographic Regions of Missouri

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The state of Missouri boasts a diverse natural landscape, including vast forests, rolling plains, sprawling river systems, highlands, and swamps. In this month’s story map, MCDC’s partners at the Missouri Spatial Data Information Service (MSDIS) classify these natural features into regions and compare their boundaries to census data provided by MCDC.

Missouri Census Data Center frequently works with MSDIS on mapping and data projects. MSDIS is a spatial data retrieval and archival system offering many mapping resources, primarily focused on the state of Missouri.

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Missouri County-Level Health Factors

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The Missouri Public Health Management System (MOPHIMS) County-Level Study surveys approximately 50,000 Missouri residents to estimate health-related measures throughout the state. Questionnaires gauge behavioral risk factors related to health and document participants’ reports of chronic disease diagnoses.

This month, MCDC’s partners at the Missouri Spatial Data Information Service (MSDIS) present county-level maps showing results of the 2016 study for diabetes, high blood pressure, and kidney disease.

Missouri Census Data Center frequently works with MSDIS on mapping and data projects. MSDIS is a spatial data retrieval and archival system offering many mapping resources, primarily focused on the state of Missouri.

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Missouri Unemployment Rates, 2020-2021

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This December, our partners at the Missouri Spatial Data Information Service (MSDIS) present a swipe map comparing unemployment rates in Missouri counties during the years 2020 and 2021. This is a follow-up to the previous MSDIS map comparing Missouri county unemployment  between 2000 to 2020.

The left side of the swipe map shows unemployment by county for 2020, and the right side shows the rates for 2021.

Missouri Census Data Center frequently works with MSDIS on mapping and data projects. MSDIS is a spatial data retrieval and archival system offering many mapping resources, primarily focused on the state of Missouri.