LibGuides: Urban Studies & Planning: Statistics

General Statistical Sources

Data and Statistics LibGuide
UCSD guide to commonly requested statistics and datasets. Includes an urban planning and housing section on the "By Topic" tab.
City Health Dashboard
Offers community-level health, social, and economic data for the nation’s 500 largest cities. Reports on 36 key measures of health and conditions that influence health, such as housing affordability and income inequality.
Data-Planet
Provides easy access to statistical data. Sources include: Dave Leip's Atlas of US Presidential Elections, Defense Manpower Data Center, Dow Jones, Easy Analytic Software Inc. (EASI), Eurostat, International Monetary Fund, National Bureau of Economic Research, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, World Bank, World Resource Institute, many US Federal agencies, and others.
Data USA
Data visualization using public US government data.

PolicyMap
PolicyMap is a U.S. national data and mapping tool that combines a curated, comprehensive geographic data library with simple, robust mapping and analytics tools. University faculty, researchers, and students use it to create maps of up to five layers, export trend charts with key benchmarks, download data for use in other tools, generate on-the-fly reports and upload your own data to view it with ours.
ProQuest Statistical Insight
1973-present. Huge database of citations to statistical publications from U.S. federal and state governments, international agencies, nonprofit and educational institutions, and private publishers including trade and industry groups. Full text of the publication or report is often included, and many tables are downloadable in Excel. Particularly good for demographic and country-level information. Previous name Statistical Universe.
As of 2020, subscription includes:
Statistical Insight Tables
Statistical Insight Statistical Reference Index Full Text
Statistical Insight American Statistics Index Abstracts and Indexing ONLY (no current full text)
ProQuest Statistical Insight IIS Abstracts and Indexing Web Service (no current full text)
ProQuest Statistical Insight SRI Abstracts and Indexing Web Service

Statistical Abstract of the United States
Print only. Statistical compendium of the U.S. Government and the best place to start looking for statistics related to the United States. Older editions are available online via the Census Bureau, and print copies for most years back to 1878 are available in the Library.

UCLA Anderson Forecast
Forecasts U.S. and California economies, and strives to be unbiased in its approach. Online back to 2011, and in print back to 1997. Includes Allen Matkins’ California Commercial Real Estate Survey (San Diego and other large CA metro areas); City Human Capital Index (Los Angeles, Bay Area and CA zip codes); and Los Angeles City Monthly Employment Estimate.

U.S. Government LibGuide: Statistics
UCSD guide to federal statistics resources.

The U.S. Census

The Census is the most comprehensive demographic survey in the United States. Although the questions asked change from year to year, there are always variables related to age, race and ethnicity, languages spoken, education, ancestry, income, home ownership versus renting, and more.

Social Explorer
Recommended starting place for Census data. This resource combines census data from 1790- with a user-friendly interface, easily allowing the creation of maps and statistical tables. Census tract-level data available back to 1940.
data.census.gov
Replaces American FactFinder as the Census Bureau's primary portal to Census data.
UCSD Guide to Census Research
Provides information, resources and data availability for each decade of the Census of Population and Housing from 1790 to 2000.

San Diego Statistics

Census data
Census data from 2000 and 2010, plus ACS data.
Statistics collected by the Census Department:
American Community Survey
American Housing Survey
Annual Surveys of Governments
Census of Governments
Annual Economic Surveys
Decennial Census
Economic Census
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Tabulation
Population Estimates Program
Puerto Rico Community Survey

ARJIS: Automated Regional Justice System for San Diego
Crime data for selected cities in San Diego County, available monthly from 2008- .
Census Quick Facts: San Diego city
Census Quick Facts: San Diego County & City
Community Health Statistics
Crime Statistics & Maps
From the San Diego Police Dept.
Crop Statistics and Annual Report
Medical Examiner Statistics
San Diego County deaths, from 2000-
Metropolitan Transit System Financial Reports
Though the focus of these annual reports is on financials, they also include brief statistical looks at services, capital assets and ridership.
Reports & Data
From the San Diego Regional Task Force on the Homeless
San Diego International Airport: Air Traffic Reports
Passenger and cargo counts from 1950-
San Diego Regional Data Library
This is a developing organization, with a very small number of data sets currently available.
San Diego Regional Economic Indicators
Includes economic indexes, employment data, housing indicators, mortgage rates, sales statistics, stock indexes, toruism industry statistics, and charity donation data.
SANDAG Data & Research
Statistics/estimates on population, transportation, crime, and more.
SANDAG Data Surfer
Data warehouse for the San Diego region. Get accurate census, estimate and forecast information.