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MORS 302: Responsible Management: Community

Community Resources

U.S. Census

The U.S. Census Bureau administers two major demographic data collections which you'll make use of in this class:

(1) The Decennial Census, which happens every 10 years and is intended to count all people in the United States.

(2) The American Community Survey (ACS), which is a yearly sampling program sent out to randomly selected households. The sampling data is used to create estimated data points for the years between the Decennial Census.

Other Community Data Sources

Opportunity Atlas

  • Created in Partnership with US Census Bureau and Harvard University's research institute, Opportunity Insights. Learn more here.
  • Tracks change in mobility for children born in a given zip code in 1978 and 1992 gathered at ZIP Code level.
  • Most useful data to look at would be to look in the Mobility Outcomes, and look at the neighborhood characteristics.
  • Can find data at state, county, ZIP code, and census tract.

Census Business Builder

  • Collects data from Economic Census, Ag Census, Bureau of Labor Statistics, ESRI, etc... You can read more here.
  • Unfortunately, some data is only available at the county level.
  • This is slightly more challenging to navigate than the community profiles. I think the best strategy would likely be to identify the region, select the industry for their company, and then click on "Create Report." This will give more detailed information than what's available on the map summary.