Situation & Outlook

... knowing more about the current situation & opportunities,
... the how, when and where ... what will change and by how much,
... and how change might impact you.

The U.S. population ages 65 and over is expected to more than double between now and 2060, from 43.5 million to 92.0 million. How will this, and other age groups, be distributed by state and metro? How will this, and other labor force groups, be distributed by state and metro? Find out more about these topics and related demographic-economic trends.

The ProximityOne Situation & Outlook (S&O) Program is a combined database and interpretive resource that you can use to better understand the existing situation, find out how area demographic-economic conditions are changing, and assess how changing conditions might impact you.

Topics in this Section
  • S&O Data Access Options
    .. S&O Online
    .. S&O Datasets
  • S&O Quarterly Briefings

Related Sections
  • Metro Situation & Outlook Reports
  • State & Regional Income & Product Accounts
  • ProximityOne Data Service
  • Digital Map Database

S&O Database Content: Continuously Updated Subject Matter
The S&O database is comprised of demographic-economic historical data and estimates and projections, continuously updated with quarterly releases, for the U.S., states, metropolitan areas, counties, cities, census tracts, ZIP codes and other areas. Subject matter includes:
  • Population & Households
    - age, race-ethnicity, attributes; annual components of change
    - household structure, formation, attributes
  • Housing, Housing Markets & Real Estate
  • GDP & Personal Income by Major Sources
  • Prices & Cost of Living
  • Education
  • Establishments by Sector
  • Employment by Sector
  • Earnings by Sector
  • Economic Structure
  • Labor Market Conditions
  • Alternative Future Scenarios

Contact us for more information on updates and scope.

S&O Briefing Sessions
- the Economy and Demographic-Economic Patterns
Join us in quarterly S&O Briefing Sessions on The Economy and Demographic-Economic Patterns. Briefing Sessions are conducted shortly after the release of the new S&O quarterly updates.
Briefing Session topics include:
  • Summary of new/updated data included in the latest quarterly update
  • Highlights of national, state and metro demographic-economic patterns
    .. revealed by new data and models
  • Updated demographic-economic outlook overview
    .. when will what change how and where?

S&O Database Access Options
S&O data options include:
  • Online Access
  • Datasets via Download
  • Full Service
  • Integrated Modeling -- develop your own estimates and projections variations
  • Integrated GIS -- mapping, visual analysis, geospatial analysis

Online Access
S&O may be accessed online using VDA Web GIS

S&O Data via Download
S&O data may be downloaded using DEDE.

S&O Core Database Components
Core Database; updated continuously.
The Core Database includes mix of monthly, quarterly & annual data; series start with data for 2010.
  • NIPA & SRIPA; multiple geography; updated monthly
  • Census 2010 DPSF; census tract, county, metro, state, U.S.
  • ACS 2010 DP1-DP4; census tract, county, metro, state, U.S.
  • ACS 20xx DP1-DP4; xx: for annual editions as released; census tract up
  • Census county components of change; age-race-gender estimates; 2010 through latest year estimated
  • ProximityOne Single Year of Age population estimates; county up; annual
  • BLS/CEW county up; employment, establishments, earnings quarterly & annual series 2010 to current quarter
    ... iterated for 6-digit NAICE type of industry.
    ... augmented with estimated values for suppressed data
  • BLS employment situation quarterly series; includes U-1 to U6 series; 2010 forward
  • FHFA quarterly metro housing price index series 2008 forward
  • Census housing & new construction; monthly
  • BLS local area employment; monthly
  • BEA regional economic information system annual series; 1969 through current estimated year.
  • NCES K-12 schools, school districts, related data