Piast Institute Census Information Center (CIC)
As a (CIC), Piast Institute has access to all major databases of U.S. census information. The Institute has a special interest in developing data on ancestry and ethnic groups with a particular focus on Polish Americans. The Piast Institute regularly produces summary and analytical reports on a wide variety of topics using census data as well as information from a wide variety of other public and private non-proprietary sources for organizations, non-profits and private businesses. Piast Institute’s demographic, social and economic reports are used by non-profit and for-profit organizations for marketing, recruiting, applying for grants and for program evaluation and assessment.
If you are a non-profit or for-profit business looking for data information, the Piast Institute can gather data to complete special projects or assist you in planning programs. Contact the office today by calling 313-733-4535 or complete this form and email it to: [email protected] or mail to: Piast Institute, 11633 Joseph Campau, Hamtramck MI 48212.
To obtain the form please download this file:
If you are a non-profit or for-profit business looking for data information, the Piast Institute can gather data to complete special projects or assist you in planning programs. Contact the office today by calling 313-733-4535 or complete this form and email it to: [email protected] or mail to: Piast Institute, 11633 Joseph Campau, Hamtramck MI 48212.
To obtain the form please download this file:
| cic_information_request_form.docx.pdf |
The United States Census Information Center program
The Piast Institute is an official CIC for the United States. There are only 48 such centers in the United States, and the Piast Institute is the only one of two Census Information Centers located in Michigan and it is the only CIC whose mission includes a special emphasis on a European ethnic groups.
The CIC is a cooperative program between the U.S. Census Bureau and national, regional, and local Census Information Centers located at Universities, Research Centers and other non-profit organizations serving specific populations. The centers serve as repositories of census data and reports, making census information and data available to the public and the communities they serve.
The CICs use census data in areas such as program planning, advocacy needs assessment, defining service areas, public policy development, developing new business enterprises, and conducting race/ethnic-related research.
The CIC is a cooperative program between the U.S. Census Bureau and national, regional, and local Census Information Centers located at Universities, Research Centers and other non-profit organizations serving specific populations. The centers serve as repositories of census data and reports, making census information and data available to the public and the communities they serve.
The CICs use census data in areas such as program planning, advocacy needs assessment, defining service areas, public policy development, developing new business enterprises, and conducting race/ethnic-related research.