CNX 196: Conceptualizing Community

Use the Social Explorer database to extract data and create maps and reports for your Community Profile Assignment.

Social Explorer...features over 500,000 data indicators and over 220 years of data for the
United States, including all Decennial Censuses, American Community Surveys and many other datasets.
One can create maps and reports to illustrate, analyze, and understand demography and social change.

"The U.S. census counts every resident in the United States.
It is mandated by Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution and takes place every 10 years.
The Census Bureau's mission is to serve as the nation's leading provider of quality data about its people and economy. " 

"The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing survey that provides vital information
on a yearly basis about our nation and its people. Information from the survey generates data that
help inform how trillions of dollars in federal funds are distributed each year."