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Primary Election Season: Nevada in Depth
After the Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire Primary comes the Nevada Caucus, which takes place on Saturday. With the herd of Democratic Party presidential contenders d... more
Fastest-Growing Areas For Young Millennials Aren’t Traditional Suspects
Twenty-somethings have flocked to major U.S. urban centers during the last decade, outpacing total population growth in more than 500 metropolitan and micropolitan sta... more
As Wealth Gap Grew, Investment Income Beneficiaries Shrank in Wake of 2008 Financial Crisis
The percentage of Americans who received income from interest, dividends, or rentals fell almost 4 percent over the last decade, according to a Social Explorer analysi... more
Growing Foreign-Born Population Spreads Out From Traditional Urban Enclaves
The foreign-born U.S. population grew more than twice as fast as the total number of people living in the United States between 2010 and 2018, according to a Social Ex... more
Changing Economy Hits Retail Paychecks As Well As Staples of Brick-and-Mortar Businesses
The “retail apocalypse” phrase that describes the woes of brick-and-mortar stores over the past decade isn’t just a reference to the thousands of clo... more
Save Map Positions in Social Explorer
Exploring specific areas of interest just became a whole lot easier on Social Explorer with our new feature, Save Map Position! It’s simple. Once you have ... more
Primary Election Season: New Hampshire in Depth
As the presidential primary season continues after the Iowa Caucus, New Hampshire will host the first Primary Election on Tuesday, February 11th. New Hampshire has had... more
Social Explorer presents Geodata Downloads!
For anyone working with U.S. based location data, shapefiles—a file format for storing geographic data—are critical to the task of visualizing and analyzin... more
Introducing the Layers Selection Tool
Social Explorer offers a variety of geography selection tools for creating reports from maps or masking areas of interest. We’ve now added a brand new tool to ou... more
Super Data Bowl 2020: San Francisco 49ers v. Kansas City Chiefs
For many people, the Super Bowl showcases the finest in American football and snacking. For us at Social Explorer, it also represents an opportunity to dive into ... more