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Census Data

Get standardized population data to use for analysis and reporting

CENSA

Project Overview

CENsus Select and Arrange (CENSA) allows epidemiologists, analysts, and other IDOH users to select standardized population data from the US Census Bureau and modify the format to best suit their analysis or reporting needs. Once the user finalizes their selections and formatting, they can download an Excel file that can be shared with other collaborators.
CENSA Goals:
  • Streamline the process for gathering, preparing, and visualizing population data
  • Reduce the number of manually fulfilled data requests for population data for individual program areas
  • Lessen the workload on program areas to conduct analyses using population data
  • Allows epidemiologists, analysts, and other IDOH users to easily access standardized population data
  • Users can arrange data in a dynamic format for their program areas
  • Maximize time IDOH can focus on using population data to improve Hoosier Health

CENSA contains population information by age group, sex, ethnicity, and race for multiple geographies from 2000 through 2022.

To access the app, load https://on.in.gov/censa in your web browser while connected to the Indiana State network.

The CENSA workflow consists of the following steps:

  1. Filter the data by vintage type, geography level, and population year to get a smaller set of data
  2. Select demographics, including age group, sex, ethnicity, and race
  3. Arrange the output
  4. Download an Excel file
  5. Repeat if necessary, for other geographies or combinations of demographics

ODA has prepared additional standardized datasets for analysis and reporting:

  • The standardized geography table includes the name, FIPS code, and districts/regions for each county
  • The standardized race and ethnicity table includes a hierarchy of race categories with identification codes that can be used to match up race data across disparate datasets

CENSA Recorded Demo Video

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Contact

  1. Contact the Office of Data and Analytics Data (ODA) Engineering team (#idohodadataengineers@health.in.gov) for CENSA technical issues that you cannot resolve after referring to the Troubleshooting section of the CENSA User Guide.
  2. Refer to the Census Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document for additional information about the Census data.
  3. Contact Jamie Black (jamblack@health.in.gov) for questions about the Census data or how to use it appropriately for analysis that are not addressed in the Census FAQ document.