Resources By Department: Social Work: Community Assessment

Census Data

STATISTICAL ABSTRACT OF THE U.S. This link opens in a new window An authoritative and comprehensive summary of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States.
SOCIAL EXPORER This link opens in a new window
Visualization and data-mapping tool with hundreds of thousands of data indicators and across demography, economy, health, education, religion, crime and more

LOCATION

POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS

INCOME

NC Income Stats (Scroll to bottom)

COMMUNITY ATTRACTIVENESS

Local Media Outlets (For Example, Asheville Citizen Times (identify by using Journal Locator))

Town, City, County Webpage City/Town/County name (For Example, https://www.exploreasheville.com/, https://www.asheville.com/ , https://www.ashevillenc.com/ )

Chamber of Commerce or Tourism Office

To find information on your area, do a Google search for the city and find their city webpage. It should be a .gov or .org.

HOUSING

HISTORY

Local Media Outlets (For Example, Asheville Citizen Times (identify by using Journal Locator))

Town, City, County Webpage City/Town/County name (For Example, https://www.exploreasheville.com/, https://www.asheville.com/ , https://www.ashevillenc.com/ )

Chamber of Commerce or Tourism Office

NC PEDIA

As with the Community Attractiveness information, do a Google search on your city or town.

GEOGRAPHY

NC PEDIA

EDUCATION

SOCIAL/CULTURAL SYSTEMS

Local Media Outlets (For Example, Asheville Citizen Times (identify by using Journal Locator))

Town, City, County Webpage City/Town/County name (For Example, https://www.exploreasheville.com/, https://www.asheville.com/ , https://www.ashevillenc.com/ )

Chamber of Commerce or Tourism Office

COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA REGIONAL OUTLOOK REPORT "This report provides a comprehensive overview of Western North Carolina’s (WNC) major demographic, economic, social, and political issues and trends. It is intended to help decision-makers and residents make informed choices about the region based on analysis of up-to-date data in a variety of forms. ... The data in this report are taken from three sources: (1) existing federal and state data, (2) aggregate county and regional data, and (3) a public opinion poll of randomly selected respondents in the state’s twenty-three westernmost counties."
REGIONAL ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
North Carolina Department of Commerce

RELIGION & CHURCHES

PEW RESEARCH CENTER

GOVERNMENTAL TYPE

Board of Elections for City/Town/County (For Example, Buncombe https://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/election/Default.aspx )

POLITICAL FACTORS

Local Media Outlets (For Example, Asheville Citizen Times (identify by using Journal Locator))

Board of Elections for City/Town/County (For Example, Buncombe https://www.buncombecounty.org/governing/depts/election/Default.aspx )

NORTH CAROLINA STATE GOVERNEMENT

SOCIAL HEALTH SYSTEMS

Chamber of Commerce or Tourism Office

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

Libraries

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF ASSOCIATIONS This link opens in a new window Comprehensive source of detailed information concerning nonprofit American membership organizations of national scope. Covers more than 23, 000 organizations in categories such as trade, business, and commercial; legal, governmental, public administration, and military; cultural; educational; veterans, hereditary, and patriotic; athletic and sports; fan clubs, and many more.

EASY MEDIA LISTS

QUALITIES OF EDUCATION

Town, City, County Webpage City/Town/County name (For Example, https://www.exploreasheville.com/, https://www.asheville.com/ , https://www.ashevillenc.com/ )

Chamber of Commerce or Tourism Office

POWER DISTRIBUTION

Talk to members of the community!!

Social Work

HOT TIP

Census Data

LOCATION

POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS

INCOME

COMMUNITY ATTRACTIVENESS

HOUSING

HISTORY

GEOGRAPHY

EDUCATION

SOCIAL/CULTURAL SYSTEMS

COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

RELIGION & CHURCHES

GOVERNMENTAL TYPE

POLITICAL FACTORS

SOCIAL HEALTH SYSTEMS

SOURCES OF INFORMATION

QUALITIES OF EDUCATION

POWER DISTRIBUTION

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