Thought For The Day: “Immerse yourself in the data. You’ll get used to the overload and overwhelm. There’s clarity on the other side.”

  • Social Explorer
    This amazing site creates detailed maps from census data. It’s a fantastic tool for figuring out the geographic location of talent pools.  There are also easy to use reports. Here are some maps you should see:

    • Immigration Explorer this map, from the New York Times website, was built using Social Explorer. It gives a graphic representation of immigration and absorption over the past 150 years.
    • Census Tract Population Density Maps. shows educational attainment, Religion. marital status, employment sector  and more
    • Religion Maps show the density of various faiths over the post 30 years
    • New York City Race Map shows the neighborhood concentration of different races over the past 100 years in New York City.
  • The Pew Hispanic Center’s Hispanic Population by County
    Also includes data sets by state and county.
  • The American Human Development Project
    This tremendous resource aggregates data to develop a score to describe living conditions.
  • Mapcruzin
    Very dense data source with lots of eco related information in map form.

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