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  • What is Social Explorer?
    Social Explorer is an award-winning web application that changes the way we interact with data using maps and reports. From research libraries to the front page of The New York Times, Social Explorer helps people engage with society.
    Oxford University Press
  • Comprehensive and easy to use
    Social Explorer contains over 18,000 maps, hundreds of profile reports, 40 billion data elements, 335,000 variables and 220 years of data. Interactive mapping and reporting tools let you explore a vast array of demographic data quickly and easily.
    Available Maps and Reports:
    • Census data from 1790 to 2010
    • American Community Survey (all)
    • Religion data - InfoGroup 2009
    • Religion data - RCMS 1980 to 2000
    • Carbon emissions - Vulcan Project
  • Social Explorer users are diverse
    Social Explorer is used by universities, high schools, public libraries, businesses, government agencies and individuals.
    "My students thought Social Explorer was a fantastic resource. It's great to have access to so much historic information – they really saw how rich census data can be. It's very user-friendly, too; the students learned to navigate effortlessly."
    —ANNE KNOWLES, Middlebury College
    Some of our subscribers:
    • The New York Times
    • Yale University
    • Brown University
    • Chicago University
    • North Carolina
    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Columbia University
    • Cornell University
    • Dartmouth College
    • Duke University
    • Michigan University
    • New York University
    • Northwestern University
    • Pennsilvania University
    • Princeton University
    • Rice University
    • Sience Po
    • Stanford University
    • Swarthmore
    • UCLA
    • Buffalo University
    • Auburn University
  • Free Edition
    Social Explorer offers a limited free edition to everyone. You may start using it right away.
    Professional Edition
    Social Explorer offers subscriptions to individuals, universities, government agencies and organizations.
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