A data map of North Carolina shows Duke's impact across a variety of measures.

Durham, NC - Click on Duke University's new interactive website about its presence in North Carolina and you can see that 195 undergraduates call Wake County home. Another 119 hail from Durham County and more than 100 from the Charlotte area, with others coming from Dare County in the east to Cherokee County in the west.

The site also shows most Duke employees living in or near Durham, as would be expected, but also 206 in Carteret County, where Duke's Marine Lab is located, and 300 or more in both Mecklenburg and Guilford Counties. Similarly, Duke's alumni live across the state, even in less-populated areas such as North Carolina's mountainous fifth congressional district, which 1,884 Duke alums call home. Duke's research activities also extend far beyond Durham, such as to the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis.

"Many people are surprised to learn how much Duke touches people across North Carolina," said Michael Schoenfeld, the university's vice president for public affairs and government relations. "We've created this new site to give people an opportunity to play with the data and see for themselves how deep Duke's roots remain in North Carolina even as it has become a university with a national, and increasingly international, reputation."

In addition to providing data on Duke undergraduates, alumni, employees and research in North Carolina, the site offers information on financial aid, including breakdowns of how Duke's extensive aid programs intersect with state and federal assistance. Users can also view or print PDF files summarizing the impact of university and Duke health system activities in each of the state's congressional districts.

Tam Ferguson of the Office of News and Communications created the new data-visualization tool along with Duke's federal relations office, which has incorporated it into its website.