PLACES: Census Tract Data (GIS Friendly Format), 2024 release

This dataset contains model-based census tract level estimates in GIS-friendly format. PLACES covers the entire United States—50 states and the District of Columbia—at county, place, census tract, and ZIP Code Tabulation Area levels. It provides information uniformly on this large scale for local areas at four geographic levels. Estimates were provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Population Health, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch. PLACES was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in conjunction with the CDC Foundation. Data sources used to generate these model-based estimates are Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2022 or 2021 data, Census Bureau 2010 population estimates, and American Community Survey (ACS) 2015–2019 estimates. The 2024 release uses 2022 BRFSS data for 36 measures and 2021 BRFSS data for 4 measures (high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cholesterol screening, and taking medicine for high blood pressure control among those with high blood pressure) that the survey collects data on every other year. These data can be joined with the Census tract 2022 boundary file in a GIS system to produce maps for 40 measures at the census tract level. An ArcGIS Online feature service is also available for users to make maps online or to add data to desktop GIS software. https://cdcarcgis.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3b7221d4e47740cab9235b839fa55cd7

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
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describedBy https://chronicdata.cdc.gov/dataset/PLACES-Census-Tract-Data-GIS-Friendly-Format-2020-/yjkw-uj5s
identifier https://data.cdc.gov/api/views/yjkw-uj5s
issued 2024-08-23
landingPage http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dph/
license http://opendefinition.org/licenses/odc-odbl/
modified 2024-08-23
programCode {009:020}
publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
references {https://www.cdc.gov/places/measure-definitions/index.html}
resource-type Dataset
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source_schema_version 1.1
theme {"500 Cities & Places"}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • AmeriGEO
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • CKAN
  • GEO
  • GEOSS
  • National
  • North America
  • United States
  • behaviors
  • census-tract
  • disability
  • gis
  • health
  • outcomes
  • places
  • prevalence
  • prevention
  • risk
  • status
isopen False
license_id other-license-specified
license_title other-license-specified
maintainer PLACES Public Inquiries
maintainer_email places@cdc.gov
metadata_created 2025-09-23T15:25:58.633961
metadata_modified 2025-09-23T15:25:58.633966
notes This dataset contains model-based census tract level estimates in GIS-friendly format. PLACES covers the entire United States—50 states and the District of Columbia—at county, place, census tract, and ZIP Code Tabulation Area levels. It provides information uniformly on this large scale for local areas at four geographic levels. Estimates were provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Population Health, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch. PLACES was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in conjunction with the CDC Foundation. Data sources used to generate these model-based estimates are Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) 2022 or 2021 data, Census Bureau 2010 population estimates, and American Community Survey (ACS) 2015–2019 estimates. The 2024 release uses 2022 BRFSS data for 36 measures and 2021 BRFSS data for 4 measures (high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cholesterol screening, and taking medicine for high blood pressure control among those with high blood pressure) that the survey collects data on every other year. These data can be joined with the Census tract 2022 boundary file in a GIS system to produce maps for 40 measures at the census tract level. An ArcGIS Online feature service is also available for users to make maps online or to add data to desktop GIS software. https://cdcarcgis.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=3b7221d4e47740cab9235b839fa55cd7
num_resources 4
num_tags 19
title PLACES: Census Tract Data (GIS Friendly Format), 2024 release