mySidewalk

Jennifer Funk

Sarah Byrd

Aliyah Hunter

Learn about the mySidewalk curated community data and how to upload your own data.

Data

The data sources available in the mySidewalk data library are organized by their update month and frequency.

Data Sources in mySidewalk

Overview of the 2020 Decennial Census data provided in mySidewalk.

The Decennial Census 2020

Explainer on ACS 5-Year Estimates. Details on release schedule, updates in mySidewalk, and key considerations for interpreting the data.

U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates

This article explains the differences between the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year and 5-Year Estimates.

U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year vs. 5-Year Estimates

How mySidewalk recalculates historical Census data into Modern geographies.

Understanding Historical Census Data in mySidewalk

Learn how mySidewalk creates projected values for select Census data indicators.

Census Projections in mySidewalk

Apportionment & Harmonization: How mySidewalk calculates data into modern boundaries.

Getting data into Modern and/or Custom Geographic Boundaries

Learn about data normalization and how—and when—to use it to provide context and make data more comparable.

What Is Normalization and When Should I Normalize?

Understand why some data appears as “NULL” or “No Data” in mySidewalk.

Data Availability

The distinction between crude and age-adjusted mortality rates in CDC WONDER data and how to use this information effectively in mySidewalk.

Understanding CDC WONDER Data: Crude and Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates

Overview of the processes undertaken to build and maintain the data in the mySidewalk data library.

How the mySidewalk Data Library is Built

Find out where we get the mySidewalk data and how you can site it

How To: View mySidewalk Data Source Information

This article describes the differences between the three Indices of Social Vulnerability in mySidewalk, and when to use them.

Indices of Social Vulnerability

The HVRI Social Vulnerability Index (SoVI) measures the social vulnerability of U.S. counties to environmental hazards.

HVRI Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards

The CDC SVI helps identify communities most likely to need support before, during, and after hazardous events

CDC ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index

The Environmental Hazard Community Resilience Score is part of the National Risk Index and assesses resilience to environmental hazards.

FEMA Environmental Hazard Community Resilience Score

mySidewalk Data

Start here to learn about the options for uploading and visualizing your own data

Start Here: Upload Data to mySidewalk

How to upload files that already contain geographic information

Upload GIS Layers or CSVs with Lat/Long Coordinates

How to upload files with tabular data about one or more geographies

Upload CSVs with Tabular Data

How to upload data with multiple time elements - and an example walkthrough

Upload Data with Time Elements

Learning how to fix common errors in the upload process.

Troubleshooting: Common Upload Errors and Solutions

Prepare your file for Sidekick Uploader

Examples of how user layer metadata is used in different visualization types

Manage metadata for uploaded data

An overview of the features in your user layer library

Navigate Your User Layer Library

Learn how adding tags to uploaded data helps you manage your user data by making it easier to sort, find, and update individual datasets.