(In Alphabetical Order by topic)

Education

Websites

• Quick Facts (https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/)
• American Community Survey (https://data.census.gov/cedsci/)

Example Variables

• Educational attainment for population 25 years and over
• Earnings by educational attainment
• No. of students enrolled by grade
• Estimated adult literacy rates

 

Economic

Websites

• Employment Commuting Patterns (https://data.census.gov/cedsci/)
• Employment, Earnings, Wages, Income, and Occupation:
• Local Area Unemployment Statistics (http://www.bls.gov/lau)
• Employment by State and County (http://www.bea.gov/regional/reis/)
• http://online.onetcenter.org/
• Income and Poverty Estimates (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe.html)
  • Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates
    https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/saipe.html
  • American Community Survey (https://data.census.gov/cedsci/)
• County Business Patterns (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/data.html)
• Census of Agriculture (http://www.agcensus.usda.gov/)

Example Variables

• Employment, unemployment, and labor force participation
• High growth occupations; skills, education, and training required
• Wages, income, and employment by industry (NAICS Code)
• No. of establishments by industry (NAICS Code); no. of employees
• Median hosehold income
• No. of individuals in poverty
• No. of farms, total cropland, government payments

 

Demographic and Geographic

Rural-Urban and Nonmetropolitan-Metropolitan

• Rural-Urban Contiuum Codes
(https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/rural-urban-continuum-codes.aspx)
• Population in Urban, Urban Cluster, and Rural Areas
  (https://data.census.gov/cedsci/)

Websites

• Decennial Census (https://data.census.gov/cedsci/)
• American Community Survey (https://data.census.gov/cedsci/)
• Population Estimates and Components of Change
  (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/popest.html)
• Net Migration Patterns for U.S. Counties (https://netmigration.wisc.edu/)
• Statistical Atlas (https://statisticalatlas.com/United-States/Overview)

Example Variables

• Population change (including fertility, mortality, and net-migration)
• Racial and ethnic composition
• Family Structure
• Age and sex

 

Housing and Social

Websites

• Housing
• Quick Facts (https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/)
• American Community Survey (https://data/census.gov/cedsci/)
• County-Level Measures of Social Capital
  (https://aese.psu.edu/nercrd/community/social-capital-resources)
• County Business Patterns (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp/data.html)
• Crime Rates (http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/ucr.htm)
• Prison Incarceration (https://www.sentencingproject.org/the-facts/#map?dataset-option=SIR)

Example Variables

• Estimated no. of housing units; housing stock
• Computer ownership and broadband access
• Social capital
• Number of nonprofits with employees
• No. of violent and property crimes

 

Health

Websites

• Health Insurance
• American Community Survey (https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/)
• Small Area Health Insurance Estimate
  (https://www.census.gov/library/publications/2021/demo/p30-09.html)
• Health Statistics
  (https://aese.psu.edu/nercrd/community/social-capital-resources)
  • County Health Rankings and Roadmaps
    (https://www.countyhealthrankings.org/)
  • Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts (https://www.kff.org/statedata/)

Example Variables

• Number of uninsured
• Disease diagnosis
• Disability
• Health outcomes

 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion - Data on Race/Ethnicity

See Entries Above

Additional Sources Include:

• Annie E. Casey Foundation Kids Count Data Center (https://datacenter.kidscount.org/)
  • Draw from several of the data sources listed above, but bring together in one place
  • Click on your state
  • Scroll down on the left under "Characteristics" and select "Race/Ethnicity"
  • Data include these characteristics by race:
    • Population
    • Median household income
    • Childhood poverty rates
    • Households with high housing cost burden
    • Children in families where the household head lacks a high school diploma
    • Children whose parents lack secure employment by race and ethnicity
  • Kaiser Family Foundation State Health Facts - Disparities: ( https://www.kff.org/state-category/disparities/ )
  • Headwaters (https://headwaterseconomics.org/apps/economic-profile-system/)
  • Prosperity Now Scorecard (https://scorecard.prosperitynow.org/)

   

  Fact Sheets and Briefs Specific to Rural America

• USDA Economic Research Service State Fact Sheets (https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/state-fact-sheets/)
• University of New Hampshire Carsey School for Public Policy (includes numerous briefs on county-level trends across the nation)
    (https://carsey.unh.edu/publications)