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    ACS 5 Year Data by Ward

    Metadata Updated: February 7, 2025

    Selected variables from the most recent 5 year ACS Community Survey (Released 2023) aggregated by Ward. Additional years will be added as they become available.

    The underlying algorithm to create the dataset calculates the percent of a census tract that falls within the boundaries of a given ward. Given that census tracts and ward boundaries are not aligned, these figures should be considered an estimate.

    Total Population in this Dataset: 2,649,803 Total Population of Chicago reported by ACS 2023: 2,664,452 % Difference: %-0.55

    There are different approaches in common use for displaying Hispanic or Latino population counts. In this dataset, following the approach taken by the Census Bureau, a person who identifies as Hispanic or Latino will also be counted in the race category with which they identify. However, again following the Census Bureau data, there is also a column for White Not Hispanic or Latino.

    The City of Chicago is actively soliciting community input on how best to represent race, ethnicity, and related concepts in its data and policy. Every dataset, including this one, has a "Contact dataset owner" link in the Actions menu. You can use it to offer any input you wish to share or to indicate if you would be interested in participating in live discussions the City may host.

    Code can be found here: https://github.com/Chicago/5-Year-ACS-Survey-Data

    Ward Shapefile:

    https://data.cityofchicago.org/Facilities-Geographic-Boundaries/Boundaries-Wards-2023-Map/cdf7-bgn3

    Census Area Python Package Documentation:

    https://census-area.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. Non-Federal: This dataset is covered by different Terms of Use than Data.gov. License: No license information was provided.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date February 7, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 7, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Chicago JSON

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date February 7, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date February 7, 2025
    Publisher data.cityofchicago.org
    Maintainer
    Identifier https://data.cityofchicago.org/api/views/awnk-6fvc
    Data First Published 2025-01-30
    Data Last Modified 2025-02-06
    Category Community & Economic Development
    Public Access Level public
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://data.cityofchicago.org/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 6233ad7f-d3e2-4115-958f-0ff1740598c2
    Harvest Source Id 7590e386-229e-453a-8e53-6f18e200e421
    Harvest Source Title Chicago JSON
    Homepage URL https://data.cityofchicago.org/d/awnk-6fvc
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash a383f86beb871faae7ddab76b5cbd689866d36853547b03b010bd73fe209488b
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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