Understanding childhood experiences, both positive and negative, is important to inform public health policies and prevention strategies directed to children and youth. While data related to childhood experiences exists in various data sources, our goal was to create the first data platform in Connecticut to synthesize these data sources in a user-friendly way through the use of effective visualizations and interactive dashboards.
Read MoreConnecticut’s Department of Public Health (DPH) has determined that the Census Bureau’s vintage 2022 population estimates are artificially high for certain Connecticut towns in 2021 and 2022 due to pandemic-related issues with the counts of residents in group quarters facilities.
This blog post:
discusses what happened;
explains the impact on population estimates for specific towns, planning regions and the state;
delineates which population estimates the state will be using for official purposes; and
provides some recommendations for data users on which version of the population estimates to use, and where to find these estimates.
Today, the Census Bureau released the first postcensal population estimates for Connecticut’s nine planning regions. These nine planning regions are the new county-equivalent geographic units that the Census Bureau will be using for Connecticut (see our earlier blog post on this topic). This is the first Census Bureau data product to be released using Connecticut’s new county-equivalent geographic units.
Read MoreWhen deciding what outfit to wear today, we check the weather. When we want to try a new restaurant, we check Yelp. When we want to see how well we slept last night (or how much coffee we’ll need this morning), we check our FitBit to see our sleep patterns. All of these decisions require one key component: data. Data informs decisions of all types. Whether you’re looking for a new place to move, need stats to strengthen your upcoming article, or want to understand the community’s needs that your organization serves, data can bridge the gap between a hunch and a strong, well-supported claim.
Read MoreToday, the U.S. Census Bureau, released the latest American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates (2013-2017). These data are the only data available at the census tract and municipal level for Connecticut. We have created a tool that enables you view changes for: median household income, population estimates, population without health insurance, poverty status, and median rent. (User beware: when comparing data overtime using ACS 5-year estimates, only use non-overlapping time periods.) CTData has over 50 ACS datasets that we process and curate and will be updating these datasets over the next couple weeks.
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