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Sixteen States Sue to Block Census Bureau Data Privacy Method
The Census Bureau plans to release the state population counts used to apportion Congress by April 30. In August, it will release the first wave of redistricting...
Biden Issues Executive Order Overturning Plans to Exclude Undocumented Immigrants in Decennial Census
President Joe Biden, who took office Wednesday with a lengthy list of executive orders designed to overturn Trump-era policies that ranged from the global fight agains...
A Year in Review: The 2020 Wrap-Up
As we near the end of this whirlwind year, we look back at everything we were able to accomplish thanks to your continuous support and encouragement. Through all the h...
Civil Rights Organizations Used Social Explorer Tools to Alleviate Potential Voter Suppression
A consortium of civil rights organizations used Social Explorer’s award-winning online mapping tools to successfully argue against the closure of more than half ...
Social Explorer Used to Support Successful Early Voting Sites in Florida County
Election officials in Escambia County, Fla., have agreed to add an extra early-voting and drop-box site to encourage greater turnout in Black neighborhoods, influenced...
New Census 2020 Response Rate Data is Live on Social Explorer
At Social Explorer, our main priority is to provide clear and accurate data. Our data mapping and visualization tools strive to provide coherent insights into current ...
White House Plan for Early Shutdown of 2020 Census Count Marks “Break-the-Glass Moment”
As many as 100 million Americans haven’t been counted by the 2020 Census yet, according to a Social Explorer analysis of responses. A plan by the Trump administr...
Renting During a Global Pandemic
The number of Americans who fell behind on their last month’s rent rose by another 1 million over the week, according to a Social Explorer analysis of the Census...
Where are Renters Spending Half of Their Income for Housing in the U.S.?
It’s a well-known fact that rents are highest in cities like New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. But as a percentage of income, slightly more than 10 million A...
Broadband Internet Subscriptions by Unified School District
As parents across the nation prepare for an education for their children that involves extended periods of online instruction, there’s one thing missing: High-sp...