{"id":22291,"date":"2021-07-22T14:33:34","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T14:33:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.publicinput.com\/?p=22291"},"modified":"2025-12-17T23:57:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:57:23","slug":"equity-in-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/2021\/07\/22\/equity-in-planning\/","title":{"rendered":"Equity In Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"22291\" class=\"elementor elementor-22291\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34c46580 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"34c46580\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6ad00dec elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6ad00dec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><strong>Get ahead of the 2020 Census Data Release\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2><p dir=\"ltr\">In our recent webinar, Census 2020: Opportunities for Equity in Planning, our special guest speakers Lacey Loftin (U.S. Census Bureau) and Sara Ellis (City of Raleigh, NC) shared practical information about how to access and use Census data in planning as well as issues and opportunities facing planners.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">Here are some of the highlights from the webinar:<\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>U.S. Census More Than Decennial Data<\/strong><\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\">You might be looking forward to the release of the decennial data, but did you know that the Census has 130 different ongoing surveys gathering data on businesses, people, and housing?<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">Here are some quick links for planners who are using the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.census.gov\/<\/a>\u00a0page to access data for their plans and programs:<\/p><ul><li dir=\"ltr\">On The Map:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/onthemap.ces.census.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/onthemap.ces.ce<strong>\u200b<\/strong>nsus.gov\/<\/a>\u00a0<\/li><li dir=\"ltr\">Census Business Builder:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/data\/data-tools\/cbb.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.census.gov\/data\/data-tools\/cbb.html<\/a><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\">Data Tools and Apps:\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/data\/data-tools.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.census.gov\/data\/data-tools.html<\/a><\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-697cb43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"697cb43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"156\" height=\"90\" src=\"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Regional-CBB.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-230107\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-78694a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"78694a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"732\" height=\"436\" src=\"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Data-Tools.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-230108\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Data-Tools.png 732w, https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Data-Tools-300x179.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-471e6ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"471e6ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">You can\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/public.govdelivery.com\/accounts\/USCENSUS\/subscriber\/new\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subscribe to the Census Bureau Media News Room<\/a>\u00a0so you don\u2019t miss out on important news and event announcements.<\/p><h2 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Using Census Data in Local Government<\/strong><\/h2><p dir=\"ltr\">Sara Ellis with The City of Raleigh, NC uses the Census to help understand the communities that they plan for, measure if they are doing a project that requires outreach, and whether they are reaching the right people or demographics.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">A few tools used by The City of Raleigh to highlight Census data in planning for local governments include:<\/p><ul><li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/raleighnc.gov\/business\/content\/PlanDev\/Articles\/LongRange\/RaleighDemographics.html#paragraph--214571\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Raleigh Data Book<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 updated every year. This webpage is where you can find data books dating back to 2012.<\/li><li dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"http:\/\/racialdotmap.demographics.coopercenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Racial Dot Map<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b47d14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5b47d14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Raleigh-Open-Data-1024x617.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-230109\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Raleigh-Open-Data-1024x617.png 1024w, https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Raleigh-Open-Data-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Raleigh-Open-Data-768x463.png 768w, https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Raleigh-Open-Data.png 1173w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-856532b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"856532b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"ltr\">The Census impacts more than our understanding of the socioeconomic characteristics of our community. \u00a0It also informs the way and often the amount of Federal funding a community receives \u2013 whether it is funding for transit and transportation, emergency preparedness, community development or block grants, the census is driving how the money gets there. So it\u2019s huge.<\/p><h2 dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Ensure Your Outreach Efforts are Equitable<\/strong><\/h2><p dir=\"ltr\">PublicInput\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/public-equity-mapping\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public | Equity Mapping<\/a>\u00a0allows you to overlay socio-economic information with your participant data, ensuring that your engagement is equitable and your most underrepresented populations are being reached.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/wp\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Schedule time with an expert<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>to learn how Public | Equity Mapping can help you.<\/p><h3 dir=\"ltr\">Want More?<\/h3><p dir=\"ltr\">Lacey and Sara shared a lot of information, watch the recording of the webinar to hear for yourself.<\/p><ul><li dir=\"ltr\">Interactive Project Page:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/census-webinar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch Now<\/a><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\">Automated Interactive Meeting Transcription:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/publicinput.com\/Transcript\/A20585\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7\/20\/21 Webinar<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-11db1ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"11db1ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">GET A DEMO<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get ahead of the 2020 Census Data Release\u00a0 In our recent webinar, Census 2020: Opportunities for Equity in Planning, our special guest speakers Lacey Loftin (U.S. Census Bureau) 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