When hurricanes strike, timely information is key in guiding effective operations for emergency response, mitigation and recovery. The U.S. Census Bureau has publicly available statistics and free tools, including:

American Community Survey (ACS): The only reliable and timely source of comprehensive social, economic, housing and demographic characteristics of the U.S. population at the community level.

American FactFinder: A detailed data tool that allows you to access over 11 billion statistics from the ACS every year on topics such as language, disability status, vehicle availability and much more.

Census Business Builder: Regional Analyst Edition–2.2: A new tool built for chambers of commerce and regional planning staff who need a broad portrait of the people and businesses in a user-defined region.

OnTheMap for Emergency Management: An intuitive, web-based data tool that allows you to access detailed workforce, population and housing characteristics for the hurricane areas in real time.

Key Stats:

OnTheMap for Emergency Management provides real-time access to a range of detailed U.S. Census Bureau data about the people living and working in federal disaster declaration areas and areas being affected by hurricanes, floods, wildfires and winter storms.

Sources: 2010 Decennial Census data, 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-year estimates, and 2014 Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD) Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES).

OnTheMap for Emergency Management

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Source: Census.gov, Topics, Emergency Preparedness

Emergency Preparedness main page

Note: Regional Analyst Edition is built for chambers of commerce and regional planning staff who need a broad portrait of the people and businesses in their service area. It presents data for all sectors of the economy and for a user-defined region made up of one or more areas.

Census Business Builder: Regional Analyst Edition – 2.2

Source: Newsroom

Stats for Stories: National Preparedness Month (September 2017)

*Special Edition* Stats for Stories: Hurricane Harvey (August 2017)

Facts for Features: 2017 Hurricane Season Begins (June 2017)

Facts for Features: Hurricane Katrina 10th Anniversary: Aug. 29, 2015 (July 2015)

Source: QuickFacts - Statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more

QuickFacts data are derived from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Population Estimates, American Community Survey, Census of Population and Housing, Current Population Survey, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, State and County Housing Unit Estimates, County Business Patterns, Nonemployer Statistics, Economic Census, and Survey of Business Owners and from building permits.

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