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PLCY 75-001 - Public Policy and Racial Inequality (Fall 2021): Finding Census Data

Resources for finding and understanding Census data over time.

Easiest Data Source

Social Explorer
Provides U.S. Census data from 1790 to present (among other data). Allows you to pull multiple geographies and variables at once, but only one year at a time.
Access: Off Campus Access is available for: UNC-Chapel Hill students, faculty, and staff; UNC Hospitals employees; UNC-Chapel Hill affiliated AHEC users.

Slides from Class

Census Data Through Time
Discusses the Census Bureau's concepts of race and ethnicity over time, plus changing methodology and various terms.