Social Explorer

Social Explorer is a platform containing demographic data from various sources. Data is available through custom-made reports and some of them include US Census data, American Community Survey (ACS) data, and Election data.

Using Social Explorer data integration you can access comprehensive demographic data on different geography levels and compare data across states, counties, and other geography levels.

1. Go to the Vizualist dashboard and select the project where you want to create your chart.

2. Click the button.

3. Select Chart from the Vizualist Templates list.

4. Enter the name for your chart and click the Next button.

5. Select Social Explorer.

6. Choose a survey and year.

7. Choose a dataset.

8. Choose one or more variables and click Done.

9. Choose one or more geographies and click Add.

10. Check Output data as percentage if you want to add this data to your chart.

11. Click the Next button.

12. Have a final review of the series you created for your chart.

13. Choose the recommended chart type and click Next.

    The app will recommend chart types that best fit your dataset, but you can choose any of the 24 supported types.

14. In the Preview window, review your chart and click Create Chart.

    If the chart doesn’t appear as expected, you can try transpose the data. You can learn more about it [here].