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SW509: Data Sources for Community Assessment
Resources for social work courses (e.g. SW509) which require students to develop a community profile or assessment.
U.S. Census Data
Using Social Explorer
Education Data
Michigan Area Data
Additional Resources
Finding Research Articles
Think Tanks & Nonprofits
Current & Historical News
Cite Census Data
Education Data
MI School Data - Data and Insights for Policymakers
Get data by school or district. Data on test scores, enrollment, percentage of economically disadvantaged students and students with disabilities
Educational Attainment Data from the US Census
Social Explorer
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Provides easy access to demographic information about the United States, from 1790 to present. Create maps and reports.
Social Explorer Guides and Tutorials
data.census.gov
Census Bureau's freely available data portal. It contains data for the most recent 2 decennial censuses as well as the American Community Survey.
data.census.gov Video Tutorials
To search by address and identify tract numbers use the
Census Geocoder
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