How well do you know the community you serve?

Rob Paral and Associates help organizations deepen relationships with their community.

We do this by providing new demographic, social and economic information, and by determining attitudes, experiences and program usage among the populations served by our clients.

Reports and Wikis

What Does the 2010 Census Tell Us About Metropolitan Chicago?

This report looks at the population trends and shifts of the 2010 Census and how they might affect political redistricting in Illinois.

We often create wikis for our clients: simple web sites delivering a lot of data. Take a look!

Benchmarks of Immigrant Civic Engagement

Measures of Immigrant Civic Integration in the U.S.

Interactive Maps

We creatively use GIS to describe patterns of need. Here are two examples.

Chicago Arts Map: Create one!








New time-lapse views of Chicago: fun!