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Welcome back to #TuesdayTips for leaders of volunteers! This week, a quick summary of the new AmeriCorps and U.S.Census research on civic engagement published in late 2024, with a special focus on volunteering trends.
The Civic Engagement and Volunteering (CEV) Supplement of the Current Population Survey, conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau in partnership with AmeriCorps, is a nationally representative, valuable resource for understanding various types of civic engagement over time. The CEV is the most comprehensive longitudinal survey about volunteerism and other forms of civic engagement in the United States, and takes the pulse of our nation’s civic health every two years.
Over 47,000 Americans aged 16 and up completed the latest survey. Their responses were then weighted to generate statistics about the prevalence of specific civic behaviors at the national level, within each state, and in the largest twelve Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) where it is possible to produce reliable estimates.
Over 28 percent of Americans-or 75.7 million people-volunteered for an organization between September 2022 and 2023. Half of formal volunteers served 24 hours or more during this period. Collectively, formal volunteers served an estimated 4.99 billion hours and contributed over $167.2 billion in economic value. A first-of-its-kind measure of virtual volunteering introduced in 2023 also shows that 18 percent of formal volunteers served completely or partially online.
Check out the full research report below for results in all 5 areas of civic engagement, and a very cool interactive dashboard:
americorps.gov...
And for the first time ever in 2023, survey results on virtual and hybrid volunteering:
americorps.gov...
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