Social Explorer is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to modern and historical census data and demographic information. The easy-to-use web interface lets users create fast, intuitive, and illustrative maps and reports to help visually analyze and understand demography and social change throughout history. An invaluable repository of information, the site currently includes data from the entire US Census from 1790 to 2000, all annual updates from the American Community Survey to 2008, original Census tract-level estimates for 2006 and 2007, the Religious Congregations and Membership Study from 1980 to 2000, and 2002 Carbon Emissions Data from the Vulcan Project. More than just a data source, Social Explorer offers a high level of functionality and control. Users can customize, save, print, and email maps and reports, and export them to a variety of programs and statistical packages for further analysis and use in reports and presentations. The site is updated continuously with new data and features. The 2010 US Census will be available shortly after its release in 2011. A full and complete reference of historical and modern census data, Social Explorer is an end-to-end solution that meets the needs of researchers and scholars without sacrificing ease of use for non-experts.
Social Explorer is led by Andrew A. Beveridge, a Professor of Sociology at Queens College and at the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. Since 1993, he has served as a consultant to the New York Times on issues of demographic and social change. In 2007, Beveridge received the Public Understanding of Sociology Award from the American Sociological Association for his efforts to bring social scientific perspectives to the public understand of contemporary issues. Together with a permanent staff, Beveridge and his team work to continually update the site with additional data and new features.
- Contains over 40 billion data points, over 200,000 variables, and over 15,000 interactive maps.
- Makes available the entire US census history from 1790 to 2000 with 2010 to be added when available, the American Community Survey (ACS) through the most current release, and the Religious Congregations and Membership Study (RCMS) from 1980 to 2000 with the addition of 2010 and other recent data planned. The RCMS is most complete census available on religion in the U.S.
- Creates thematic and interactive maps that make it easy to visually explore all historical and modern US census data across the centuries and down to the street level where and when possible.
- Creates reports at all geographic levels where data exist including the state, county, census tract, block group, zip code, census places and other.
- Maps are interactive and easily navigable and incorporate a find tool to instantly locate street addresses, cities, zip codes, and towns making the site simple to use for anyone. Maps can also be seamlessly converted into reports.
- Download data for processing offline using any statistical package to streamline research. The reports automatically calculate aggregates, percentages, and medians to save time and eliminate errors. A standard report format is also available for convenience.
- The visualization of data through the user-friendly maps allows genuine exploration of demographic and social change over time, revealing patterns hidden by raw numbers.
- Full source disclosure is available for all reports and every variable links directly to information about where the data originated and how it was computed so the data can be trusted.
- The latest data: Social Explorer will be updated three times a year with new data from the decennial census and American Community Survey as it is released from the U.S. Census Bureau. New features will be added continuously on a rolling basis.
- Export, save, and print maps and reports for professional-looking reports, presentations, and graphics.
- Replaces printed volumes spanning 22 decades of census data with easy-to-use, interactive online tools.
- No software to install or maintain, making it hassle-free for librarians and simple to use. The site works entirely on the web and provides many basic GIS and data manipulation functions.
- An ideal teaching resource for courses across the social sciences that employs an engaging visual approach to demographic information that students grasp quickly. Sample teaching modules using Social Explorer are available to aid instructors.
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