Social Explorer is an online tool for visualizing and interacting with demographic data for the United States from present to 1790, including all Decennial Censuses, American Community Surveys and many other datasets. This page contains a curated list of maps, datasets and teach and learn modules useful in sociology, social work and social justice courses. This list is not exhaustive, but it provides a starting point for you to explore all that Social Explorer has to offer.
Curated Maps for Political Science
Use Social Explorer maps to visualize and analyze the characteristics of almost any location, like voting, poverty, aging populations, ethnicity and race, spending patterns, health indicators, crime, environment or education. You can see trends and make comparisons over time and place to gain insights and make decisions.
For an introduction to how to use Social Explorer Maps, start with this video tutorial. There are videos that explain how to browse available datasets, customize your map, compare variables and notice trends, export and share your projects, and even tips for how to tell stories using your data.
When you're ready, click on one of the example maps below to get started, or access the complete set of maps here. Also, don't be afraid to explore! You can always save your variables to go back to later.
Datasets
Social Explorer allows you to quickly and easily create and manage reports for one or thousands of variables and geographies. You can also download data for further processing. To get started:
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