JDS Journal of Data Science 1683-86021680-743X1680-743X School of Statistics, Renmin University of China JDS1082 10.6339/22-JDS1082 Data Science in Action Creating a Census County Assessment Tool for Visualizing Census Data YoungsIsabeliwy2@georgetown.edu1∗ PrevostRonald1 DickChristopher1 Georgetown University, 3700 O St NW, Washington, DC, United States Corresponding Author. Email: iwy2@georgetown.edu. 202321122022212239254287202214122022 2023 The Author(s). Published by the School of Statistics and the Center for Applied Statistics, Renmin University of China.2023 Open access article under the CC BY license.

The 2020 Census County Assessment Tool was developed to assist decennial census data users in identifying deviations between expected census counts and the released counts across population and housing indicators. The tool also offers contextual data for each county on factors which could have contributed to census collection issues, such as self-response rates and COVID-19 infection rates. The tool compiles this information into a downloadable report and includes additional local data sources relevant to the data collection process and experts to seek more assistance.

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