After playing with the social explorer website for a good amount of time, I found that the free version does not offer a wide range of available information. If the map creator just needs a simple map on population or religion, the free version is perfect for this. For example, I thought I would look at the race in my area in the 1790s census tract as compared to the 2000 census tract. The results were not very surprising based on the history of my surrounding towns.
1790 Census Tract
2000 Census Tract
Taking into consideration that this is only a trial version and the purpose is to get consumers to purchase the full version, it may be able to help some people create simple maps. I personally would much rather just use ArcMap to create maps since I have spent several semesters using the software and am very comfortable with the procedures.
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