People
Population and Household Estimates and Projections
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Population
Estimates, Census Bureau. Annual
estimates of total population (by age, sex, race, and Hispanic
origin) for the nation, states, metropolitan areas, counties,
places, and county subdivisions. Annual estimates of components of
population change (births, deaths, migration) for the nation, states
and counties.
- Population Finder, Census Bureau.
Data tool providing population trends for the nation, states, counties, and places. Based on the decennial census and
the Census Bureau's post-census population estimates.
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Household
and Population Proxies, Internal
Revenue Service. Number of income tax returns (which can be used to
approximate households) and number of personal exemptions (which can
be used to approximate population), for states, counties, and zip
codes. ($$)
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Population
Projections, Census Bureau.
National and state population projections by age, sex, race, and
Hispanic origin. Projections available from 2000 to 2050 for the
nation and 1995 to 2025 for states.
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Household
Projections, Harvard University
Joint Center for Housing Studies. National household projections by age,
household type, race and Hispanic origin, and tenure. See Research
Note N06-1, "Revised Interim Joint Center Household Projections
Based Upon 1.2 Million Annual Net Immigrants," by George S.
Masnick and Eric S. Belsky. See also Research Note N06-4, “Addendum
to Research Note N06-1: Hispanic Household Projections Including
Additional Tenure Projection Detail by Age and Broad Family Type for
Non-Hispanic White and Total Minority Households,” by George
S. Masnick and Eric S. Belsky.
Demographic Characteristics of Persons,
Households, and Families
- Census
2000, Census Bureau.
Comprehensive demographic, socioeconomic and housing data for the
nation, states, metropolitan areas, counties, cities, places, census
tracts and other geographic areas. To obtain available data and
reports for a specific area, select appropriate state under "Data
Highlights".
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American
FactFinder People Lookup, Census
Bureau. Query-based access to Census 2000 demographic data for the
nation, states, counties, places, and Zip Code Tabulation Areas.
Data from the 2005 American Community Survey are available
for the nation and states and selected counties and places.
- American
Community Survey, Census Bureau.
This successor survey to the decennial census "long form"
provides annual demographic estimates for the nation, states, and
most metropolitan areas, counties, and places. Beginning in 2005,
estimates are available for geographic areas with populations of
65,000 or more. For additional tables, including cross tabulations,
see American FactFinder data sets.
- Living
Cities Databook Series,
Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution. Census 2000
data books for 23 cities in which the Living Cities Initiative
focuses its investments.
- Current
Population Survey, Census Bureau
and Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Current Population Survey
provides a variety of information on individuals, households, and
families including employment, earnings, age, sex, race, Hispanic
origin, marital status, educational attainment, income, poverty, and
health insurance coverage. Data are available annually for the
nation, regions, and states.
- Current
Population Survey Table Creator, Census Bureau. Tool to create customized tables for the nation and states from
the Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Variables include sex, race, Hispanic origin, age, nativity, family type and
size, worker status, education, income, poverty, disability, and health
insurance.
- Profiles
of America, Economic Research
Service, Department of Agriculture. Data tool to access demographic
and socioeconomic data for states and counties. Data provided in
tables, maps, and charts. Table data can be sorted or filtered by
rural indicators such as rural-urban continuum code or county
typology code.
- American
Housing Survey, Census Bureau and
Department of Housing and Urban Development. Contains a variety of
household characteristics data such as age, race, Hispanic origin,
household composition, and income. National data collected every odd
year; data for each of 47 selected metro areas are collected about
every four to six years.
- Special
Household Tabulations, Department
of Housing and Urban Development. Special tabulations of 1990 and
2000 Census data for households, by income, tenure, age of
householder, and housing conditions. The tables provide data for the
nation, states, metropolitan areas, counties, and places with
populations of 50,000 or more.
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Race
and Ethnic Distributions in the United States,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Census 2000 data for the
population 18 years and older by ethnicity and single and multiple
race categories, for states, metropolitan areas, counties, and
places of 50,000 or more. Data are presented for all multiple race
categories that account for one percent or more of the total
population of a geographic area.
- KIDS
COUNT Census Data Online, Annie
E. Casey Foundation. Demographic and socioeconomic data regarding
children and their families, for states, counties, cities,
metropolitan areas, Congressional districts, and state legislative
districts. Topics include age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, and
living arrangements. Based on Census 2000 data.
- Statistical
Information on Older Persons,
Administration on Aging. Population estimates and characteristics of
older Americans by state and county, based on data from the Census
Bureau and other federal statistical agencies.
- Demographic
Data on Single People, American
Association for Single People. Tables providing demographic data on
singles, by state. Includes proportion of population that is single
and Congressional districts with an unmarried majority.
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Immigration
Statistics, Office of Immigration
Statistics, Department of Homeland Security. Annual data for the
nation and states on immigrants admitted, naturalizations, refugees,
asylees, temporary admissions, undocumented immigrants, legal
permanent residents, and aliens eligible for naturalization.
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American
Religion Data Archive,
Pennsylvania State University. Data from about 200 surveys on
churches and church membership, religious professionals, and
religious groups (individuals, congregations and denominations).
Query-based profiles available for states, metropolitan areas, and
counties and maps available by state. Survey data available for
download.
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Religious
Affiliation, Adherents.com.
Reference material on religious affiliation by country, state, and
metropolitan area. Drawn from multiple sources.
Income, Earnings, Poverty, and Wealth
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Regional
Economic Information System (REIS),
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). Personal income by source and per
capita income for the nation, states, metropolitan areas, BEA
regions, and counties. Disposable per capita income for states.
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Median
Family Income, Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Estimated median family income
and HUD assisted housing program income limits for states,
metropolitan areas, and non-metropolitan counties.
-
American
FactFinder, Census Bureau. Access
to income and poverty data from the decennial census and American
Community Survey.
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Small
Area Income and Poverty Estimates,
Census Bureau. Annual income and poverty estimates for states,
school districts, and counties. Estimates are based on modeled
relationships between income or poverty levels and income tax and
program data for states and selected counties.
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Income
and Poverty
Statistics, Current Population Survey, Census Bureau. The Annual
Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population Survey is
the source of official federal income and poverty estimates for the
nation. Data are also available for regions and states.
- Current
Population Survey Table Creator, Census Bureau. Tool to create customized tables for the nation and states from
the Current Population Survey's Annual Social and Economic Supplement.
Variables include sex, race, Hispanic origin, age, nativity, family type and
size, worker status, education, income, poverty, disability, and health
insurance.
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Profiles
of America, Economic Research
Service, Department of Agriculture. Data tool to access income and
poverty data for states and counties. Data provided in tables, maps,
and charts.
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Individual
Income Tax Returns, Internal
Revenue Service. Adjusted gross income, itemized deductions, taxable
income, tax liability, and earned income tax credit, for states,
counties, and ZIP codes. ($)
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Child
Poverty Statistics, National
Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University. Data on
children and families living in poverty and near-poverty, by state.
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Quarterly
Census of Employment and Wages,
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Total wages, average annual wage, and
average weekly wage by industry for the nation, states, metropolitan
areas, and counties.
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Earnings
and Employment Data, Social
Security Administration. Annual report providing earnings and
employment data for self-employed and wage and salary workers
covered under Social Security. Data for states available by gender,
race, and age and for counties by gender and race.
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Wealth
and Asset Ownership, Census
Bureau. Periodic national estimates of income, wealth, and asset
ownership of households from the Survey of Income and Program
Participation.
-
Survey
of Consumer Finances, Federal
Reserve Board. Triennial survey providing national-level information
on household balance sheets and use of financial services.
-
Bankruptcy
Filings, American Bankruptcy
Institute. Annual and quarterly data since 1980 on business and
non-business bankruptcy filings, by state and judicial district.
Workforce Characteristics
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American
FactFinder, Census Bureau. Web
access tool for detailed data on workforce characteristics from the
decennial census and the American Community Survey. From the 2000
Decennial Census, data are
available for the nation, states, metropolitan areas, counties,
cities, places, census tracts and other geographic areas. From the
American
Community Survey, annual data are available for the nation, states, and most metropolitan areas,
places, and counties. Beginning in 2005, data are available for
geographic areas with population of 65,000 or more. (The American
Community Survey is the successor to decennial census “long
form” [summary file 3] data.)
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Census
2000 Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Tabulation,
Census Bureau. Census 2000 data on workforce characteristics
(occupation, educational attainment, race, ethnicity, age, and sex)
by place of residence and place of work. Data available for the
nation, states, metropolitan areas, counties, places of 50,000 or
more population, and multi-county regions.
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Job
Patterns for Minorities and Women in Private Industry,
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Commission. Annual data on
employment in major occupational categories by gender and
race/ethnicity, for states and metropolitan areas. Drawn from EEO-1
reports filed by private employers.
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Geographic
Profile of Employment and Unemployment,
Bureau of Labor Statistics. Characteristics of labor force and
employed workers for states, 50 metropolitan areas, and 17 central
cities. Includes labor force and worker distributions by occupation,
industry of employment, population characteristic (age, sex, race,
and Hispanic origin), and full- and part-time work. Based on Current
Population Survey.
Places
State, Metropolitan, City, County, and
Neighborhood Profiles
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State
and County QuickFacts, Census
Bureau. Clickable-map access to data profiles for states and
counties. Data topics include population, income and poverty,
housing, business activity, land area, and population density. Also
provides access to data tables from the Economic Census, County
Business Patterns, USA Counties, Small Area Poverty and Income
Estimates, and the decennial census.
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State
of the Cities Data System,
Department of Housing and Urban Development. Query-based access to
metropolitan, central city, and suburban data on demographics, jobs,
unemployment, crime, housing, and government finances.
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Regional
Economic Conditions, Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation. Data on labor force, employment,
income, housing, and real estate for states, metropolitan areas, and
counties. Updated eight times annually. Tools are provided to build
maps, tables, and charts.
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Regional
Reports and Maps, Metropolitan
Area Research Corporation. Analytic reports and geographically
detailed color-coded maps describing social, racial, public
education, fiscal, land use, and political trends for the largest 25
metropolitan areas.
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State
and Metropolitan Area Data Book,
Census Bureau. Wide variety of social and economic data for states
and metropolitan areas. State and metropolitan area data and
rankings are available in Excel and .pdf formats. Full publication
is available in .pdf format.
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County
and City Data Book, Census
Bureau. Wide variety of social and economic data for all counties,
cities with 25,000 or more inhabitants, and places of 2,500 or more
inhabitants. Data and rankings are available on-line for cities of
200,000 or more. Full publication is available in print or on
CD-ROM.
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USA
Counties, Census Bureau.
Query-based access to a wide variety of social and economic data for
all counties.
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City
and Town Indicators, ERSys.com.
Data profiles of cities, towns, and places covering multiple topics
including demographics, housing, education, environment, labor,
transportation, and quality of life.
-
Comprehensive
Market Analysis Reports,
Department of Housing and Urban Development. Analysis of economic,
demographic, and housing characteristics of select housing markets
in the United States. Each report presents counts and estimates of
employment, population, households, and housing inventory.
-
Census
Tract Reports, Federal Financial
Institutions Examination Council. Demographic, income, and housing
statistics by census tract from the decennial census.
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Neighborhood Scout, Location, Inc. Analytic tool that allows user to identify
neighborhoods that match specified criteria. Also provides access to school ratings,
neighborhood profiles, neighborhood housing appreciation rates. ($)
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Catosphere
, Catenate, LLC. Demographics available for download. Choose maps or
data reports for standard geographic units or user-defined areas
that can be used for market research, marketing campaigns, or retail
location studies. ($$)
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National
Neighborhood Indicators Partnership,
Urban Institute. Access to a wide variety of metropolitan, place,
and neighborhood data provided by information intermediaries in more
than two dozen metropolitan areas.
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Rural-Urban
Continuum Codes, Economic
Research Service, Department of Agriculture. A nine-part
classification scheme that distinguishes metropolitan counties by
population size and non-metropolitan counties by size of urban
population and proximity to metropolitan areas.
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Best
Places to Live, Money
Magazine. Annual quality-of-life ranking of 300 metropolitan
areas. Data are provided on 20 topics including pollution, crime,
weather, arts and culture, housing, and the economy.
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Sperling's
BestPlaces, Fast Forward, Inc.
Tools for comparing metropolitan areas on cost of living, schools,
crime, climate, housing, health, and other topics.
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City
Profiles, RealEstateJournal, Wall
Street Journal. Wide variety of data on the 100 largest U.S.
cities. Topics include housing, weather, crime, cost of living,
taxes, health care, education, and transportation. Data drawn from
multiple public and private sources.
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Neighborhood
Demographic Data, Yahoo! Real Estate.
ZIP code profiles containing demographics, crime, and cost-of-living
data, as well as data on individual schools.
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The
City Report, Homefair.com.
Comparison of cities in terms of cost of living, crime, and other
information.
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KidsCount,
Annie E. Casey Foundation. Series of socioeconomic profiles of
families and children in states, metropolitan areas, counties,
cities, towns, and Congressional Districts.
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Kid-Friendly
Cities Report Card, Population
Connection. Data and grades for 239 cities regarding factors that
affect the health and well-being of children. Indicators cover
health, education, public safety, economics, environment, and
community life. Published biennially.
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Living
Cities Databook Series,
Metropolitan Policy Program, The Brookings Institution. Databooks on
23 of the nation’s largest cities, based on Census 2000 data.
Cross-city analytic reports available as well.
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Metropolitan
Racial and Ethnic Change, Lewis
Mumford Center, State University of New York at Albany. Analysis of
race and ethnicity data from 1990 and 2000 Censuses measuring extent
of integration and segregation for 331 metropolitan areas. Data are
provided for total population and children alone and are available
for central cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas. Rankings are
available as well.
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CensusScope,
Social Science Data Analysis Network, University of Michigan. Tool
for analyzing Census 2000 data for states, metropolitan areas,
cities, and counties. Provides maps, charts, rankings, and reports.
See in particular the segregation
indices.
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Census
Notes and Data, Fannie Mae
Foundation. Series of analyses of decennial census data on a variety
of topics including urban population trends, suburban development,
homeownership, housing affordability, and overcrowding.
Costs of Living and Consumer Prices
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Consumer
Price Index (CPI), Bureau of
Labor Statistics. Price indexes for the nation, the four Census
regions, and 26 metropolitan areas. Data are also available by size
of metropolitan area and for cross-classifications of regions and
size-classes (e.g., metropolitan areas of over 1.5 million
population in the West). Indexes are available for major types of
consumer expenditures (food and beverages, housing, apparel,
transportation, medical care, recreation, education and
communications, and other goods and services), for items within each
group, and for special categories, such as services.
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DataMasters.
Cost of living comparisons for 399 U.S. cities and metropolitan
areas. Data include tax costs from Tax Foundation, Department of
Commerce, and other sources and goods and services costs from the
American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association.
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Cost
of Living Index, ACCRA. Relative
price levels for consumer goods and services in 300 urban areas.
Includes a composite index and separate indexes for housing,
utilities, grocery items, transportation, health care, and
miscellaneous goods and services. Published quarterly. Free
comparison of major metropolitan areas available for latest quarter.
($)
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Salary
Calculator, Homefair.com. Cost of
living comparison between U.S. cities. Also includes cost of living
for cities in Canada and other foreign countries.
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Cost
of Living Calculator, Money
Magazine. Cost of living comparison between U.S. cities.
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Cost
of Living, Economy.com. Cost of
living indexes for all U.S. metropolitan areas.
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Poverty
and Family Budgets, Economic
Policy Institute. Access to an array of state and metropolitan data
concerning "basic family budgets" (i.e., the income
required to meet basic family needs).
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Family
Self-Sufficiency Budgets, Wider
Opportunities for Women. Estimates of family budget required for
self-sufficiency, by county and family type. Reports available for
most states and selected metropolitan areas.
Migration and Geographic Mobility
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Geographic
Mobility and Migration, Census
Bureau. Access to four Census Bureau data series (decennial census,
Current Population Survey, Survey of Income and Program
Participation, Population Estimates and Projections) that contain
information on geographic mobility and migration.
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American
Community Survey, Census Bureau.
Geographic mobility and migration data for the nation, states, and
most metropolitan areas, counties, and places. Beginning in 2005,
data are available for geographic areas with a population of 65,000
or more. (The American Community Survey is a continuous measurement
survey designed to produce annual demographic and housing estimates
and replace the “long form” in the 2010 Census.) For
additional tables, see American
FactFinder.
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Migration
Statistics, Internal Revenue
Service. Annual data on county-to-county and state-to-state
in-migration and out-migration. ($$)
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Profiles
of America, Economic Research
Service, Department of Agriculture. Data tool to access migration
data for states and counties. Data provided in tables, maps, and
charts.
Journey to Work
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Journey
to Work, Bureau of Economic
Analysis. Number of commuters from county of residence to county of
work from the 1970 to 2000 Censuses.
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Urban
Mobility Information, Texas
Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University. Includes annual
review of highway traffic mobility in 68 urban areas, with rankings
from 1982 to the latest year. Data include capacity of freeways and
principal arterial streets, peak period travel speeds, level of
congestion, and extent and costs of delay.
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County-to-County
Worker Flow Files, Census Bureau.
Journey-to-work data by county from Census 2000.
- Profiles
of America, Economic Research
Service, Department of Agriculture. Data tool to access
journey-to-work data for states and counties. Data provided in
tables, maps, and charts.
-
Census
Transportation Planning Package 2000,
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials.
Provides geographically detailed Census 2000 data on place of work,
place of residence for workers, and flow of workers between home and
work.
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Data
for Transportation Planning, Transportation
Research Board. Access
to data and analysis from multiple sources regarding journey to
work.
Mapping
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Enterprise
Geographic Information System,
Department of Housing and Urban Development. Tools that map housing
and other data at the neighborhood level.
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Regional
Reports and Maps, Metropolitan
Area Research Corporation. Geographically detailed color-coded maps
describing social, racial, public education, fiscal, land use, and
political trends for the largest 25 metropolitan areas.
-
National
Neighborhood Indicators Partnership,
Urban Institute. Access to community data mapping tools provided by
information intermediaries in more than two dozen metropolitan areas.
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Geodata.gov,
Geospatial One-Stop. Web access to geographic information system
data and related tools.
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Geography
Network, ESRI. Comprehensive
on-line portal to maps and geographic information system data at all
levels of geography.
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Topologically
Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (TIGER),
Census Bureau. Digital database of geographic features such as
roads, railroads, rivers, lakes, political boundaries, and census
statistical boundaries covering the entire United States. Contains
information about these features such as their location in latitude
and longitude, their names, the type of feature, address ranges for
most streets, and the geographic relationship to other features.
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National
Atlas of the United States, U.S.
Geological Survey. Web-interactive map, digital geospatial data
(e.g., soils, boundaries, volcanoes, and principal aquifers), and
geostatistical data (e.g., crime patterns, population distribution,
and incidence of disease). Boundary and geospatial options include
county, state, ZIP code, and geographic coordinates like latitude
and longitude.
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MABLE/Geocorr
, Missouri Census Data Center. Web-based engine that identifies the
correspondence among a wide variety of geographic units (e.g., states,
counties, places, census tracts, ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, core based
statistical areas, congressional districts, school districts, labor market
areas). Point-and-distance and bounding box filter options available.
Housing Stock, Production, and Investment
Current Characteristics of the Housing Stock
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American
Housing Survey, Census Bureau and
Department of Housing and Urban Development. Data on the housing
stock including structure type, vacancy status, tenure, housing and
neighborhood quality, housing costs, heating equipment and fuels,
and size of housing unit. National data are collected every odd
year. Data for each of 47 selected metropolitan areas are collected
about every four to six years.
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American
FactFinder Housing Lookup, Census
Bureau. Query-based access to Census 2000 data on housing
characteristics for the nation, states, places, and ZIP codes.
- American
Community Survey, Census Bureau.
Annual estimates since 2000 of housing characteristics for the
nation, states, and most metropolitan areas, counties, and places.
Beginning in 2005, data are available for geographic areas with
population of 65,000 or more. (The American Community Survey is a
continuous measurement survey designed to produce annual demographic
and housing estimates and replace the “long form” in the
2010 Census.) For additional tables, including cross tabulations, see
American
FactFinder data sets.
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Housing
Unit Estimates, Census Bureau.
Annual estimates of housing units for the nation, states, and
counties from the Census Bureau’s Population Estimates
Program.
- Apartment
Stock Fact and Figures, National Multi-Housing Council. State and large
metropolitan area data on apartment stocks and state data on apartment building
ownership and management.
Housing Production and Investment
- New
Residential Construction, Census
Bureau. Monthly and annual data on residential building permits,
housing starts, and housing completions. Permit data are available
for states, metropolitan areas, and places; housing starts and
completions data are available for the nation and Census regions.
- Building
Permit Time Series and Forecasts,
Economagic.com. Access to Census Bureau building permit time series
data for states and metropolitan areas. User-prepared on-line
forecasts available for a fee. ($)
- New
Apartment Construction, National Multi-Housing Council. Number and value of
apartment units (here defined as units in structures with 2 or more units)
authorized by building permit in 2005, by state. Also provides national data on
construction financed by the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit.
- The
State of the Nation's Housing,
Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies. Data on housing
production, sales, and prices for the nation. Some data are provided
for states and metropolitan areas. Annual report.
- Housing
Economics Online, National
Association of Home Builders. Current data and forecasts on housing
industry and market activity at state and local levels. ($)
- Manufactured
Housing Statistics, Census
Bureau. Data on new manufactured homes including shipments,
placements, and average sales price. All data are available for the
nation and Census regions. Data on placements and price are
available by state.
- Construction
Cost Calculator,
RealEstateJournal, Wall Street Journal. Tool for estimating
likely range of construction costs in specific metropolitan areas,
by type and size of project. Includes breakdowns for plumbing;
electrical; and heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning.
- Construction
Spending, Census Bureau. National
data on dollar value of new residential and nonresidential
construction put in place.
Evolution of the Housing Stock
- Historical
Census of Housing, Census Bureau.
Decennial census housing data for states for 1940 to 2000, and for
metropolitan areas, counties, places, and census tracts for 1990 and
2000.
- Historical
Statistical Abstracts, Census
Bureau. Access to housing-related data from U.S. statistical
abstracts, 1878-2003.
Housing Markets
General
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American
Housing Survey, Census Bureau and
Department of Housing and Urban Development. A variety of household
and housing data including structure type, vacancy status, tenure,
household type, income, housing and neighborhood quality, housing
costs, heating equipment and fuels, size of housing unit, and recent
movers. National data are collected every odd year. Data for each of
47 selected metropolitan areas are collected about every four to six
years.
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American
FactFinder Housing Lookup, Census
Bureau. Query-based access to Census 2000 data on housing
characteristics for the nation, states, places, and ZIP codes.
-
The
State of the Nation's Housing,
Harvard University Joint Center for Housing Studies. Annual report
providing housing market data and analysis for the nation, with
selected data for states, metropolitan areas, and cities. Topics
include housing and the economy, demographic trends affecting
housing demand, homeownership, rental housing, and low-income
housing challenges.
- Apartment
Renter Demographics, National Multi-Housing Council. Data on apartment renter demographics.
Market Conditions and Outlook
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U.S.
Housing Market Conditions,
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Quarterly review
of housing market conditions in the nine HUD regions, with rotating
profiles of one metropolitan area per region. Also contains building
permit data for states and the 50 largest metropolitan areas.
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Housing
Vacancies and Homeownership,
Census Bureau. Annual statistics since 1986 on housing vacancies by
tenure and homeownership for states and the 75 largest metropolitan
areas. Quarterly statistics are available for the nation and Census
regions.
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Survey
of Market Absorption, Census
Bureau. Data on privately financed, new apartments and
condominiums/coops completed and absorption rates for the nation,
Census regions, and metropolitan/non-metropolitan areas. Includes
information on unit characteristics such as number of bedrooms and
asking rent or price.
- Regional
Overviews, Reis.com. Quarterly
reports covering the apartment, office, retail, and industrial real
estate markets in 50 metropolitan areas. Data include vacancy rate,
asking rent, and supply/demand trends. ($)
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Comprehensive
Market Analysis Reports,
Department of Housing and Urban Development. Analysis of economic,
demographic, and housing inventory characteristics of select housing
markets in the United States. Each report presents counts and
estimates of employment, population, households, and housing
inventory.
-
Housing
Market Index, National
Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo. National index of home
builders’ assessment of market conditions for single-family
homes, including current and expected sales and potential buyer
traffic.
-
Economic
and Real Estate Trends, PMI
Mortgage Insurance, Inc. Quarterly report containing commentary on
regional house price trends and home price and labor market
indicators for the 50 most populous metropolitan areas. For each
metropolitan area, PMI also calculates a "Risk Index"
estimating the probability of a metropolitan-wide house price
decline over the next two years.
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Apartment
Market Outlook, Marcus & Millichap Research Services. Periodic
news releases for 40 metro areas on apartment market conditions.
-
Multi-Housing
Outlook, Torto Wheaton Research. Provides comprehensive data, forecasts and real
estate fundamentals for 85 metropolitan areas with submarket detail. Users can create
customized reports and market analyses by market and property type. ($)
Sales Prices
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House
Price Index, Office of Federal
Housing Enterprise Oversight, Department of Housing and Urban
Development. Quarterly index beginning in 1975 of single-family
house price appreciation for states and 325 metropolitan areas.
Index tracks average price changes in repeat sales or refinancings
on the same single-family properties with conventional, conforming
mortgages purchased or securitized by Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae.
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Conventional
Mortgage Home Price Index,
Freddie Mac. Quarterly index beginning in 1975 of single-family home
price change by Census division, state, and metropolitan area. Index
tracks average house price changes in repeat sales or refinancings
on the same single-family properties with conventional, conforming
mortgages purchased or securitized by Freddie Mac or Fannie Mae.
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Sales
and Prices of New Single-Family Homes,
Census Bureau. National-level sales, prices, and price indices for
new single-family homes, from the Census Bureau’s Survey of
Construction.
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Sales
and Prices of Existing Homes,
National Association of Realtors. Sales and prices of existing
(i.e., previously occupied) homes, for the nation,
states, and 140 metropolitan areas. Pending sales (i.e., sales
contract signed but sale transaction not closed) data also available
here.
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Case-Shiller
Price Indices, Case-Shiller-Weiss. Case-Shiller housing price indices for states,
metropolitan areas, counties and ZIP codes and home price forecasts
for selected cities. ($)
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Home
Price Check, Domania, Inc. Sales
prices of individual homes.
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Home
Price Check, RealEstateJournal,
Wall Street Journal -- Sales prices of individual homes.
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Zillow.com
. Current value estimates for individual homes.
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Housing
Maps. Current listings of housing
for sale, mapped by location, for select cities.
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Risk
of Housing Price Decline, PMI
Mortgage Insurance, Inc. Quarterly index assessing probability of
house price declines in 50 metropolitan areas.
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Manufactured
Housing Prices, Census Bureau.
Data on average sales price of new manufactured homes for the
nation, Census regions, and states.
Monthly Housing Costs
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Consumer
Price Index, Bureau of Labor
Statistics. Index of shelter and housing-related costs for the
nation, Census regions, and 26 metropolitan areas. Data are also
available by size of metropolitan area and for cross-classifications
of regions and metropolitan size-classes (e.g., metropolitan areas
of over 1.5 million population in the West).
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American
Housing Survey, Census Bureau and
Department of Housing and Urban Development. Data on monthly housing
costs. National data are collected every odd year. Data for each of
47 selected metropolitan areas are collected about every four to six
years.
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American
FactFinder Housing Lookup, Census
Bureau. Query-based access to Census 2000 data on housing
characteristics for the nation, states, places, and ZIP codes.
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American
FactFinder, Census Bureau.
Query-based access to monthly housing cost data from the 1990 and
2000 Censuses and the American Community Survey (2000 to the latest
year), for the nation, states, metropolitan areas, and local areas.
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Fair
Market Rents and 50th
Percentile Rent Estimates,
Department of Housing and Urban Development. Annual estimates of
fair market rents (FMRs) and median rents, by number of bedrooms,
for 354 metropolitan areas and 2,350 nonmetropolitan counties. FMRs
determine the eligibility of rental housing units for the Section 8
Housing Assistance Payments program and serve as the payment
standard used to calculate subsidies under the Rental Voucher
program.
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Housing
Maps. Current listings of housing
for rent, mapped by location, for select cities.
Economic Impacts of Housing
- Economic
Impacts of Housing, National
Association of Home Builders. Estimates of national and local
economic impact of new residential construction and the housing
sector.
Housing Finance
- Home
Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Reports,
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council. Data from 1997
to the latest year on loan applications, originations, and sales for
home purchase, refinancing, home improvement, and multi-family
housing. Data are available for the nation and metropolitan areas
and include information on applicant/borrower race, gender and
income.
- Private
Mortgage Insurance Reports,
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council. Data from 2000
to the latest year on the disposition of private mortgage insurance
applications by race, gender, and income of applicant. Data are
available for the nation and metropolitan areas.
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Mortgage
and Market Data, Mortgage Bankers
Association of America. A variety of mortgage-related data for the
nation, states, and metropolitan areas, including mortgage
applications; mortgage originations estimates and forecasts; and
mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures. Select data are available
for states and metropolitan areas. ($)
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Residential
Finance Survey, Census Bureau.
Provides a variety of national-level data on the financing
of nonfarm, privately-owned residential properties. Prepared in
conjunction with the decennial census.
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Primary
Mortgage Market Survey, Freddie
Mac. Weekly survey that produces national and regional estimates of
interest rates and points on conventional conforming home mortgage
loans.
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Monthly
Interest Rate Survey, Federal
Housing Finance Board. Data on interest rates and terms on
conventional mortgage loans for the purchase of single-family homes.
Also includes sales price data. National data are released monthly
and state and metropolitan data are released annually.
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Mortgage
Interest Rates, Bankrate.com.
Current mortgage interest rates for the nation, states, and
metropolitan areas. Based on a weekly survey of 4,000 banks in 173
markets in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
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Data
on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight (OFHEO). OFHEO
produces an annual report to Congress that contains a variety of
historical national-level data on business activity and financial
health of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
- Government-Sponsored
Enterprise Data, Department of
Housing and Urban Development. Microdata on mortgage purchases of
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Single-family data sets include
borrower's income, race and gender; census tract location of
property; loan-to-value ratio; and affordability. Multifamily data
sets include number, type and affordability of units; size of
property; and mortgage balance.
- MarketPulse,
LoanPerformance. Periodic report on residential mortgage activity by
type of product (prime mortgages, subprime mortgages, home equity
lines of credit, and mortgage- and asset-backed securities). The
focus is on delinquency and prepayment rates for states and
metropolitan areas. Free subscription. Back
issues available.
Housing Access and Affordability
Housing Affordability
- Housing
Opportunity Index, National
Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo. Quarterly report
ranking metropolitan areas in terms of percent of homes sold that a
family earning the metropolitan median income could afford to
purchase. ($)
- Housing
Affordability Index, National
Association of Realtors. Monthly and quarterly national indices on
the affordability of existing single-family homes. Includes a
first-time homebuyer affordability index.
- Rental
Housing Affordability, National
Low Income Housing Coalition. Annual "Out of Reach"
publication provides estimates of current affordability of Fair
Market Rents established by the Department of Housing and Urban
Development. Data are available for states, metropolitan areas,
counties, and New England towns.
- Paycheck
to Paycheck, Center for Housing
Policy. Affordability of rental and owned housing for employees in
selected occupations in 210 metropolitan areas.
Housing Needs
- Affordable Housing
Needs Data and Research, National Low Income Housing Coalition. Data and
research reports on affordable housing needs at the state, metropolitan area,
county, and city levels.
- Low-Income
Housing, Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities. Periodic reports on low-income housing needs and
policy, with data for states.
- Housing
Needs Tables, Department of
Housing and Urban Development. Access to 1990 and 2000 Census data
on housing problems of low- and moderate-income households for
states, counties, and places. Data are provided by tenure and for
elderly households. Data
file download for the nation and
states is also available.
- Worst-Case
Housing Needs, Department of
Housing and Urban Development. Periodic report to Congress
containing national-level data on housing problems of unassisted
very-low-income renters.
- Hunger
and Homelessness in America's Cities,
U.S. Conference of Mayors. Annual report on hunger and homelessness
in 27 cities. Previous
reports are available.
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Rural
Housing Assistance, Housing
Assistance Council. The Housing Assistance Council provides
information on housing needs and federal housing assistance programs
in rural areas.
Federal Housing Assistance
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Assisted
Housing, Department of Housing
and Urban Development. Periodic subsidized housing data by state,
housing agency, and property.
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Low-Income
Housing Tax Credits, Department
of Housing and Urban Development. Database on properties receiving
Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. Data include project address, total
number of units, low-income units, number of bedrooms, year the
credit was allocated, year the project was placed in service,
whether the project was new construction or rehab, type of credit
provided, and other sources of project financing.
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Qualified
Census Tracts and Difficult Development Areas,
Department of Housing and Urban Development. Table generator for
census tracts qualified for Low-Income Housing Tax Credits.
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Multifamily
Assistance and Section 8 Contracts Database,
Department of Housing and Urban Development. Project-level data on
number and type (number of bedrooms) of housing units covered by
Section 8 assistance contracts and expiration year for those
contracts.
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Enterprise
Geographic Information System,
Department of Housing and Urban Development. Dynamic maps of
federally supported housing and community development efforts, to
the street level.
Segregation and Discrimination
- Residential
Segregation Indices, Census
Bureau. A variety of residential segregation indices calculated for
metropolitan areas and places.
- Residential
Segregation Indices, Social
Science Data Analysis Network, University of Michigan. Variety of
residential segregation indices calculated for metropolitan areas
and places.
- Metropolitan
Racial and Ethnic Segregation,
Lewis Mumford Center, State University of New York at Albany. Race
and ethnicity data from the 1990 and 2000 Censuses and analysis of
integration and segregation for 331 metropolitan areas. Data are
provided for the total population and children alone and are
available for central cities, suburbs, and metropolitan areas.
Rankings are available as well.
- Housing
Discrimination Studies,
Department of Housing and Urban Development. Reports and data on
rental and owner market discrimination for the nation and
metropolitan areas.