1. Establish the geographic frame before reading the numbers
The U.S. Census Bureau records Egelston township as a municipal-town in Muskegon County. Its 2020–2024 ACS five-year population estimate is 11,276, with a margin of error of 23. That is an eligibility and service-area fact, not evidence of legal demand, search volume, competition, leads, cases or revenue. A dashboard review should therefore distinguish Egelston from Muskegon County, any broader metropolitan area and Michigan as a whole. Those geographies should not be combined into one unexplained total.
Recommended approach
Ask Bosseo to show how geographic labels will be defined in the dashboard. Decide whether a report should separate Egelston, county-level activity and statewide visibility, and document the rule before using geography in budget or practice-area decisions.
