Mark your calendars! In conjunction with the Census Bureau, the Puget Sound Regional Council is hosting a workshop September 21, 2023 that will cover a wide range of useful Census data products and resources to support local planning work.
Attendees will learn about new data available from the 2020 Decennial Census, how to use the Data.Census.gov data portal, hear an overview of Census Community Planning Tools, the 2030 Decennial Census, and more. The workshop will close with a short PSRC presentation covering how this data can be applied to our region using the new Community Profiles dashboard.
Agenda
Presentation 1 – Judy A. Dunne, Data Dissemination Specialist, US Census Bureau (60 minutes)
- 2020 Census product updates
- Accessing data through data.census.gov (live demo)
- Census Community Planning Tools
- Preparing for the 2030 Census
- And more!
Short Intermission (10 minutes)
Presentation 2 – Eric Clute, Assistant Planner, Puget Sound Regional Council (10 minutes)
- Connecting these data to local Comprehensive Plan Updates, HB 1220 implementation, and more.
- PSRC’s new Community Profiles Data Dashboard