What We Do

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Dedicated to supporting Pennsylvania's communities through applied census data and research, the Pennsylvania State Data Center gathers, analyzes, and delivers data to bolster informed policy-making and effective, evidence-based programming.

We'll help you:

Find data

As a state data center, the PaSDC can access many census resources, including embargoed data, federal and state reports, trainings, and varied data. 

Tell a data story

We help you make sense of the deluge of data through data analysis, reporting, graphics, maps, dashboards, websites, and more.

Learn to do it, too

We teach you how to quickly find reliable and relevant data for your local communities through workshops and other events.

Projects

Our work has contributed knowledge and understanding to areas such as:

  • Domestic Violence
  • Health and Medical 
  • Housing and Homelessness
  • Migration
  • Race and Ethnicity
  • Redistricting
  • Substance Use Disorder & Problem Gambling
  • Transportation

And many more. 

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ServicesAnd that's not all we do

We’re committed to serving the communities of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through applied social science research. The Institute gathers, analyzes, and reports on data to support sound policy making and effective program development. Get exceptional end-to-end support for all of your data needs. Our experienced team keeps up-to-date with the latest in:

Unlock the full value of data. We’ll help you collect it, manage it, integrate it, visualize it, and understand it. 

Turn complex problems into evidence-based solutions. We’ll help you plan, conduct, monitor, and evaluate large-scale studies, both qualitative and quantitative, using the latest tools and research methods.

Improve performance and achieve results. We consider multiple perspectives and identify important stakeholders to help you understand not just what’s happening, but why and what to do about it.

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