Optimize Your Non-Profit with Census Data

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Optimize Your Non-Profit with Census Data

March 09, 2023

Description

In this workshop, you will find out how important the American Community Survey is for the nonprofit community and the unique ways nonprofits can use ACS data. We will examine the questionnaire to understand how the data is gathered to better understand the results. We will work through 3 hands on exercises so you can navigate data.census.gov to find that data you need in order to identify and serve your community.

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Prerequisite: Review

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