Site With Interesting Demographic Information (neighborhoods, colleges, areas)

[checkmatechamp13]

By now, everybody knows about the 2 NY Times sites that map out the census data, but I'd like to share another site: Social Explorer - Demographic Maps

It also shows census data all the way back to 1790, and it's interesting to see how not only the demographics have changed, but the classifications have changed (for instance you can tell what the slave population in certain areas was back in 1790).

This narrows it down to not only the census tract level, but to the Place level and Block Group level.

It is similar to this site except that it goes back further and is also easier to load: Interactive map: 30 years of census data - The Washington Post

[Kefir King]

Cute SOCIAL EXPLORER, but the downside is that everything except the very basics is listed as PREMIUM CONTENT, aka $$$$.

[checkmatechamp13]

Originally Posted by Kefir King

Cute SOCIAL EXPLORER, but the downside is that everything except the very basics is listed as PREMIUM CONTENT, aka $$$$.

I didn't realize that because when I found it, I was at a college library, so I think colleges get this type of stuff for free.

But I think you have the option to get a 30-day trial for free.

And here's another interesting map that's been posted by another user on this forum in the past: Zoomable map: 2000 to 2010 demographic changes

You can actually see the shifts in demographics in certain neighborhoods (some Black neighborhoods and White neighborhoods becoming Hispanic neighborhoods, Black neighborhoods becoming less Black as they become gentrified, etc)

The good thing about all of the maps is that they all complement each other (the NY Times maps show population changes, the Washington Post map shows block group-level data for free, etc)

Maybe this thread should be stickied and we can keep on adding new sites that show different aspects of the demographic change of this country.