Job dots
An interactive U.S. map of job dots for census blocks (dots). PLUS
Open job dots on the map
What this measure is
Each dot stands for the number of jobs shown under the legend, fewer per dot as you zoom in, counted where people work, not where they live. Dots are placed at random inside the workplace's census block and kept off the streets. It covers jobs under unemployment insurance plus federal civilian jobs, not the self-employed or the military, and an employer with several sites sometimes reports all its jobs at one address, so some headquarters show more jobs than work there.
Source, dates and coverage
- Source
- Census Bureau, Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (workplace job counts); Census Bureau block and road maps.
- Updated
- Once a year. Latest: 2023 for most states (Michigan 2021, Alaska 2016).
- Areas on the map
- Census blocks (dots).
- Group
- Population
- Access
- ProMap Plus ($19 a month or $190 a year).
Values for every place
Job dots is a ProMap Plus measure. The map shows it for the areas listed above. This page shows the map's national picture, the method and the source, and no figures.
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See job dots in ProMap PlusHow to cite
Please also credit the original source: Census Bureau, Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (workplace job counts); Census Bureau block and road maps.