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revised template for geography_profile.json
{
"geography": {
"sumlev": null, // summary level of this geography
"census_name": null, // official name from census data
"pretty_name": null, // our version of name, e.g. 'Cook County, Illinois'
"stusab": null, // state code
"total_population": null, // total population here, standard place to fetch for calculations
"land_area": null, // from TIGER data
"census_release": null // release from which this data is drawn, e.g. 'ACS 2011 5-year'
},
// for each data point, trying to standardize structure as
// category > sub-category > data point > metadata/values
"demographics": {
"age": {
"percent_under_18": {
"table_id": "B01001", // Census table ID where we got this data
"universe": "Total population", // Census universe for this table
"name": "Percentage under 18",
"values": {
"geography": null, // data value for this geography
"parent_county": null, // data value for parent county, if applicable
"parent_state": null, // data value for parent state, if applicable
"parent_nation": null // data value for nation
}
},
"percent_65_over": {
"table_id": "B01001",
"universe": "Total population",
"name": "Percentage 65 and over",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
}
},
"gender": {
"percent_male": {
"table_id": "B01001",
"universe": "Total population",
"name": "Percentage male",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
},
"percent_female": {
"table_id": "B01001",
"universe": "Total population",
"name": "Percentage female",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
}
},
"race": {
"percent_white": {
"table_id": "B02001",
"universe": "Total population",
"name": "Percentage white",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
},
"percent_black": {
"table_id": "B02001",
"universe": "Total population",
"name": "Percentage black",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
},
"percent_american_indian": {
"table_id": "B02001",
"universe": "Total population",
"name": "Percentage American Indian/Alaska native",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
},
"percent_asian": {
"table_id": "B02001",
"universe": "Total population",
"name": "Percentage Asian",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
},
"percent_islander": {
"table_id": "B02001",
"universe": "Total population",
"name": "Percentage Hawaiian/Pacific Islander",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
},
"percent_other": {
"table_id": "B02001",
"universe": "Total population",
"name": "Percentage other",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
},
"percent_two_or_more": {
"table_id": "B02001",
"universe": "Total population",
"name": "Percentage two or more",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
}
},
"ethnicity": {
"percent_hispanic": {
"table_id": "B03001",
"universe": "Total population",
"name": "Percentage Hispanic/Latino",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
}
}
},
"economics": {
"income": {
"per_capita_income": {
"table_id": "B19301",
"universe": "Total population",
"name": "Per capita income in past year",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
},
"median_household_income": {
"table_id": "B19013",
"name": "Median household income",
"universe": "Households",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
}
},
"poverty": {
"percent_poverty": {
"table_id": "B17001",
"universe": "Population for whom poverty status is determined",
"name": "Percentage of persons below poverty line",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
}
}
},
"education": {
"attainment": {
"percent_high_school": {
"table_id": "B15002",
"universe": "Population 25 years and over",
"name": "Percentage high school graduate or higher",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
},
"percent_college": {
"table_id": "B15002",
"universe": "Population 25 years and over",
"name": "Percentage bachelor's degree or higher",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
}
}
},
"employment": {
"travel_time": {
"mean_travel_time": {
"table_id": "B08006, B08013",
"universe": "Workers 16 years and over",
"name": "Mean travel time to work in minutes",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
}
}
},
"families": {
"households": {
"number_households": { // THIS would be a good candidate for 'sibling median value' treatment
"table_id": "B11001",
"universe": "Households",
"name": "Number of households",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
},
"persons_per_household": {
"table_id": "B11001, B11002",
"universe": "Households",
"name": "Persons per household",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
}
}
},
"health": {},
"housing": {
"housing_units": {
"number_housing_units": { // THIS would be a good candidate for 'sibling median value' treatment
"table_id": "B25001",
"universe": "Housing units",
"name": "Number of housing units",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
},
"percent_multi_unit": {
"table_id": "B25024",
"universe": "Housing units",
"name": "Percentage of housing units in multi-unit structures",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
}
},
"tenure": {
"rate_homeownership": {
"table_id": "B25003",
"universe": "Occupied housing units",
"name": "Rate of homeownership",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
}
},
"value": {
"median_value": {
"table_id": "B25077",
"universe": "Owner-occupied housing units",
"name": "Median value of owner-occupied housing units",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
}
}
"mobility": {
"percent_same_house": {
"table_id": "B07001",
"universe": "Population 1 year and over in the United States",
"name": "Percentage living in same house for 1 year or more",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
}
},
},
"sociocultural": {
"place_of_birth": {
"percent_foreign_born": {
"table_id": "B05002",
"universe": "Total population",
"name": "Percentage of foreign-born persons",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
}
},
"language": {
"percent_non_english_at_home": {
"table_id": "B16001",
"universe": "Population 5 years and over",
"name": "Percentage of persons with language other than English spoken at home",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
}
}
},
"veterans": {
"veteran_status": {
"number_veterans": { // THIS would be a good candidate for 'sibling median value' treatment
"table_id": "B21002",
"universe": "Civilian veterans 18 years and over",
"name": "Number of veterans",
"values": {
"geography": null,
"parent_county": null,
"parent_state": null,
"parent_nation": null
}
}
}
}
}
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