The UT Health San Antonio Library is running a trial on PolicyMap!

Try PolicyMap through March 10, 2024 and let us know what you think!

What is PolicyMap?

An online (no software installation needed) U.S. national data and mapping tool and analytics platform useful in the fields of

  • Social sciences
  • Policy and Political Science
  • Urban studies
  • Education
  • Real Estate and Housing Analysis
  • Business
  • Community and Economic Development
  • Economics
  • Public Administration
  • Statistics
  • Public Health
  • Geography

PolicyMap can be used by researchers and students to:

  • Perform demographic and socioeconomic analysis (neighborhood census block group and up to national level) by leveraging thousands of U.S. data indicators.
  • Create custom regions.
  • Easily create high-quality maps.
  • Overlay your address-level data on top of PolicyMap data by using our unlimited self-service data loader.
  • Download data for research, mapping, and presentation tools such as Tableau, or integrate data into SQL, R, Python, and more workflows.
  • Instantly run community profiles or community health reports for any area
  • Analyze any community with multi-layer maps to identify hot spots or gaps