Gender Demographics (v1.0.0)

Overview Gender distribution from ACS. This dataset is produced by the Social Data Commons at the University of Virginia as part of the Gender Demographics data pipeline. Coverage Temporal coverage: 2009–2024 (ACS 5-year estimates) Geographic levels: Block Group, County, Tract Coverage areas: National Capital Region (DC metro), Virginia (statewide) Methodology The Male population percent. 5-year ACS estimates in provided census geolevels. For non-census geolevels (such as zip codes), spatial overlaps are calculated between census block groups and parcels, then the value of each block group is divided across all living units within each intersecting parcel. Once parcel-level values are assigned, spatial overlaps are calculated between parcels and target regions such that parcel values can be aggregated to each intersecting target region based on proportion of overlap. Redistribution to non-census geolevels was performed using the redistribute R package. The Male population percent. 5-year ACS estimates in provided census geolevels. For non-census geolevels (such as zip codes), spatial overlaps are calculated between census block groups and target regions, then the value of each block group is aggregated/disaggregated to any intersecting target region based on proportion of overlap. Redistribution to non-census geolevels was performed using the redistribute R package. Source Tables 5-Year estimates, table S0101, via the API Boundaries > Zip Codes Boundaries > Supervisor Districts Health & Human Service > Human Services Regions MHUD Polygons Civic Association Polygons Census Variables B01001_001: Total Pop B01001_002: Male B01001_026: Female Measures (10) gender_male_count_parcels: The count of males in population. (arithmetic mean) gender_male_count_direct: The count of males in population. (arithmetic mean) gender_female_count_parcels: The count of females in population. (arithmetic mean) gender_female_count_direct: The count of females in population. (arithmetic mean) gender_male_percent_parcels: The percent of males in the total population. (percent) gender_male_percent_direct: The percent of males in the total population. (percent) gender_female_percent_parcels: The percent of females in the total population. (percent) gender_female_percent_direct: The percent of females in the total population. (percent) gender_total_count_parcels: Total count of the population. (arithmetic mean) gender_total_count_direct: Total count of the population. (arithmetic mean) Data Sources American Community Survey (accessed 2023) Fairfax County Geospatial Data (accessed 2022) Arlington County GIS Open Data (accessed 2023) File Format Data files are provided as xz-compressed CSV (.csv.xz) with the following columns: geoid, region_type, region_name, year, measure, value, moe (margin of error, where available). A measure_info.json file provides per-measure metadata.