Important Philadelphia Studies Data Sets & Statistics

American Communities Project
Also Known as: Spatial Structures in the Social Sciences
Geographic mapping tools, statistical data, and reports on trends affecting US neighborhoods, cities, and regions regarding population, public schools, public health, crime, elections, economic condit...   [more]
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Circular Area Profiles
Also Known as: CAPS
A tool to aggregate 2000 and 2010 Census data to approximate circular areas using a point location -- latitude and longitude or ZIP Code -- and radius values. Data from Summary File 3, the standard MC...   [more]
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Committee of Seventy
Also Known as: Committee of 70
Current and recent past Philadelphia election information, including ward-level vote counts, from the nonpartisan election watchdog group....   [more]
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Community Health Data Base - Online Data Analysis Tool
Also Known as: Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey, CHDB, Community Health Database
USE INTERNET EXPLORER. Online data analysis tool for biennial Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey, 2000-2008 (and 2010 when available), surveying 10,000 households in each wave and repor...   [more]

Community Health Data Base - Southeastern Pennsylvania Household Health Survey microdata
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Community Health Data Base Demographic Product
Birth, mortality, and selected American Community Survey (with future estimates) data for minor civil divisions, census tracts, ZIP Codes, and neighborhoods in Philadelphia and its suburban counties. ...   [more]
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EpiQMS - Epidemiologic Query and Mapping System (PA Dept of Health)
Interactive data tool for data tables, charts, and maps on behavioral risk, births, deaths, cancer incidence, STDs and communicable diseases, and other public health topics for Pennsylvania counties a...   [more]
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Esri Data and Maps
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Executive Compensation Database (Philadelphia)
Salary, bonus, options, and benefits information on senior executives at publicly traded companies in the Philadelphia area....   [more]
Holdings: 2008-2010
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HMDA On-Line Reports
Also Known as: Home Mortgage Disclosure Act
Information on home mortgage lending activity reported by HMDA depository institutions (banks, savings associations, and credit unions) and nondepository institutions, and mortgage insurance activity ...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    FFIEC Census Reports (Census Tract data supporting HMDA analysis)

ICPSR
Also Known as: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research SIMI Variables
USE OF ICPSR DATA REQUIRES STATISTICAL PROCESSING SOFTWARE AND GZIP DECOMPRESSION SOFTWARE. Direct-download access to social science quantitative data sets archived by ICPSR. Subjects covered includ...   [more]
Holdings: 1962-present.
Supplemental URLs
    ICPSR Bibliography of Data-related Literature
    SDA Online Data Analysis System
    Publications-Related Archive
    SIMI: Site for Instructional Materials and Information
    SSVD: Social Science Variables Database

Medical Assistance, Food Stamps and Cash Assistance statistics reports (PA Dept of Public Welfare)
Archives of MA-FOOD-STAMPS-AND-CASH-STATS@LISTSERV.DPW.STATE.PA.US. Provides MS Excel tables for monthly data releases from Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. Data releases cover PA counties w...   [more]
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Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project
Provides community indicators for the Nine County Metropolitan Area. Indicators include: arts, health, education, quality of life, taxes, etc. Each indicator includes an essay describing the region an...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    MetroPhilaMapper

OPA Property Search - Philadelphia Office of Property Assessment
Also Known as: Board of Revision of Taxes (Philadelphia), phila.gov
Current property assessment information for Philadelphia real estate. Searchable interface allows retrieval by block and specific address. Data items include land area, improvements, market value and ...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    BRT site (superseded)

OpenDataPhilly
Catalog of publicly accessible data sets, APIs, and applications for Philadelphia....   [more]
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Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4)
The Pennsylvania Health Care Cost Containment Council (PHC4) is an independent state agency responsible for addressing the problem of escalating health costs, ensuring the quality of health care, and ...   [more]
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Pennsylvania Policy Database Project
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Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access
Also Known as: PASDA
The Pennsylvania Spatial Data Access system (PASDA) is Pennsylvania's official geospatial information clearinghouse. Included are Philadelphia municipal, census, and environmental shapefiles, as well ...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Philadelphia City Files

Philadelphia Data and Shapefiles
Philadelphia Census tract data and Shapefiles from 1940-2000. Block group data from 1990-2000. ...   [more]

Philadelphia Election Results
Election results, 2002 through 2010, by candidate, Philadelphia ward and precinct, vote type. Covers general elections, primaries, and special elections. Breaks out votes by machine, absentee ballot, ...   [more]
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Philadelphia Police Department - Crime Statistics
Interactive crime maps dating back six months, homicide reports for 2007-present, monthly Part I crime totals from previous year....   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Citywide Stats

Philadelphia Vital Statistics Reports
Births, deaths, and fetal death statistics for Philadelphia and for Philadelphia ZIP Codes and census tracts....   [more]
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PhilaDox - Historical Index Info
PDF-format page images for Philadelphia County deed registers. Accessible through DOR Parcel Explorer, which provides Register, Sheet, and Line numbers as parcel identifiers....   [more]
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Public Health Management Corporation
Also Known as: PHMC
The Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) is a non-profit, public health organization committed to improving the health of the community through outreach, education, research, planning, technica...   [more]
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Supplemental URLs
    Research Publications

REIS (Regional Economic Information System)
Available in Lippincott Library Only.
The REIS database provides local area economic data for states, counties, and metropolitan areas for 1969-1999. Statistics in the data base...   [more]
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Report Card on the Schools, 2002-present
From the Philadelphia Inquirer...   [more]
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Social Explorer
The Social Explorer produces maps and reports of US Census Tract level data from 1940-2000. Using high quality maps and data, they make available the full contents of the tract data for the United Sta...   [more]
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U.S. Census - Research Guide
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Related Philadelphia Studies Data Sets & Statistics

County and City Data Book: 2000
Contains official population and housing data from the 2000 Census plus business and other data for all US counties, cities with 25,000 or more inhabitants, and places of 2,500 or more inhabitants....   [more]
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National Historical Geographic Information System (NHGIS)
The NHGIS is a project at the University of Minnesota designed to collect GIS data for the United States at the smallest possible Geographic level. Currently the geographic boundary files include sta...   [more]
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