America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers

Highlighting Census Business Builder's Geography Features

Business owners, emergency teams and community planners rely on U.S. Census Bureau data to prepare for, respond to, and recover from disasters.

The Census Business Builder (CBB) tool provides such data for businesses and governments to grow their business and analyze the impact of emergencies on supply chains.

But two lesser-known features of CBB may prove to be even more valuable: easy ways to customize regions and filter geographies down to the county or census tract level.

Users can generate a comprehensive, printable report, create a shareable custom URL or save their custom regions for future reference and analysis. In fact, CBB offers multiple options for evaluating a region.

Continue reading to learn more about Census Business Builder and get a step-by-step guide to using the tool's geography features.

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