The Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) named Social Explorer as an Outstanding Reference Source for 2010 this week at the mid-winter American Library Association conference. more...

The earthquake destruction and rescue mobilization in Haiti are much in the news.  Using Social Explorer, you can see the presence of Haitians in the US through maps and reports. Haiti has a population of 9,035,536, according to the 2009 CIA World Fact Book.  Haiti loses population each year to emmigration, and many of those people leaving more...

Social Explorer is a one-stop destination for Census data since 1790, and now interacting with the data is even easier.  This week, Social Explorer unveiled a new and improved reporting system for 1940 to 1960 data.  This upgrade offers a more flexible interface for users that is more consistent with other decades. Subscribers can access the more...

A new New York Times article uses data analysis and graphics from Social Explorer to discuss the latest shift in the racial composition of Harlem–a residential and cultural center for African Americans. In “No Longer Majority Black, Harlem is in Transition,” Sam Roberts reports on the latest population changes in the historic neighborhood where the black more...

Today, Social Explorer unveiled new estimates that let subscribers work with Census tract-level data for the year 2007.  Just a few months after the debut of our 2006 Census Tract estimates, Social Explorer’s brings you the latest in detailed level data. Social Explorer constructed this dataset using data from both the published and public use micro-sample of the more...