People

Population and Household Estimates and Projections

• 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.
• 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. ($$)
• 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.
• 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".
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Religious Affiliation, Adherents.com. Reference material on religious affiliation by country, state, and metropolitan area. Drawn from multiple sources.

Income, Earnings, Poverty, and Wealth

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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. ($)
• Child Poverty Statistics, National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University. Data on children and families living in poverty and near-poverty, by state.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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

• 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.)
• 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.
• 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. 
• 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

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• USA Counties, Census Bureau. Query-based access to a wide variety of social and economic data for all counties.
• 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.
• 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. ($)
• 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. ($$)

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• Sperling's BestPlaces, Fast Forward, Inc. Tools for comparing metropolitan areas on cost of living, schools, crime, climate, housing, health, and other topics.
• 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.
• Neighborhood Demographic Data, Yahoo! Real Estate. ZIP code profiles containing demographics, crime, and cost-of-living data, as well as data on individual schools.
• The City Report, Homefair.com. Comparison of cities in terms of cost of living, crime, and other information.
• KidsCount, Annie E. Casey Foundation. Series of socioeconomic profiles of families and children in states, metropolitan areas, counties, cities, towns, and Congressional Districts.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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

• 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.
• 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.
• 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. ($)
• 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.
• Cost of Living Calculator, Money Magazine. Cost of living comparison between U.S. cities.
• Cost of Living, Economy.com. Cost of living indexes for all U.S. metropolitan areas.
• 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).
• 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

• 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.
• 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.
• Migration Statistics, Internal Revenue Service. Annual data on county-to-county and state-to-state in-migration and out-migration. ($$)
• 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

• Journey to Work, Bureau of Economic Analysis. Number of commuters from county of residence to county of work from the 1970 to 2000 Censuses.
• 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.
• 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.
• Data for Transportation Planning, Transportation Research Board. Access to data and analysis from multiple sources regarding journey to work.

Mapping

• Enterprise Geographic Information System, Department of Housing and Urban Development. Tools that map housing and other data at the neighborhood level.
• 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.
• Geodata.gov, Geospatial One-Stop. Web access to geographic information system data and related tools.
• Geography Network, ESRI. Comprehensive on-line portal to maps and geographic information system data at all levels of geography.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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

• 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.
• 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.
• 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

• 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.
• 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

• 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.
• 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.
• 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. ($)
• Comprehensive Market Analysis Reports, Department of Housing and Urban Development. Analysis of economic, demographic, and housing inventory characteristics of select housing markets in the United States. Each report presents counts and estimates of employment, population, households, and housing inventory.
• Housing Market Index, National Association of Home Builders and Wells Fargo. National index of home builders’ assessment of market conditions for single-family homes, including current and expected sales and potential buyer traffic.
• Economic and Real Estate Trends, PMI Mortgage Insurance, Inc. Quarterly report containing commentary on regional house price trends and home price and labor market indicators for the 50 most populous metropolitan areas. For each metropolitan area, PMI also calculates a "Risk Index" estimating the probability of a metropolitan-wide house price decline over the next two years.
• Apartment Market Outlook, Marcus & Millichap Research Services. Periodic news releases for 40 metro areas on apartment market conditions.
• Multi-Housing Outlook, Torto Wheaton Research. Provides comprehensive data, forecasts and real estate fundamentals for 85 metropolitan areas with submarket detail. Users can create customized reports and market analyses by market and property type. ($)

Sales Prices

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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. ($)
• Home Price Check, Domania, Inc. Sales prices of individual homes.
• Home Price Check, RealEstateJournal, Wall Street Journal -- Sales prices of individual homes.
• Zillow.com . Current value estimates for individual homes.
• Housing Maps. Current listings of housing for sale, mapped by location, for select cities.
• Risk of Housing Price Decline, PMI Mortgage Insurance, Inc. Quarterly index assessing probability of house price declines in 50 metropolitan areas.
• Manufactured Housing Prices, Census Bureau. Data on average sales price of new manufactured homes for the nation, Census regions, and states.

Monthly Housing Costs

• 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).
• 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.
• 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 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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. ($)
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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

• Assisted Housing, Department of Housing and Urban Development. Periodic subsidized housing data by state, housing agency, and property.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.