The Current Population Survey Civic Engagement and Volunteering (CEV) Supplement is the most robust longitudinal survey about volunteerism and other forms of civic engagement in the United States. Produced by AmeriCorps in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau, the CEV takes the pulse of our nation’s civic health every two years. The CEV can support evidence-based decision making and efforts to understand how people make a difference in communities across the country.

The findings on this page are based on data collected in September of 2017, 2019, and 2021. All figures are weighted to account for the random selection of eligible respondents and missing data due to nonresponse. They reflect state-level rates of six key measures of civic engagement:
FORMAL VOLUNTEERING: the estimated share of state residents who spent any time volunteering for any organization or association in the past year.
INFORMAL HELPING: the estimated share of state residents who did favors for each other such as house sitting, watching each other’s children, lending tools, and other things to help each other at least once in the past year.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP: the estimated share of state residents who belonged to any groups, organizations, or associations in the past year.
CHARITABLE GIVING: the estimated share of state residents who gave money or possessions with a combined value of more than $25 to a non-political group or organization such as a charity, school, or religious organization at least once in the past year.
TALKING WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY: the estimated share of state residents who talked to or spent time with family or friends at least once in the past year.
TALKING WITH NEIGHBORS: the estimated share of state residents who had a conversation or spent time with neighbors at least once in the past year.

A spreadsheet with all of these figures is provided as an attachment along with additional resources about the CEV data. Click on "Show More" to view and download.

For the full CEV datasets, please see https://data.americorps.gov/browse?q=cev&sortBy=last_modified&utf8=%E2%9C%93

For more top-line findings from the CEV, please see https://americorps.gov/about/our-impact/volunteering-civic-life

The Current Population Survey Civic Engagement and Volunteering (CEV) Supplement is the most robust longitudinal survey about volunteerism and other forms of civic engagement in the United States. Produced by AmeriCorps in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau, the CEV takes the pulse of our nation’s civic health every two years. The data on this page was collected in September of 2021. The CEV can support evidence-based decision making and efforts to understand how people make a difference in communities across the country.

For top-line findings from the 2021 CEV, please see https://americorps.gov/about/our-impact/volunteering-civic-life.

We encourage all users to download and review the following resources provided as attachments to this dataset (click on "Show More" to view):
1) 2021 CEV Top Line Findings - slides from January 27, 2023 presentation of top line findings
2) 2021 CEV Dataset Fact Sheet – brief summary of technical aspects of the 2021 CEV dataset
3) CEV FAQs – answers to frequently asked technical questions about the CEV
4) 2021 CEV Analytic Data and Setup Files – analytic dataset in Stata (.dta) and Excel (.csv) formats, codebook for analytic dataset, and Stata code (.do) to convert raw dataset to analytic formatting produced by AmeriCorps
5) 2021 CEV Technical Documentation – codebook for raw dataset and full supplement documentation produced by U.S. Census Bureau
6) 2021 CEV Nonresponse Analysis – technical report produced by U.S. Census Bureau
7) 2021 CEV Raw Data and Read In Files – raw dataset in Stata (.dta) format, Stata code (.do) and dictionary file (.dct) to read ASCII dataset (.dat) into Stata using layout files (.lis)

The Current Population Survey Civic Engagement and Volunteering (CEV) Supplement is the most robust longitudinal survey about volunteerism and other forms of civic engagement in the United States. Produced by AmeriCorps in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau, the CEV takes the pulse of our nation’s civic health every two years. The data on this page was collected in September of 2019. The CEV can support evidence-based decision making and efforts to understand how people make a difference in communities across the country.

For top-line findings from the 2019 CEV, please see https://americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/2019%20CPS%20CEV%20findings%20report%20CLEAN_10Dec2021_508.pdf

We encourage all users to download and review the following resources provided as attachments to this dataset:
1) CEV FAQs – answers to frequently asked technical questions about the CEV
2) 2019 CEV Analytic Data and Setup Files – analytic dataset in Stata (.dta) and Excel (.csv) formats, codebook for analytic dataset, and Stata code (.do) to convert raw dataset to analytic formatting produced by AmeriCorps
3) 2019 Technical Documentation – codebook for raw dataset and full supplement documentation produced by U.S. Census Bureau
4) 2019 CEV Raw Data and Read In Files – raw dataset in Stata (.dta) format, Stata code (.do) and dictionary file (.dct) to read ASCII dataset (.dat) into Stata using layout files (.lis)

The Current Population Survey Civic Engagement and Volunteering (CEV) Supplement is the most robust longitudinal survey about volunteerism and other forms of civic engagement in the United States. Produced by AmeriCorps in partnership with the U.S. Census Bureau, the CEV takes the pulse of our nation’s civic health every two years. The data on this page was collected in September of 2017. The CEV can support evidence-based decision making and efforts to understand how people make a difference in communities across the country.

For top-line findings from the 2017 CEV, please see https://americorps.gov/sites/default/files/document/Volunteering_in_America_States_508.pdf

We encourage all users to download and review the following resources provided as attachments to this dataset:
1) CEV FAQs – answers to frequently asked technical questions about the CEV
2) 2017 CEV Analytic Data and Setup Files – analytic dataset in Stata (.dta) and Excel (.csv) formats, codebook for analytic dataset, and Stata code (.do) to convert raw dataset to analytic formatting produced by AmeriCorps
3) 2017 Technical Documentation – codebook for raw dataset and full supplement documentation produced by U.S. Census Bureau
4) 2017 CEV Raw Data and Read In Files – raw dataset in Stata (.dta) format, Stata code (.do) and dictionary file (.dct) to read ASCII dataset (.dat) into Stata using layout files (.lis)

This dataset represents the percent distribution of AmeriCorps member terms which started their service in calendar year 2019 by race and ethnicity. This report excludes AmeriCorps Seniors volunteers. Included are percentage distributions from the United States Census Bureau's 2010-2019 State Population Characteristics dataset.