American Communities Project, United States, 2023-2024 (ICPSR 39419)

Version Date: Sep 8, 2025

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Principal Investigator(s):
Ipsos; Dante Chinni, Michigan State University

https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39419.v1

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Summary

These are data files from the American Communities Project's study of American Fragmentation. These surveys asked people in 15 different types of communities about their attitudes on a variety of issues and concerns with the goal of identifying where there are commonalities and differences among them. For most of the types, 13 of 15, the surveys were conducted with a probability-based online panel. For two of the communities, where the populations are particularly sparse, the surveys were conducted via RDD (Random Digit Dialing). Those types are the Aging Farmlands and Native American Lands. Because of the cost of RDD, those types were not included on some questions.

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Ipsos, and Chinni, Dante. American Communities Project, United States, 2023-2024. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2025-09-08. https://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR39419.v1

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Funding

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (80179)

Subject Terms

Geographic Coverage

Smallest Geographic Unit

county

Restrictions

This data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited. To protect respondent privacy, some of the data files in this collection are restricted from general dissemination. To obtain these restricted files researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Data Use Agreement.

Distributor(s)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research
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Time Period(s)

2020 -- 2024 (questions regarding 2020 presidential election to 2024 presidential election)

Date of Collection

2023-06-07 -- 2023-06-23 (2023 Online Sample), 2023-06-12 -- 2023-06-23 (2023 Phone Sample), 2023-07-07 -- 2023-07-10 (2023 Phone Sample), 2024-06-14 -- 2024-07-01 (2024 Online Sample), 2024-06-27 -- 2024-07-06 (2024 Phone Sample)

Data Collection Notes

  1. A note about how to read these data: The ACP's community types were created by collecting and analyzing 36 different data points across all the 3,100-plus counties in the United States. The result is 15 different kinds of community spread across the United States. Some are regionally clustered, and others are scattered. Learn more about the ACP's 15 community types here.
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Study Purpose

Since its founding in 2012, the American Communities Project (ACP) has aimed to improve understanding of the various types of communities across the United States. The initiative was developed to explore new ways of analyzing the diverse social, economic, and cultural environments in which Americans live.

Using a broad set of data, the ACP collaborated with academic researchers to break the United States into 15 community types based on multiple factors, including income, race and ethnicity, education, and religious affiliation. A clustering technique was applied to identify and map these community types, highlighting patterns and distinctions across regions.

The ACP's research connects demographic and economic data with electoral outcomes and consumer behavior, offering insights into the conditions and trends shaping communities in contemporary America. The project seeks to contribute to a more detailed understanding of how different parts of the country are experiencing change and development.

Study Design

The 2023 poll was conducted using both online and telephone methods among a sample of 5,093 Americans aged 18 or older, with 4,493 surveys completed online and 600 interviews conducted via telephone. The online portion took place from June 7 to 23, 2023, utilizing Ipsos' probability-based KnowledgePanel, was offered in both English and Spanish, and recruited from thirteen of the fifteen community clusters. The telephone survey was conducted using a Random Digit Dialing (RDD) sample from June 12 to 23 and again from July 7 to 10, 2023. This phone survey was conducted in English only in the Native American Lands and Aging Farmlands. Due to time limitations, some questions were excluded from the RDD mode to keep the survey from becoming too lengthy.

The 2024 survey followed a similar structure, with a nationally representative probability sample of 5,312 general population adults aged 18 or older, with 4712 completed online and 600 interviews conducted via telephone. The online survey was administered from June 14 to July 1, 2024, and the phone survey was conducted from June 27 to July 6, 2024. As with the previous year, the online survey was conducted through KnowledgePanel targeting the same thirteen segments while the RDD phone survey targeted counties in the Aging Farmlands and Native American Lands. In the Native American Lands, only the cellphone sample was used. In the Aging Farmlands, 75% of interviews were conducted via cellphone and 25% were conducted on landlines.

Sample

The 2023 poll was conducted online from June 7 to 23, 2023 and via telephone from June 12 to 23 and again from July 7 to 10, 2023. A sample of 5,093 Americans aged 18 or older were recruited, with 4,493 surveys completed online and 600 interviews conducted via telephone.

The 2024 poll was conducted online from June 14 to July 1, 2024 and via telephone from June 27 to July 6, 2024. A sample of 5,312 Americans aged 18 or older were recruited, with 4712 surveys completed online and 600 interviews conducted via telephone.

Time Method

Cross-sectional

Universe

People over 18 living in the United States of America.

Unit(s) of Observation

Individual

Data Type(s)

Mode of Data Collection

Description of Variables

This data includes variables about participants' beliefs, values, and opinions regarding a range of topics such as political attitudes, engagement with news media, their feelings about their communities and the country as a whole. Demographic variables include race, religion, and household attributes.

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Original Release Date

2025-09-08

Version History

2025-09-08 ICPSR data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. ICPSR also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, ICPSR performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Performed consistency checks.
  • Created online analysis version with question text.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

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Weight

The data are not weighted, however, these data contain two weight variables: AREAWT (Community Cluster) and NATWT (National) to be used in analysis.

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Notes

  • The public-use data files in this collection are available for access by the general public. Access does not require affiliation with an ICPSR member institution.

  • One or more files in this data collection have special restrictions. Restricted data files are not available for direct download from the website; click on the Restricted Data button to learn more.

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This study is maintained and distributed by the Health and Medical Care Archive (HMCA). HMCA is the official data archive of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.