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2021 Data Library Releases: Updates & New Data
2021 Data Library Releases: Updates & New Data

Release notes detailing the 2021 data updates and expansions of the mySidewalk Data Library.

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December 31, 2021

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

🌐 Summary

  • November 2021 data for unemployment rate, employment, unemployment, and labor force are now available.

  • Visualizations automatically updated with this newest month of data

📍🗺️ Availability

  • This dataset is available at the nation, state, county, metro and micropolitan area, and select place geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No

December 21, 2021

US Census Bureau
Decennial Census 2020 Redistricting Data

🌐 Summary

43 indicators from the redistricting data release of the Decennial Census 2020 data were added to the data library.

  • Total Population

  • Total Housing Units

  • Total Occupied Housing Units

  • Vacant Housing Units

  • Population Over Age 18 & Population Under Age 18 (Children)

  • Population Not Hispanic or Latino

  • Minority population

  • Race/Ethnicity

  • 18 and Over (Adult) by Race, by Ethnicity

  • Population in Households & Population in Group Quarters

  • Population in Institutionalized Group Quarters

    • Other

    • Military Quarters

    • College/University Student Housing

  • Population in Noninstitutionalized Group Quarters

    • Other

    • Nursing Facilities

    • Juvenile Facilities

    • Adult Correctional Facilities

📍🗺️ Availability

  • Available for nation, state, US congressional district, metro and micropolitan area, county, state senate district, state house district, unified school district, county subdivision, place, census tract, and block group geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: yes

December 9, 2021

The Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD)
LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES)

🌐 Summary

Updated 2019 data for the following indicators:

  • Number of Jobs

  • Number of Jobs by Industry

  • Percent Change in Number of Jobs (now for 2009-2019 time period)

📍🗺️ Availability

December 9, 2021

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Population Level Analysis and Community Estimates (PLACES)

🌐 Summary

Updated 2019 data for select indicators:

  • Arthritis Among Adults

  • Binge Drinking Among Adults

  • Cancer (except skin) Among Adults

  • Cholesterol Screening Among Adults

  • Chronic Kidney Disease Among Adults

  • Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Among Adults

  • High Cholesterol Among Adults

  • Stroke Among Adults

  • Taking Blood Pressure Medication Among Adults

  • Asthma Among Adults

  • High Blood Pressure Among Adults

  • Doctor Checkup in Past Year Among Adults

  • Diagnosed Diabetes Among Adults

  • Coronary Heart Disease Among Adults

  • Poor Mental Health Among Adults

  • No Leisure-Time Physical Activity Among Adults

  • Obesity Among Adults

  • Poor Physical Health Among Adults

  • Regular Smoking Among Adults

📍🗺️ Availability

December 3, 2021

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

🌐 Summary

  • October 2021 data for unemployment rate, employment, unemployment, and labor force are now available.

  • Visualizations automatically updated with this newest month of data

📍🗺️ Availability

  • This dataset is available at the nation, state, county, metro and micropolitan area, and select place geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No

December 2, 2021

US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Comprehensive Housing Affordability Strategy (CHAS)

🌐 Summary

  • Updated to 2014-2018 data and added 108 new indicators

  • New indicators such as

    • Relative HUD Area Median Family Income (HAMFI) by Tenure

    • HAMFI by Tenure and Household Type

      • Household Types include:

        • Elderly Family

        • Small Family

        • Large Family

        • Elderly Non-Family

        • Non-Elderly Non-Family

    • Relative Cost Burden by Tenure and Race/Ethnicity

📍🗺️ Availability

December 2, 2021

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR)

🌐 Summary

Updated 2020 data for Number of Crime Offenses:

  • Total UCR Part I Crimes

  • Murder

  • Robbery

  • Aggravated Assault

  • Burglary

  • Larceny

  • Vehicle Theft

  • Arson

  • Rape

  • Violent Crime

  • Property Crime

NEW Rate of Crime Offenses added for 2013-2020:

  • Total UCR Part I Crimes Rate per 100,000 people

  • Murder Rate per 100,000 people

  • Robbery Rate per 100,000 people

  • Aggravated Assault Rate per 100,000 people

  • Burglary Rate per 100,000 people

  • Larceny Rate per 100,000 people

  • Vehicle Theft Rate per 100,000 people

  • Arson Rate per 100,000 people

  • Rape Rate per 100,000 people

  • Violent Crime Rate per 100,000 people

  • Property Crime Rate per 100,000 people

📍🗺️ Availability

November 18, 2021

Small Business Association (SBA)
Small Business Loans (SBL)

🌐 Summary

  • Updated Number of Small Business Loans with 2020 and 2021 data.

📍🗺️ Availability

November 5, 2021

FFIEC Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA)

🌐 Summary

Mortgage Originations by Race and by Ethnicity updated to include 2020 data, and 2013 - 2017 data. 2020 data added for Mortgage Originations and Mortgages (by Purpose). 2013 - 2020 data added for 102 new indicators, primarily related to Mortgage Denials

  • Existing Indicators:

    • Mortgage Originations (added 2020 time element)

    • Mortgage Originations by Race (added 2020, 2013 - 2017 time elements)

    • Mortgage Originations by Ethnicity (added 2020, 2013 - 2017 time elements)

    • Mortgages (added 2020 time element)

  • New Indicators:

    • Mortgage Applications (2013 - 2020 data added)

    • Mortgage Application Outcomes (2013 - 2020 data added)

      • Mortgage Originations (existing)

      • Mortgage Denials

      • Mortgage Other Application Outcomes

    • Mortgage Denials by Race (2013 - 2020 data added)

    • Mortgage Denials by Ethnicity (2013 - 2020 data added)

    • Reasons for Mortgage Denial (2013 - 2020 data added)

      • Reasons for Mortgage Denial - Debt-to-Income Ratio

      • Reasons for Mortgage Denial - Employment History

      • Reasons for Mortgage Denial - Credit History

      • Reasons for Mortgage Denial - Collateral

      • Reasons for Mortgage Denial - Insufficient Cash

      • Reasons for Mortgage Denial - Unverifiable Information

      • Reasons for Mortgage Denial - Incomplete Credit Application

      • Reasons for Mortgage Denial - Mortgage Insurance Denied

      • Reasons for Mortgage Denial - Other

    • Reasons for Mortgage Denial by Race (2013 - 2020 data added)

    • Reasons for Mortgage Denial by Ethnicity (2013 - 2020 data added)

📍🗺️ Availability

November 4, 2021

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

🌐 Summary

  • September 2021 data for unemployment rate, employment, unemployment, and labor force are now available.

  • Visualizations automatically updated with this newest month of data

📍🗺️ Availability

  • This dataset is available at the nation, state, county, metro and micropolitan area, and select place geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No

October 26, 2021

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool (EJSCREEN)

🌐 Summary

  • Updated 2020 values

Environmental Justice Indexes:

  • Air Toxics Cancer Risk Environmental Justice Index

  • Diesel Particulate Matter Environmental Justice Index

  • Lead Paint Environmental Justice Index

  • Ozone Environmental Justice Index

  • Particulate Matter Environmental Justice Index

  • Proximity to Major Direct Water Dischargers Environmental Justice Index

  • Proximity to National Priorities List Sites Environmental Justice Index

  • Proximity to Risk Management Plan Sites Environmental Justice Index

  • Proximity to Treatment Storage and Disposal Facilities Environmental Justice Index

  • Respiratory Hazard Environmental Justice Index

  • Traffic Proximity and Volume Environmental Justice Index

Selected Environmental Indicators:

  • Diesel Particulate Matter Level in Air

  • Proximity to Major Direct Water Dischargers

  • Proximity to National Priorities List Sites

  • Proximity to Risk Management Plan Sites

  • Proximity to Treatment Storage and Disposal Facilities

  • Traffic Proximity and Volume

📍🗺️ Availability

October 22, 2021

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
National Risk Index (NRI)

🌐 Summary

  • New data source and 284 indicators

  • Indicators cover 18 environmental hazard types

  • The values cover expected loss, annualized frequency of events, historic loss ratio, and exposure.

  • Additional indicators include a national risk index, community resilience index, and expected annual loss score. Along with national and within state percentile rankings.

📍🗺️ Availability

  • Available for nation, state, US congressional district, metro and micropolitan area, metropolitan planning organization, county, state senate district, state house district, unified school district, county subdivision, place, ZIP Code, and census tract geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: a sub-set of indicators

October 22, 2021

US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
PatentsView

🌐 Summary

  • Updated data to 2010 through December 31, 2020

  • Indicators:

    • Total Patents

    • Human Necessity Patents

    • Perform Operations / Transport Patents

    • Chemistry / Metallurgy Patents

    • Textiles / Paper Patents

    • Fixed Constructions Patents

    • Mechanical Engineering Patents

    • Physics Patents

    • Electricity Patents

📍🗺️ Availability

October 22, 2021

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Fixed Broadband Deployment Data
Form 477

🌐 Summary

  • Updated broadband data to 2020 vintage.

  • Indicators:

    • Internet Providers

    • Maximum Advertised Upload Speed

    • Maximum Advertised Download Speed

    • Average Advertised Upload Speed

    • Average Advertised Download Speed

    • Other

    • Wireless

    • Satellite

    • Fiber

    • Cable

    • DSL

📍🗺️ Availability

October 8, 2021

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)

🌐 Summary

  • Annual Average Wage data updated to 2020 vintage

  • *NEW* Annual Average Wage by Industry data added for years 2012 - 2020

    • Accommodation and Food Services

    • Administrative Support and Waste Management

    • Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting

    • Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

    • Construction

    • Educational Services

    • Finance and Insurance

    • Health Care and Social Assistance

    • Information

    • Management

    • Manufacturing

    • Mining, Oil, and Gas

    • Other Services

    • Professional, Technology, and Science

    • Public Administration

    • Real Estate

    • Retail Trade

    • Transportation and Warehousing

    • Utilities

    • Wholesale Trade

📍🗺️ Availability

October 7, 2021

CDC STD Atlas

🌐 Summary

  • Updated data from 2018 to 2019 vintage.

    • Chlamydia Rate

    • Gonorrhea Rate

    • Primary and Secondary Syphilis Rate

    • Early Non-Primary Non-Secondary Syphilis Rate (formally called Early Latent Syphilis)

    • Congenital Syphilis Rate (2019 data not available at county level)

📍🗺️ Availability

September 30, 2021

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

🌐 Summary

  • August 2021 data for unemployment rate, employment, unemployment, and labor force are now available.

  • Visualizations automatically updated with this newest month of data

📍🗺️ Availability

  • This dataset is available at the nation, state, county, metro and micropolitan area, and select place geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No

September 29, 2021

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

🌐 Summary

  • Updated data from 2019 to 2020 vintage.

    • Average Annual Employment

    • Average Annual Unemployment

    • Average Annual Unemployment Rate

  • *NEW* Added Labor Force to Annual Average Indicators (previously only available at monthly resolution)

📍🗺️ Availability

September 29, 2021

AIDSVu

🌐 Summary

  • Updated data from 2018 to 2019 vintage.

    • HIV PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) Rate

    • HIV PrEP-to-Need Ratio (PNR)

📍🗺️ Availability

September 17, 2021

US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Office of Policy and Research (PD&R)
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)

🌐 Summary

  • Updated data vintage to the 2022 Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) Census Tracts

📍🗺️ Availability

September 2, 2021

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

🌐 Summary

  • July 2021 data for unemployment rate, employment, unemployment, and labor force are now available.

  • Visualizations automatically updated with this newest month of data

📍🗺️ Availability

  • This dataset is available at the nation, state, county, metro and micropolitan area, and select place geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No

August 10, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Smart Location Database (SLD)

🌐 Summary

  • Added data from Version 3.0 and expanded indicators offered.

  • Indicators:

    • Wage of Works (High, Medium, Low) & Total Wage Workers

    • Land (Protected from Development, Not Protected)

    • Road Network Density (Automobile, MultiModal, Pedestrian)

    • Street Intersection Density

      • Automobile

      • MultiModal (3 legs, 4 or more legs)\

      • Pedestrian (3 legs, 4 or more legs)

    • Distance to Nearest Transit Stop

    • Percent of Jobs within ¼ Mile of Fixed-Guideway Transit Stop (also ½ mile)

    • Frequency of Transit Service During 4-7pm Weekday Peak (per square mile, per capita)

    • Jobs within 45-Minute Commute (by Automobile, by Transit)

    • Working Population with 45-min Commute (by Automobile, by Transit)

📍🗺️ Availability

July 30, 2021

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

🌐 Summary

  • June 2021 data for unemployment rate, employment, unemployment, and labor force are now available.

  • Visualizations automatically updated with this newest month of data

📍🗺️ Availability

  • This dataset is available at the nation, state, county, metro and micropolitan area, and select place geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No

July 22, 2021

US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Economic Research Service (ERS)
Food Environment Atlas

🌐 Summary

  • Added more recent years of data for the indicators where new data was available.

  • Indicators:

    • Food Banks

    • Low Access to Store

    • Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR)

    • Food Insecurity

    • Food Stores

    • Restaurants

    • SNAP

    • WIC redemptions

    • Child & Adult Care Food Program

    • Price of low-fat milk / price of sodas

    • Sales Tax

    • Farmers Markets

    • Students in food programs

    • High schoolers physically active

    • Recreation & Fitness facilities

📍🗺️ Availability

July 13, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Smart Location Mapping
National Walkability Index

🌐 Summary

  • Updated with 2019 data. Data now available for both 2012 and 2019.

  • Indicators:

    • Walkability Index

    • Proximity to Transit Ranking

    • Employment Diversity Ranking

    • Intersection Density Ranking

    • Mixed-use Ranking

📍🗺️ Availability

July 9, 2021

US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Economic Research Service (ERS)
Food Access Research Atlas

🌐 Summary

  • Added 33 summary indicators that combine urban and rural low access to health food.

  • These new indicators are calculated from the raw data, but are not directly provided by USDA.

  • Total of 111 indicators for the years 2015 and 2019.

  • New indicators are the 3 combined urban/rural distances to healthy food:

    • 1/2 Mile Urban / 10 Miles Rural

    • 1 Mile Urban / 10 Miles Rural

    • 1 Mile Urban / 20 Miles Rural

  • With each of the 3 above for the following:

    • Children

    • Seniors

    • Housing Units Receive SNAP Benefits

    • Housing Units without Vehicles

    • Hispanic or Latino People

    • Race (White, Black, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Other)

  • Use these new indicators, normalized, to show the "Percent of People with Low Access to Healthy Food"

📍🗺️ Availability

July 1, 2021

US Census
County Business Patterns (CBP)
ZIP Code Business Patterns

🌐 Summary

  • Updated with 2019 data. Data now available annually 2014-2019.

  • Indicators:

    • Annual Payroll

    • Total Employed

    • Number of Businesses

    • Businesses by Number of Employees (1-4, 5-9, 10-19, 20-49, 50-99, 100-249 250-499, 500-999, 1000+)

    • Businesses with Less than 50 Employees

📍🗺️ Availability

  • Available for: nation, state, metropolitan and micropolitan area, county, congressional district, ZIP Code, and Census tract.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No

July 1, 2021

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

🌐 Summary

  • May 2021 data for unemployment rate, employment, unemployment, and labor force are now available.

  • Visualizations automatically updated with this newest month of data

📍🗺️ Availability

  • This dataset is available at the nation, state, county, metro and micropolitan area, and select place geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No

June 22, 2021

US Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Economic Research Service (ERS)
Food Access Research Atlas

🌐 Summary

  • Data source updated with 2019 data.

  • Number of indicators expanded to 78 for both years of data (2015 and 2019).

  • Additional indicators include:

    • Race (White, Black, Asian, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Other) with Low Access to Healthy Food (1/2, 1, 10, 20 miles)

    • Hispanic or Latino with Low Access to Healthy Food (1/2, 1, 10, 20 miles)

    • SNAP Receiving Housing Units with Low Access to Healthy Food (1/2, 1, 10, 20 miles)

    • No Vehicle Housing Units with Low Access to Healthy Food (1/2, 1, 10, 20 miles)

    • People with Low Access to Healthy Food (1/2 Urban/10 Rural; 1 Urban/10 Rural; 1Urban/20 Rural)

    • Low Income People with Low Access to Healthy Food (1/2 Urban/10 Rural; 1 Urban/10 Rural; 1Urban/20 Rural)

    • Low Income Census Tracts with Low Access to Healthy Food (1/2 Urban/10 Rural; 1 Urban/10 Rural; 1Urban/20 Rural)

  • Recommendations:

    • If using an urban / suburban geography, we recommend you use ½ mile as a general “Low Access to Healthy Food” metric.

    • If in a rural geography, recommend using 10 miles as the general “Low Access to Healthy Food” metric.

📍🗺️ Availability

June 9, 2021

US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Office of Policy Development and Research (PD&R)
Picture of Subsidized Households

🌐 Summary

  • Data source updated with 2020 data.

  • Number of indicators expanded to 49 across 5 years (2016-2020)

  • Additional indicators include:

    • HUD Assisted Units by Program

    • Percent Occupancy of HUD Assisted Housing by Program

    • People in HUD Assisted Housing by Program

    • Average Household Size in HUD Assisted Housing Units

    • Average Months on Waiting List for HUD Assisted Housing Units

    • Percent Moved in Within Last Year for HUD Assisted Housing Units

    • Average Household Income in HUD Assisted Housing Units

    • Major Source of Income Types for HUD Assisted Housing

    • Percent of HUD Assisted Housing by Householder Type

    • Percent of People in HUD Assisted Housing with a Disability

    • Percent HUD Assisted Housing by Race/Ethnicity

    • Percent HUD Assisted Housing by Householder Age

    • Percent HUD Assisted Housing by Household Income Group

📍🗺️ Availability

  • Indicators are available at the nation, state, US congressional district, metro and micropolitan area, metropolitan planning organization, county, state senate district, state house district, unified school district, county subdivision, place, ZIP Code, and census tract geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No

June 3, 2021

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

🌐 Summary

  • April 2021 data for unemployment rate, employment, unemployment, and labor force are now available.

  • Visualizations automatically updated with this newest month of data

📍🗺️ Availability

  • This dataset is available at the nation, state, county, metro and micropolitan area, and select place geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No

May 27, 2021

openICPSR
National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA)
Parks by ZIP Code Tabulation Area; by Census Tract

🌐 Summary

  • New data source

  • Indicators:

    • Number of Parks

    • Park Area (square miles)

    • Park Area (acres)

    • Percent Area Covered by Parks

  • Also added area of the geography in square miles

📍🗺️ Availability

  • Indicators are available at the nation, state, US congressional district, metro and micropolitan area, metropolitan planning organization, county, state senate district, state house district, unified school district, county subdivision, place, ZIP Code, and census tract geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No

May 21, 2021

US Census Bureau
American Community Survey (ACS) 2015-2019

🌐 Summary

  • 907 new indicators were added.

  • Indicators include

    • Race/Ethnicity by Age, by Sex

    • Citizenship by Race/Ethnicity, by Age, by Sex

    • Employment by Race/Ethnicity, by Age, by Sex

    • Labor Force Participation by Race/Ethnicity, by Age, by Sex

    • Population 16 and Over by Race/Ethnicity, by Sex

    • Population 65 and Over by Race/Ethnicity, by Sex

    • Population Under 18/Over 18 Race/Ethnicity, by Sex

📍🗺️ Availability

  • Indicators are available at the nation, state, US congressional district, metro and micropolitan area, metropolitan planning organization, county, state senate district, state house district, unified school district, county subdivision, place, ZIP Code, and census tract geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No

May 13, 2021

US Census Bureau
American Community Survey (ACS) 2015-2019

🌐 Summary

  • 179 new indicators were added.

  • Indicators include

    • Educational Attainment and Language Spoken at Home

    • Foreign Born Population by Sex, by Age

    • Foreign Born People by Continental Region

    • Top Birth Countries for Foreign Born Population, by year of Entry

    • Medicaid/Means-tested Public Coverage, by Sex, by Age

    • Health Insurance Coverage by Sex, by Age

    • Private and Public Health Insurance Coverage, by Sex, by Age

    • Households by Race Alone

    • SNAP Benefits (Food Stamps), by Race Alone

    • White Alone, not Hispanic or Latino Household by SNAP Benefits

    • Hispanic or Latino Households by SNAP Benefits

📍🗺️ Availability

  • Indicators are available at the nation, state, US congressional district, metro and micropolitan area, metropolitan planning organization, county, state senate district, state house district, unified school district, county subdivision, place, ZIP Code, and census tract geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No

May 6, 2021

US Census Bureau
American Community Survey (ACS) 2015-2019

🌐 Summary

  • 151 new indicators were added.

  • Indicators include

    • Race Asian Alone by Select Groups

    • Race Alone

    • Median Age by Sex, by Race

    • Workers by Sex, by Commute or Work from Home

    • Commute Transportation to Work by Sex

    • Commute by Walking, Biking, or Taking Transit, by Sex

    • Commute by Not Driving Alone (Non-SOV), by Sex

    • Commute Time to Work by Sex

    • An Hour to Commute to Work by Sex

    • Population Age 25 and Over by Sex

    • Educational Attainment by Sex

    • Educational Attainment High School Degree (with or without) by Sex

    • Population Age 25 and Over with High School Credentials

    • Population Age 18 and Over by Sex

📍🗺️ Availability

  • Availability varies by indicator. All indicators are available at the nation, state, US congressional district, metro and micropolitan area, metropolitan planning organization, county, state senate district, state house district, unified school district, county subdivision, place, city council district, ZIP Code, neighborhood, and census tract geographies.

    • Select indicators are also available for census block groups.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: Varies by Indicator

    • Race alone, commute or work from home by sex, educational attainment by sex, median age by sex and race, and population 18 under and over by sex are all apportionable to a custom boundary.

April 29, 2021

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

🌐 Summary

  • March 2021 data for unemployment rate, employment, unemployment, and labor force are now available.

  • Visualizations automatically updated with this newest month of data

📍🗺️ Availability

  • This dataset is available at the nation, state, county, metro and micropolitan area, and select place geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No

April 16, 2021

Public and Affordable Housing Research Corporation (PAHRC)
National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC)
National Housing Preservation Database (NHPD)

🌐 Summary

  • New data source: National Housing Preservation Database (NHPD)

  • Data for 2020

  • Data are federally assisted rental homes and properties, with details by the type of program providing assistance and by when the subsidies expire.

📍🗺️ Availability

April 8, 2021

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

🌐 Summary

  • February 2021 data for unemployment rate, employment, unemployment, and labor force are now available.

  • Visualizations automatically updated with this newest month of data

📍🗺️ Availability

  • This dataset is available at the nation, state, county, metro and micropolitan area, and select place geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No

March 25, 2021

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Wide-ranging ONline Data for Epidemiologic Research (CDC WONDER)
About Underlying Cause of Death, 1999-2019
Natality for 2007-2019

🌐 Summary

  • Data for 2019 were added. Data now available yearly 2009-2019.

  • The pooled 3-year crosstabs by race/ethnicity and by age were also updated from 2016-2018 to 2017-2019 (the data values were replaced).

  • Data includes birth rate (prenatal care in the first trimester, mothers who used tobacco during pregnancy, and preterm) and causes of death per 100,000 people. All are pre-calculated rates.

📍🗺️ Availability

  • Natality (Births) data are only available for the nation, state, and counties with a population of over 100,000 people.

  • Causes of death data are available for the nation, state, and most counties.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No

March 20, 2021

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

🌐 Summary

  • January 2021 data for unemployment rate, employment, unemployment, and labor force are now available.

  • Visualizations automatically updated with this newest month of data

📍🗺️ Availability

  • This dataset is available at the nation, state, county, metro and micropolitan area, and select place geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No

March 19, 2021

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool (EJSCREEN)

🌐 Summary

  • The data values were updated with the latest 2020 release.

  • The Indexes show the disparity between a location and the nation with a measure of an environmental hazard and incorporate demographic information such as low income and/or minority populations.

📍🗺️ Availability

March 17, 2021

US Census Bureau
Projected Values

🌐 Summary

  • Projected values for 114 indicators are now available for the 5 projected years of 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025, and 2027.

  • This is an updated of the set of projected values that mySidewalk maintains. For more information on how the values were calculated, check out the Census Projections in mySidewalk article.

📍🗺️ Availability

March 9, 2021

University of Minnesota
Access Across America Transit

🌐 Summary

  • 2019 data for “Average Number of Jobs within 30 Minute Public Transit” is now available.

  • Data now available yearly 2015-2019.

📍🗺️ Availability

March 3, 2021

U.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year Estimates 2015-2019

🌐 Summary

  • Using the most recent ACS 5-year estimates, built indices that measure race/ethnicity segregation.

  • Dissimilarity Indices include: Black/White, Hispanic or Latino/Not Hispanic or Latino, Hawaiian or Pacific Islander/White, American Indian or Alaska Native/White, Asian/White

  • Entropy Index

📍🗺️ Availability

  • This dataset is available at the nation, state, US congressional district, metro and micropolitan area, metropolitan planning organization, county, state senate district, state house district, and select place geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No

February 4, 2021

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

🌐 Summary

  • December 2020 data for unemployment rate, employment, unemployment, and labor force are now available.

  • Visualizations automatically updated with this newest month of data

📍🗺️ Availability

  • This dataset is available at the nation, state, county, metro and micropolitan area, and select place geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No
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February 2, 2021

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS)

🌐 Summary

  • Data for 2019 were added for motor vehicle crash fatalities, non-occupant fatalities (pedestrians & cyclists), and accidents by select factors (drunk, drowsy, and distracted drivers).

  • Data now available yearly 2010-2019.

📍🗺️ Availability

February 2, 2021

US Census
Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics (LEHD)
Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES)
Workplace Area Characteristics (WAC)

🌐 Summary

  • Data for 2018 were added for number of jobs by industry, total number of jobs, and percent change in number of jobs (difference 2018 to 2008).

  • Data now available yearly 2002-2018.

📍🗺️ Availability

February 2, 2021

US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Location Affordability Index (LAI)

🌐 Summary

  • Data were added on single parent family percent of income spent on transportation, housing, and both.

📍🗺️ Availability

  • Version 2.0 (2012) available for all levels of geography within mySidewalk.

  • Version 3.0 (2016) available for everything except for Census block groups.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: Yes Version 2.0; No Version 3.0
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January 6, 2021

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Population Level Analysis and Community Estimates (PLACES)

🌐 Summary

  • PLACES is an expansion of the original CDC 500 Cities project, making health data now available across the nation (formerly only 498 cities).

  • Updated 23 Characteristic Types with 2018 data

  • Updated 4 Characteristic Types with national coverage of 2017 data

📍🗺️ Availability

  • CDC PLACES available for all geographies except Census block group.

  • Previous data from CDC 500 Cities (2013-2017) are only available for the nation, 498 places, and 38% of census tract geographies (tracts in/near the select cities).

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No
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January 6, 2021

Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS)

🌐 Summary

  • November 2020 data for unemployment rate, employment, unemployment, and labor force are now available.

  • Visualizations automatically updated with this newest month of data

📍🗺️ Availability

  • This dataset is available at the nation, state, county, metro and micropolitan area, and select place geographies.

  • Apportionable to custom boundary: No
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