A collection of useful data links
Here are a list of useful links highlighted during recent presentations.
- Census
- Census Bureau Web site. Especially helpful is the American FactFinder section
www.census.gov/ - 2010 Census form (pdf)
http://2010.census.gov/2010census/pdf/2010_Questionnaire_Info.pdf - 2011 American Community Survey form (pdf)
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/questionnaires/2011/Quest11.pdf - Link to Census data from 1790 and on
www.census.gov/prod/www/abs/decennial/ - iPUMS, from the University of Minnesota, allows to you extract detailed information from Census stats since 1850
usa.ipums.org/usa/ - Economy and Jobs
- Bureau of Labor Statistics data page
www.bls.gov/data/ - Ohio Unemployment compensation reports
lmi.state.oh.us/uc/UCReports.htm - Ohio/U.S. unemployment stats
ohiolmi.com/laus/laus.html - Or direct link to historical
ohiolmi.com/asp/laus/vbLaus.htm - Elections and Campaign Finance
- Federal Elections Commission
www.fec.gov - Open Secrets, a great source to quickly find data on candidates and donors www.opensecrets.org/
- Site run by the Huffington Post that allows you to search donors by neighborhood
www.fundrace.org - Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections featuring historical stats
www.uselectionatlas.org/ - Tax stats
- IRS Tax stats
www.irs.gov/taxstats/ - IRS Migration Data
http://www.irs.gov/taxstats/article/0,,id=212683,00.html - Ohio Department of Taxation research page
tax.ohio.gov/channels/other/research.stm - Transportation stats
- U.S. Department of Transportation
www.bts.gov/ - NEO Cando
- An example of a tremendous regional resource
neocando.case.edu/cando/index.jsp - Weather
- National Weather Service
www.weather.gov - Local climate data for recent months
www.weather.gov/climate/index.php?wfo=cle
(This is for Cleveland. For other places, go to http://www.weather.gov, type in your ZIP code, go to the bottom of the page and click the "past weather" or "local climate" link. Fom there, you'll want to use the "observed weather" tab.) - Storm Event Database, National Climatic Data Center
www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/cgi-win/wwcgi.dll?wwEvent~Storms - For more links, there is the Storm Data Publications page
www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/climate/sd/ - Or the Storm Prediction Center
www.spc.noaa.gov/climo/online/