Data & Statistics - Urban Studies - Research Guide

US Census

See guide, U.S. Census Data, for complete guide.

Social Explorer
Easy to access maps and tables from 1790-2010 census, plus American Community Survey through 2015. Downloadable in Excel, CSV, SPSS, SAS, and Stata file formats.
Data.census.gov (aka Explore Census Data)
The US Census Bureau's primary delivery platform - a free data site - for the American Community Survey, the most recent Decennial Census, and other Census Bureau data releases.
TIGER Products
Source for free shapefiles and KMLs of census boundaries, for use with GIS or Google Earth (KML)

ICMA datasets
Microdata datasets for US national surveys of municipal governments conducted by the International City / County Management Association. Topics covered are: municipal form of government, economic development, alternative service delivery, government technology solutions, innovations and emerging practices in local government, immigrant communities, smart cities, sustainability in local government, and state of the profession.
Community Health Data Base - Penn Libraries data resources
Online data analysis tools and microdata datasets for the Southeast Pennsylvania Household Health Survey, the largest and longest-running metropolitan health survey in the US.
C2ER Regional Economic Data Toolkit
Includes:
• Cost of Living Index Calculator, covering cost of living indexes and prices for 76 goods and services in 250 U.S. cities, 1990 to the present.
• Diversity Index, using employment, demographic, and economic indicators to compare economic diversity across U.S. counties.
Foundation Maps
Map-based visualization of philanthropic funding flows.

Proquest Statistical Insight
Index of statistical publications by federal, state, and local governments, as well as some trade associations and research centers. A good starting point for statistical information.
PolicyMap
Data relevant to U.S. federal, state, and local social policy and community planning presented in a mapping interface.

Municipal Year Book
Findings of studies of local governments collected by the International City/County Management Association, including statistics on police and fire personnel compensation.

SimplyAnalytics
Web-based mapping application that including a wide range of underlying data, including census, consumer expenditure and business counts. Datasets include Claritas PRIZM and Simmons Local.

City Crime Rankings
Derived from the FBI's UCR, this CQ Press publication ranks cities and metropolitan areas by total crime and Crime Index (Part I) offenses: murder, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, larceny, motor vehicle theft, and arson. 1996-present.
County and City Data Books (1944-2000)
Interactive historic demographic, social, economic, and industry data on US cities, counties, and states. Produced from CCDB data files by University of Virginia Library.
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Reports and statistics on urban issues.
Homelessness Analytics
Data and maps on homelessness.
UN Habitat Urban Data
Data from the United Nations Human Settlement Program
OpenDataPhilly
"OpenDataPhilly is a catalog of open data in the Philadelphia region. In addition to being the official open data repository for the City, it includes data sets from many organizations in the region."