The U.S. Census Bureau released an updated version of the LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES) data product today. The 8.0 version of LODES adds data for 2020 and recasts all historical LODES years into 2020 census blocks. The OnTheMap application has been updated to include these new LODES tabulations and now contains 19 years of data (2002-2020). The underlying geography associated with the data has also been updated to the TIGER 2021 vintage.

2017 through 2020 data are not available for jobs with employment locations in Alaska. Additionally, 2019 through 2020 data are not available for jobs with employment locations in Arkansas and Mississippi. These data may be added in the future. LODES data files can be accessed at lehd.ces.census.gov/data/#lodes and an updated technical document at lehd.ces.census.gov/data/lodes/LODES8/LODESTechDoc8.0.pdf (199 KB). The most recent releases of LODES in 2010 census blocks (version 7.5) and 2000 census blocks (version 5.0) will continue to be hosted on the website for the foreseeable future, but they will not receive any further updates.

OnTheMap can be accessed by clicking OnTheMap under Quick Links at lehd.ces.census.gov or directly at onthemap.ces.census.gov. For additional information about OnTheMap and LODES, go to lehd.ces.census.gov/applications/help/onthemap.html. OnTheMap is supported by the state partners under the Local Employment Dynamics (LED) partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau.

Comments should be sent to CES.OnTheMap.Feedback@census.gov.