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Community Analysis  Tags: census demographics statistics  

This guide highlights key sources of city and state demographic statistics, economic indicators, social indicators, housing, education and industry data. Current and historical data included with links to online mapping tools. Sources are primarily online
Last update: Oct 07th, 2009 URL: http://libguides.bc.edu/communityanalysis  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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MassStats Internet Explorer recommened.
Interactive Maps and Statistical Views of Massachusetts at the City level with data for Education, Housing, Crime, Politics and Public Health. Click on the "I" icon then click on city to see data table.

School District Demographics (National Center for Education Statistics)
Census 2000 School District Profiles which includes census data along with number of students, teachers and schools and a Local Education Agency Finance Survey. Also offers Census 2000 School District Maps.


Statistical Universe (BC Community Only)
The database provides links to statistical tables from major education data sources such as Municipal Profiles, which provide crime data at the community level. A search will provide a citation for locating the material and in many cases a link to a full table of the data. which provide data at the community level. A search will provide a citation for locating the material and in many cases a link to a full table of the data. A search will provide a citation for locating the material and in many cases a link to a full table of the data.
  • Click on Search Abstracts.
  • In Enter Keywords box type topic and state. (A sample search would be:"education and massachusetts" )
  • Under Geographic check box for: By City (You can also or limit by date or click on limit to documents in Excel format only)
  • Click on Search button.

      
     

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    Economics, Computer Science, Mathematics, Data/Statistics, GIS

     
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