Monday, January 22, 2024

Free Census Webinar on Income, Poverty, & Educational Data by Race is January 25th

Entitled The Exploration of Income, Poverty and Educational Census Data, the free 60-minute webinar presented by the Census Bureau will be on January 25, 2024 beginning at 2:00 p.m. EST. In this webinar, the Census staff will provide and explore current data to understand select income, poverty, education statistics, & tables organized by race (black and white), age, and sex.

This webinar is 60-minutes, and begins at 2:00 PM EST. Registration in advance is required. Request ASL at (ask.data@census.gov) and allow a minimum of 72 hours notice. For a refresher on Census tools or topics, please refer to the Census' previous webinar series It’s All in the Tools or Back to Data Basics.

The webinar is part of the U.S. Census Academy's 2024 webinar series, “Exploring the Diversity of Census Bureau Data.” It is a great way to learn about how to access and use current data trends in race, income, etc., as well as how to use helpful data analysis tools. "This webinar series uses real-life scenarios to help the attendee to learn how to locate and use data tools to access Census Bureau data.  “Exploring the Diversity of Census Bureau Data” is broken down into four mini-series topics which provide an expanded look at our (the Census Bureau) data on these topics:

  • Race.
  • Geography.
  • Business and economy.
  • Population and housing.

Each is 60 minutes with prior registration required.

Here are some upcoming Census webinars on diversity issues that sound interesting:

On February 8, 2024. the Census will present its An Overview of Hispanics in America webinar. This webinar provides an overview of the Hispanic population in the U.S.

The February 22, 2024, webinar will be Exploring the Diversity and Growth of the Asian American Population. "Build your knowledge to paint a local portrait of Asian Americans using Census Bureau data."

There are a number of free Census webinars after February that concern Using CBP Non-Employer Statistics (NES) to Evaluate Change, the TIGERweb, Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs), among several others.

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