Gardner, Todd

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SOCIAL EXPLORERAND OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO AMERICAN FACTFINDERTodd GardnerAnnual Meeting of the Rural Life and Census Data CenterJune 12, 2014SOCIAL EXPLORERAND OTHER ALTERNATIVES TO AMERICAN FACTFINDERTodd GardnerAnnual Meeting of the Rural Life and Census Data CenterJune 12, 2014Disclaimer: This work is released to inform interested parties of ongoing research and to encourage discussion of work in progress. Any views or opinions expressed are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the view or opinions of the U.S. Census Bureau.THE CENSUS BUREAU’S NATIONAL NETWORK OF RESEARCH DATA CENTERSSOURCES OF PUBLIC DATAMicrodata for users who want to perform their own tabulations or regression analyses.Aggregate data tables with boundary files for users with mapping software.Aggregate data tables and online mapping.SOURCES OF PUBLIC DATAwww.ipums.orgwww.nhgis.orgwww.socialexplorer.comIPUMS• Harmonized microdata• US and international censuses• Samples and complete censusesNHGIS• State and county aggregate data and boundary files (1790-2012)• Census tract aggregate data and boundary files (1910-2012)• Census data at all geographic summary levels, including census blocks (1970-2010)• Boundary files for metropolitan statistical areas (1950-2012)• Boundary files for all standard geographic summary levels (1990-2012)• County Business Patterns data (1970-2003)• SABINS aggregate data and boundary files for School Attendance Boundary Zones (2009-2010 academic year)The National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS) provides, free of charge, aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2012.NHGISData Finder geographic levelsNHGIS IS THE DATA SOURCE FOR SOCIAL EXPLORERSOCIAL EXPLORER DATA• Census data: 1790 to 2010• American Community Survey: 2005 to 2012• InfoGroup data on religion• Religious Congregations and Membership Study• Vulcan Project Carbon Emissions Data• System built for expansionFUTURE DATASETS• Ireland data• County election data• Presidential• Congressional• Senatorial• Gubernatorial• County Business Patterns data• Uniformed Crime Report data• Future enhancement: users able to upload their own dataDEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL EXPLORERDEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL EXPLORER• Social Explorer is led by Andrew A. Beveridge, a Professor of Sociology at Queens College and the City University of New York (CUNY) Graduate School• Since 1993 Beveridge has served as a consultant to the New York Times on issues of demographic and social change• Social Explorer originated in 1999• Support from the National Science Foundation and The New York Times• In 2009 Social Explorer partnered with Pearson Education to create interactive mapping and reporting activities for popular university sociology textbooks• Since 2010 Social Explorer has been distributed by Oxford University Press• Current version of Social Explorer launched in 2013SOCIAL EXPLORER TECHNOLOGY• Client-based map rendering • Cloud-based• Fast, interactive user interface• Built on Flash with HTML 5 in development• Mobile versionCUSTOM REPORTSCUSTOM REPORTSDownload data in Excel formatCUSTOM REPORTSDownload data for use with statistical softwareTABLESChoose geography firstTABLES• Choose from list• Search by Keyword• Premade ReportsMAPS• Browse by Category• Browse by Survey• Choose survey yearSOCIAL EXPLORER MAPPERCENT WHITE NON-HISPANIC IN SOUTH DAKOTA, 2000CHANGE GEOGRAPHIC LEVELCHANGE VISUALIZATIONCHANGE COLORSEDIT MAPCREATE REPORTSPLIT SCREEN MAPSPLIT SCREEN MAPSPLIT SCREEN MAPSPLIT SCREEN COMMANDSFlip imagesLock imagesTELL A STORYMANAGING PROJECTS• Save• Print• Export• ShareSOCIAL EXPLORER IN THE NEW YORK TIMESSOCIAL EXPLORER AT ELLIS ISLAND• Part of an interactive exhibit on ancestry• 12 million visitorsSOCIAL EXPLORER AT ELLIS ISLANDCENSUS EXPLORERwww.census.gov/censusexplorerCENSUS EXPLORER: COMMUTING EDITIONSOURCES OF PUBLIC DATAwww.ipums.orgwww.nhgis.orgwww.socialexplorer.comTHANK YOUTodd Gardnertodd.gardner@sdstate.edu

Social Explorer and Other Alternatives to American FactFinder

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Social Explorer and Other Alternatives to American FactFinder

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