Social Explorer is designed to provide libraries, scholars, students, and market researchers at all levels with quick and easy access to modern and historical census data and demographic information. This resource brings together a vast and growing amount of quantitative data with an intuitive visual interface to make demographic research, the analysis of social trends, and comparison of neighborhoods, communities, counties, and other areas accessible and interactive. Updated on a regular basis as new data and features become available, Social Explorer is a reliable and complete reference of quantitative modern and historical information that meets the needs of research-oriented and scholarly users without sacrificing ease of use for students and other non-experts.
For more information on Social Explorer, please visit About.- 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.
- Unlimited access to all the data and maps.
- Enhanced reporting tools to make attractive reports.
- Teaching tools to use Social Explorer in the classroom setting.
- Automatic login access for the entire campus or organization.
- Technical support from Social Explorer.
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