Census information in Argentina isn't just for demographers and bureaucrats any longer.

Traditionally, census data – which tells us much about who we are and how we live – has been hard to access in my country. But thanks to a new project launching today, reporters and citizens in Argentina will find it easier to examine and find patterns in the data.

Argentina’s La Nación newspaper has launched a news application that provides extensive information about the country using census results from 2001 and 2010. The official data covers the entire country and comes from Argentina’s National Statistics and Census Institute (INDEC). La Nación's data journalism team, which I have assisted in the past year as part of my Knight International Journalism Fellowship, created the application.

This is La Nación’s largest mapping project to date. Alongside organizations like ProPublica, La Nación has been at the forefront of a worldwide trend toward providing information in the spirit of public service and transparency, ultimately benefiting the audience and the public.

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