SWRK 565

Resources for Generalist Social Work Practice with Communities

About this Guide

This guide has selected links and resources to help you complete assignments in SWRK 565.

Library workshop slides Fall 2022

Data Sources

Census Data
Find Census data, tables, maps, and more.
Census Reporter Location Search
Search an address and find the Census Tract for that location.
SEMCOG Community Explorer
SEMCOG (Southeast Michigan Council of Governments) data for locations within Livingston, Macomb, Monroe, Oakland St. Clair, Washtenaw, and Wayne counties.
Compare your census tract to its county and to the SEMCOG area.
SEMCOG Data and Maps
More data sources from SEMCOG.
Kids Count Data Center
Data on child well-being.
A-Z Statistics Library Guide
Links to data and statistics for many topics.

Data Tips

Searching

When using Google or another search engine to search for government data or statistics limit your search to .gov sites. For example:

homelessness statistics site:gov

or:

food michigan data site:gov

Data.Census.Gov Help

How to save time by saving searches and results when using data.cenus.gov:

See more Census Data Gems videos on their YouTube playlist.

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