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2020 Census Hard to Count (HTC) Communities (Interactive Map)
By City University of New York. "Mapping Hard to Count (HTC) Communities for a fair and accurate 2020 Census. You can use the map to learn how the Census Bureau will be contacting households in your community to invite them to participate in the 2020 Census."
2020 Census Response Rates (Interactive Map)
Are you curious about how many people in your community are responding to the 2020 Census? Stay up to date with this interactive map of self-response rates from across the United States.

Explorer Census Data

New: Official Launch of data.census.gov
American FactFinder will be offline permanently March 31, 2020.
Go to data.census.gov for new data releases.
Questions? Visit: https://www.census.gov/data/what-is-data-census-gov.html as self help.
Or: Contact Kelley Center govhelp@rice.edu to ask for assistance with searching and using this new digital government resource.

Census Data Sources

National Historical Geographical System (NHGIS)
"Provides, free of charge, aggregate census data and GIS-compatible boundary files for the United States between 1790 and 2013." See instructions about how to use the NHGIS Data Finder on the Census Data Guide under Data Sources.

Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Social Explorer is an online research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to current and historical census data and demographic information.
SimplyAnalytics This link opens in a new window
SimplyAnalytics enables non-technical users to create thematic maps and reports using demographic, business and marketing data.

Accessing SimplyAnalytics

Users are not required to log-in with a user name and password, however, their work will not be saved using this method which is located at the bottom of the SimplyAnalytics log-in page - "To create a temporary account, click here. Your work will not be saved.”

Creating an account in SimplyAnalytics

To make sure your work is saved, it is necessary to create an account. To create an account, click on “create an account" a the top of the Welcome screen. It will take you to a new screen asking for your email address and password. Check the box agreeing with the End User License Agreement and then click “Continue.” A confirmation e-mail will then be sent to your e-mail address. If you do not receive this email within two minutes, please check your SPAM folder.

Click on the activation link in the confirmation e-mail, and your account will be activated and ready to use. You may now go back to the Welcome login page, enter your e-mail address and password, and start using SimplyAnalytics.

Note: There is a download limit of 50MB total per semester per user per database.

Get Help:

The Kelley Center for Government Information, Data and Geospatial Services in Rice University's Fondren Library provides free and effective public access to government information, including census data.

T: 713-348-5483

govhelp@rice.edu

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GIS/Data Center

T: 713-348-2595

gisdata@rice.edu