What content is available on the site?

Social Explorer includes the entire U.S. Census (1790 to 2010) and the American Community Survey (2005 to 2018).

Specialized U.S. data resources include the FBI Uniform Crime Report (2010 to 2016), American election results (1912 to 2018), Religious Congregations and Membership Study (1980 and 2010), Vulcan Project carbon emissions data (2002), U.S. Business Patterns (2014), and County Health Rankings and Roadmaps Program data (2010 to 2016).

International data resources include the United Kingdom Census (2011), Canadian Census (2011), Eurostat (1990, 2000, 2010 to 2014), World Development Indicators (1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015), and Irish religion and population data (1911, 1926, 1936, 1946, 1961, 1971, 1981,  1991, and 2001).

Overall, the site contains billions of data points and hundreds of thousands of variables. 

Subscribers have full access to all data and custom tools. Basic edition users can explore a limited amount of data. For a comparison of the data available on each version, please click here.