Guides
Guides
Five guides to the Census figures for 48,418 U.S. places and 85,382 census tracts: reading a margin of error, finding a tract, telling a city from a census-designated place, and where retirees and families live, each worked through with PlainCities' own data.
Which guide do you need?
- How to read census figures for a city
margins of error, reliability, comparing
- How to find your census tract
address, number or GEOID
- What the Census Bureau counts as a place
city, town, village, CDP
- Where retirees live
share of residents 65+
- Where families with children live
share under 18
Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026); 2020 Census; Census geography files · Census Bureau: American Community Survey