In this Data Gem, you will learn about Census Reporter, a data tool that allows you to access and visualize American Community Survey data for a variety of topics and geographic levels. Census Reporter is an independent project of the Northwestern University to make it easier for journalists to write stories using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Data Gems
A series of "how-to" videos available for data users who are looking for an easy and quick way to enhance their knowledge of Census data.
They will introduce you to various concepts and techniques to improve your ability to navigate our website and use our data-access tools.
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Discover the U.S. Foreign-Born Population by Place of Birth
In this Data Gem, you will learn how to use an interactive data visualization to see where the foreign-born population lives, and has changed over the decades.
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What Is the Margin of Error?
In this Data Gem, you will understand why we offer MOEs and how an estimate, paired with its MOE, describes a population.
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How to Access Population Data with the International Database
In this Data Gem, we show you how to use the International Database (IDB) to access population data around the world.