U.S. State & Local Government Resources

Mapping tool for the United States that enables the creation of maps and tables that incorporate data such as population, age, race, income, employment, and education. In addition, Harvard subscribes to premium content including Experian Simmons Local for market research data and D&B for business demographics.

Generate reports, create tables and maps. Note that all materials are saved to one My PolicyMap account for all of Harvard University. Click on "My PolicyMap" at top right of the screen to access saved materials. Includes demographics, home sale statistics, health data, mortgage trends, school performance scores and labor data like unemployment, crime statistics and city crime rates.

Create maps and tables of data from the decennial Census and the American Community Survey from 1790-present. Also includes US election data, business pattern data and religion surveys.

Mapping tool that provides over 50 million open data records on industry clusters and regional business environments in the United States to promote economic growth and national competitiveness. The project is led by Harvard Business School's Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness in partnership with the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. Economic Development Administration.

Published every five years (in years ending in 7 and 2.) This U.S. Census Bureau resource provides statistics on state and local government, including finance, employment, and organizational characteristics.

Provides users with access to interactive, customizable and up-to-date comparative performance measurement data for 50 states in six key areas: fiscal and economic, public safety and justice, energy and environment, transportation, health and human services, and education.

Provided by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, this database compares local government finances for over 200 of the largest U.S. cities across more than 120 categories of revenues, expenditures, debt, and assets. The FiSC estimates are critical for making meaningful fiscal comparisons at the city level, because the delivery of public services is organized in different ways in different cities.

Quick access to selected statistics collected by the U.S. Census Bureau through the American Community Survey.

Data from the Census of Governments State and Local Finance series. That series contains detailed revenue, expenditure and debt variables for the United States, each of the 50 states, and the District of Columbia.

Statistics that detail the geographic distribution of U.S. economic activity and growth and provide a consistent framework for analyzing and comparing individual state and local area economies. Includes GDP, personal income, personal consumption statistics for states, counties, regions, metropolitan areas, and other local geographic units.

Crowdsourced measure of public access to public datasets in municipalities across the United States. The project is run collaboratively by the Sunlight Foundation and Open Knowledge International, with the help of a dedicated group of volunteers.

U.S Census site. Search demographic data by nation, state, city, tract, census block, zip code and other geographic units. Select advanced search option to search by topic, geography, years or survey.

Includes block, tract, zip code, county and state level data from Census for a number of variables. Available at Lamont Library, Research Services, Level B.

Contains statistical information about U.S. places and people who live in them. Located in the HKS Library Reference Collection at Ref HA203.P62.

Indexes and abstracts the statistical content of selected United States government publications, state government publications, business and association publications, and intergovernmental publications.

Covers popular topics of research interest for U.S. states, counties, cities, metropolitan areas, and ZIP codes.

A continuation of the U.S. Census Bureau’s discontinued publication. It is a convenient summary of statistics on the social and economic structure of the states, metropolitan areas, and micropolitan areas in the United States. It is designed to serve as a statistical reference and guide to other data publications and sources. Search in HOLLIS for older editions of this publication.

Business guides for major cities across the world as well as demographic and general US state profiles.