General Data
Detailed social, economic, and demographic information. You can find information for all counties, places, and census tracts in the 5-year ACS files.
LINC is an interactive data retrieval service containing historical information for over 900 data items and a variety of geographic areas within the state. Topics include population, labor force, education, transportation, revenue, agriculture, vital statistics, energy and utilities, and other topics for a variety of geographic areas within the state. Most data are available for the state and all 100 counties. Some items are available for municipalities. Others, especially census data, may be retrieved for tracts and townships.
Education Data
Interactive data dashboards with information on enrollment, admissions, degrees, and other related variables.
Data on access, student programs, employment outcomes for students, faculty and staff, and other related variables.
Health Data
Many factors influence how well and how long we live, from our access to affordable housing or well-paying jobs to opportunities for a good education for our kids. The County Health Rankings model shows us how these factors work together and illustrates where we can take action to improve health and eliminate unjust barriers to opportunity.
Food Security Data
Food insecurity refers to USDA’s measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy life for all household members and limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate foods. Food-insecure households are not necessarily food insecure all the time. Food insecurity may reflect a household’s need to make trade-offs between important basic needs, such as housing or medical bills, and purchasing nutritionally adequate foods.
Data Visualization Resources
- The Media & Design Center in the Undergraduate Library
Students can use the media lab on the lower level. Email mediadc@unc.edu for help with audio and video projects. Adobe Creative Cloud
Students can download the Adobe Creative Suite for free!The Davis Library Research Hub
We are located on the second floor of Davis and help students with projects that involve data. Chat and walk-in assistance are provided from 12-5. Our computer lab is available during library hours.- Davis Research Hub Experts
Each person on this list has their own area of expertise. Mine is data visualization, but students may be interested in GIS (Phil) or analysis (Matt) as well. Consultations are made by clicking on a name and then finding the “Schedule Appointment” button. - Computer Lab and Virtual Computing
We have both physical and virtual machines with a number of different software applications for working with data.
My List of Data Visualization Tools
Research Hub YouTube Playlists- LinkedIn Learning
Students have free access to many training videos through LinkedIn Learning.
