Census presenter outlines the four data layers behind My Community Explorer

Jul 30, 2026

The webinar detailed MCE's four core layers—Nonemployer Statistics (NES), County Business Patterns (CBP), the American Community Survey (ACS) five-year estimates, and Community Resilience Estimates (CRE)—including update cadence and geographic resolution.

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Meredith Maxwell explained that My Community Explorer (MCE) integrates four core Census data layers. The two business layers are Nonemployer Statistics (NES), which shows self-employed establishments and revenue by NAICS sectors, and County Business Patterns (CBP), which provides employer establishment counts, employment and payroll down to 6-digit NAICS. Maxwell said these business layers are updated annually.

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