HIST/ ENVS 1515 The Just City: Race, Class, and Communities/Nature, Environment, and Infrastructure

Data & Statistics

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Social Explorer This link opens in a new window
Social Explorer is a research tool designed to provide quick and easy access to historical census data and demographic information. It creates maps and reports to help users visually analyze and understand demography and social change throughout history. Currently includes the entire US Census history from 1790 to 2000, all annual updates from the American Community Survey. Users can customize, save, print, and email maps and reports and export them to a variety of programs and statistical packages for further analysis and use in reports and presentations.
PolicyMap This link opens in a new window
PolicyMap is a GIS tool for non-GIS users." PolicyMap is used as a data visualization tool in the social sciences, urban studies and planning, real estate and housing analysis, community and economic development, public administration and policy, public health, political science, education, environmental studies, business and finance, economics, statistics and geography, among other areas. Downloadable data.

Analyze Boston
Analyze Boston is the City of Boston's open data hub. Includes information on the city's movement toward carbon neutrality, rental prices, approved buildings, information on taxation, and more.
Boston, MA | Data USA
Deloitte, Datawheel, and Cesar Hidalgo, Professor at the MIT Media Lab and Director of Collective Learning, came together to understand and visualize the critical issues facing the United States in areas like jobs, skills and education across industry and geography. This is the Boston portal.
Boston Development and Planning
Includes a document center, data, maps, and more. Also includes a research department with publications, inquiries, and more.
U.S. Census Data for Boston
QuickFacts provides statistics for all states and counties, and for cities and towns with a population of 5,000 or more. This is the Boston portal.

Massachusetts Cities & Towns
Information on the 351 cities and towns in Massachusetts. Find data on state aid, schools, government and more.
Massachusetts Crime Statistics & Research
Crime statistics for Massachusetts counties and towns
Massachusetts Department of Correction
Research & Statistics
Massachusetts Regional Planning Agency Directory
Planning commissions for every region of the state. Each commission has data on their region.
Massachusetts State Data Center
Collection of population, housing, and socioeconomic data in Massachusetts.
Mass Facts
Community statistics from the Boston Globe