Civic Health Measurement Dashboard
Explore national and state-level civic engagement data from the National Conference on Citizenship. This dashboard provides interactive tools for analyzing civic health indicators, demographic breakdowns, and survey responses across all 50 states.
About Civic Health Measurement
Civic health measures how communities organize to identify and address public problems. Research shows that communities with strong civic health indicators demonstrate higher employment rates, better schools, improved physical health, and more responsive governments.
The National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC), a nonpartisan nonprofit founded in 1946 and congressionally chartered in 1953, has documented American civic life annually since 2006. Through the Civic Health Index initiative, NCoC partners with state and community networks to produce localized reports that have influenced government operations, reintroduced civics education, and shaped policy conversations nationwide.
Explore the Data
State Dashboards
Comprehensive state profiles with key civic health indicators, time series trends, and demographic breakdowns.
Explore states →State Leaderboards
Compare state rankings across civic health indicators. See which states lead on volunteering, voting, community engagement, and more.
View rankings →CHIP50 Survey Explorer
Analyze weighted response distributions from the CHIP50 50-state survey by question, geography, and demographic group.
Explore survey data →State Pattern Explorer
Discover how states relate across indicators using correlation analysis, clustering, and dimension reduction.
Explore patterns →Civic Health Index Reports
Since 2008, NCoC has partnered with state and local organizations to produce Civic Health Index reports that examine civic engagement patterns in specific communities. These reports have been produced for states including Indiana, Vermont, Georgia, North Carolina, Arkansas, and many others.
Data Sources
Current Population Survey: Civic Engagement and Volunteering Supplement (CEV)
The CEV is the most robust longitudinal survey about volunteerism and civic engagement in the United States. Produced by AmeriCorps in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau, the CEV surveys approximately 47,000 Americans age 16 and older every two years.
The supplement measures engagement with organizations, neighbors, politics, economic institutions, and social issues. It provides reliable estimates at national, state, and major metropolitan area levels.
Survey years: 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 (biennial since 2017)
Historical data: Volunteering Supplement administered 2002–2015
Civic Health and Institutions Project (CHIP50)
CHIP50 is a 50-state survey initiative providing state-level data on citizens' opinions and behaviors. The project evolved from the COVID States Project, which began collecting survey data in April 2020.
The survey collects non-probability representative samples from every state and D.C., weighted to match U.S. population demographics. Research spans civic engagement, institutional trust, policy preferences, and more.
Research partners: Northeastern University, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Medical School, Rutgers University, University of Rochester
Funding: National Science Foundation, Knight Foundation, Russell Sage Foundation