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
- Decennial Census Data
- American Community Survey
- Making Maps of Census Data
- Cite Census Data
- Statistics By Topic: Education,Childcare Data, Health, Transportation
- Additional Sources of Data on Communities
- Finding Research Articles
- Think Tanks & Nonprofits
- Current & Historical News
- Missing Government Websites and Data
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Looking for Census Data? Start here
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data.census.govCensus Bureau's freely available data portal. It contains data for the most recent 2 decennial censuses as well as the American Community Survey.
To search by address and identify tract numbers use the Census Geocoder
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Social ExplorerSubscription database available to University of Michigan affiliates. Provides easy access to demographic information about the United States, from 1790 to present, to create maps and reports.
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Last Updated: Dec 3, 2025 2:14 PM
Subjects: Course Help, Social Sciences
Tags: 509, assessment, census data, community profile, social work