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Benjamin St. Germain is a GIS Analyst for the Purdue Center for Regional Development, joining the staff in 2015. Benjamin uses a variety of data collection, data analysis, and GIS spatial tools to help create a variety of reports, visualizations, and websites such as: housing, socio-economic, agricultural, forestry, fiscal, and broadband. Benjamin is also a member of the Purdue Economic Gardening team. Benjamin also oversees Rural Indiana Stats, which is a two-time award winner for excellence in GIS.
Benjamin received his B.A. in Geography from Indiana University in 2013. Prior to working at PCRD, Benjamin was the GIS Technician for the Elkhart County Auditor in 2014 and completed his internship at the Michiana Area Council of Governments (MACOG) in 2013.
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Written by Ben St. Germain, Bertin Mbongo, Andrey Zhalnin, and Indraneel Kumar. Industry clusters are a group of firms and business establishments that buy from and/or sell to each other.…
The Purdue Center for Regional Development (PCRD) has developed an online tool to present migration data across U.S. County and state level geographies. Migration data is provided by the Internal…
The American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (ACS-5 Year) continues to expand its list of variables. In the latest iteration, the ACS 2018-2022 has added the variable “Median Earnings in the…
Rural Indiana Stats (RIS) is always working to make information more accessible and insightful. We’re excited to introduce two new interactive maps in the Geographic Classification section that shed light…