An Introduction to SSDAN
Tips for using Learning Modules
The American Community Survey
WebChip enables users to access and analyze a wide range of demographic datasets. Students and educators can create contingency tables, generate charts, and explore relationships between variables.
A walkthrough using a testable hypothesis
Where to learn more about survey data
Data
Census Reporter – Explore Census and ACS data
Interactive profiles, visualizations, and downloadable data
GIS
NHGIS – Harmonized aggregate data and geographic resources
Historical Census data with boundary files from 1790 to present
Mapping
Social Explorer – Interactive demographic mapping
Thousands of interactive data maps going back to 1790
Guide
PRB – Population Reference Bureau Census and ACS Resources
Curated Census and ACS guides from the Population Reference Bureau
Tool
ESRI Tapestry – ACS data with lifestyle segmentation
Merges ACS data with other sources; includes ZIP code lookup
Tutorial
Accessing and Analyzing Census Data in R – SSDAN Webinar
Step-by-step webinar materials for working with Census data in R
Learn more on the SSDAN YouTube page