Questions tagged [usa]
For questions related to the United States of America or regions within it.
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Where can I find shapefiles of US county or city neighborhoods?
When I search for a neighborhood in Google I usually get a preview of that neighborhood on Google Maps in my search results. My question is... where do they get this data?
If it's city / county ...
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Finding missing creek / river names from the National Hydrography Dataset
I was playing around with the National Hydrography Dataset and overlaying the creek / river data over an openstreetmaps mapbox map: like so:
So one thing to note about that dataset is that not all ...
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Database of US Appliance Brands and corresponding models from 2010-2021
I'm looking for a database which has brands and models for the US appliance market for refrigerators, washers, dryers and dishwashers. I'm having trouble finding ways to compile this data. The dataset ...
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Gun Homicide Rate per US County
Does anyone know where I might find data for the number of gun homicides per county in 2020, for the entire United States? I can settle for another year if 2020 is not available and I can settle too ...
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Reasons for incarceration in the United States
I'm looking for a dataset that contains the incarceration numbers in the United States broken down by reason of incarceration. E.g. 30% theft, 20% drugs, 10% gun violence, etc. Bonus point if it is ...
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Crosswalk from US Census Block to Congressional District
The Census geographic hierarchy diagram indicates that Congressional Districts are built from Census Blocks. However, I don't see any crosswalks from blocks to congressional districts on the Census ...
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Is there a way to obtain US and UK customs data?
I'm being asked to find all the information I can about US and UK customs data, but I just don't know where to search for, any suggestions?
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U.S. major cities busiest intersections?
Is there a database of the busiest intersections in major U.S. cities?
Could this be figured out with, e.g., Google Maps API?
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USA block-level census data for mass-download
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Is there a way to mass-download block-level data from the USA Decennial Census besides just total population and housing?
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I know that some of the 2010 Census block-level data ...
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getting medicare part d providers for a zip code that cover select meds
On https://www.medicare.gov/plan-compare/ you can enter in a zip code and put the meds you're taking and then get the plans that cover those meds and what they charge for those meds (monthly premium, ...
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coronavirus total_recovered data for US
I have been working on this project for a few months now where I have merged coronavirus data of the world from various datasets. The problem is that my source of total_recovered feature has stopped ...
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USA Residential Electricity Prices
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I'm interested in "modeling" the Electricity Price for Residential Users in the US, particularly (if possible) in Massachusetts.
I'd like to obtain something ...
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Seeking Elevation Data
I'm trying to get elevation data and I have no idea where to look. I'm basically trying to get where land is above a certain elevation.
I'm primarily concerned with where land is above X' in ...
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Data on age demographics by individual age for some uniformly distributed measure
tl;dr: I'm looking for data on age demographics in the US for individual ages on some characteristic/measure that is reasonably "smooth" across the population. In other words, no sharp ...
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CIK Number and Jurisdiction details - Private companies
Can you please suggest on how to get CIK number and jurisdiction details of private companies registered in the US. What I have is a list of companies and its address, but in need of CIK and ...
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Consolidated search platform for company documents (federal and state)
Please excuse due to lack of knowledge in the area of private company filings in the US.
My assumption is that private companies in the US must make 2 separate returns (at federal and state)
For ...
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Need US federal source for ZIP codes (not ZCTAs) including ZIP code type
I'm looking to locate either a published table or federally hosted API that returns current (and/or past, if available) ZIP codes that includes the ZIP code type (S/P/U/Z/etc). This data must be ...
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Is there a list of all municipalities in the USA with population values as a spreadsheet?
so I am looking for a list of every municipality in the USA in spreadsheet form, or at least that can be easily imported into a spreadsheet. I would like it to include every municipality type in every ...
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Seeking remote sensing dataset for fire perimeter by hour in California
If anyone has worked with Cal Fire Perimeter dataset, can you advise what will be a good data source to get hourly California Fire perimeter, by date and by location, from 2010s and later?
I am ...
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Working with the FlowDir in the national hydography dataset
In the National Hydrography Dataset there's a FlowDir field.
According to https://www.townofnewipswich.org/sites/g/files/vyhlif4766/f/uploads/dataset_dictionary.pdf the two possible values for FlowDir ...
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Latest new updated for GIS or CAD or KML for Colorado Datasets?
In the past , I have asked for Colorado Ski Areas here: Colorado Ski Areas GIS dataset
There are very limited gis data that I am seeking to find more new information
I am looking for new GIS or CAD ...
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1918 Bureau of Transportation Statistics North American Transportation Atlas Data?
In 2008 User:NE2 on wikipedia added a bunch of train routes from 1918 to wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missouri%E2%80%93Kansas%E2%80%93Texas_Railroad#/media/File:Missouri,...
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Is there data at the substate level on NFIP insurance policies?
FEMA provides data on National Flood Insurance Program claims. Is there any data, at the sub-state level on distribution of NFIP policies.
In particularly, I'm interested in how many people in Cook ...
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U.S. Exports by State between 1850 and 1940
I am looking for data on total exports by U.S. state between 1850 and 1940. Hints regarding data on overall trade, i.e. imports and exports, is also welcome.
There is data at the country level, e.g. ...
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Database of US Maine companies
I'm looking for a database of US Maine companies.
All I found is the page where you can search for companies from here. But I cannot find anywhere a place to download a list.
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train schedules for freight trains?
I've taken an interest to filming trains as they go over bridges. For commuter trains I can guestimate when they'll be over a bridge based on the times that they're going to be at the stop before the ...
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Where can I find geodata on residential building footprint in US (or Texas)?
Where can I find Texas residential building footprint data with information on building area and number of floors?
I came across National Structural Inventory github repo (https://github.com/...
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COVID level of lockdown by state by month or week?
Looking to compare my salespeople's sales to their ability to reach their customers due to lockdown measures. Where would I look to see each state's official response/level of lockdown by week or ...
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gps coordinates of train routes
I have a project wherein having train route information would be useful. Like if I could get GPS coordinates that form the routes themselves I could do maps like https://www.amtrak.com/track-your-...
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Data on Consumer Price Index (inflation rate) by state (USA)
I'm looking for a dataset that would contain historical CPI/inflation for each state of the US.
It seems that bls.gov should have this data, but it's either regional (South/North) or area (city/town) ...
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Local Accident Data
Is there somewhere I can get detailed information on real-time traffic accidents?
The data I need is accident location (zip code is best) and the names of the people involved.
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Statistically who gets higher **average** income, an employed engineer or an IT startup founder?
Starting your own startup is a great idea, you may become as rich as Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg. Wait... or may not. It of course depends on your skills and perspiration they ...
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Looking for Skills Taxonomy with Industry specific
Like O*NET database which have skills categorized on based on occupations defined by BLS Standard Occupations, is there any dataset similar that can provide skills categorized based on industries as ...
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What happens if federal statistical agencies and executive departments don't upload data regularly?
If federal statistical agencies in USA and executive departments of the US Gov don't upload unbiased data on open data platforms or in general don't release information on time, are they penalized? Is ...
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Unshareable Database in USA
Is there a specific list of data in the USA which includes what all is not to be shared on an open data platform to the public? If yes, where can it be found? It is popularly known as a 'negative list'...
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Administrative data system USA
I am conducting a research and I would like to know in detail what is the administrative data collection system in the USA, and are there any legal repercussions for state governments or executive ...
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State government data collection system
I want to know who collects all necessary administrative data in US state governments, is any particular office, or director responsible for handling, disseminating, and analyzing data? Also, are ...
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Free website for identifying influential or contentious US state and local court cases?
I am looking for free websites that contain (potentially partial) catalogs of state and local court cases in the United States, and allows me to filter and/or sort by any of the following:
The vote ...
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FEC API key form submit does nothing
I visit https://api.open.fec.gov/developers/ , fill out the form titled "Sign up for an API key", and press "Signup". The button briefly changes to "Loading...", then ...
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Road distance between all US cities
We are basically looking to find a database of road distances between all possible cities in the US, or maybe you can advise something we could do to calculate it ourselves.
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Seeking Green space layer for California
I'm looking for a data layer that can be used to display "green" spaces, which would ideally include parks (city, county, state, national), as well as golf courses and cemeteries.
Is there a ...
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Why would an inspection query data.dol.gov/get/inspection/... return a 200 with an empty response?
We are testing the use of the https://data.dol.gov/get/inspection/format/json/limit/100 service request and are seeing conditions where the response sometimes comes back with an empty response, but ...
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Where can someone find a public dataset on where/which USPS postal boxes and sorting machines have been removed?
The USPS is removing sorting machines and mail collection boxes from several locations. I've seen this mapped but cannot yet find this data.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/internal-usps-documents-...
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Would anyone know the 1993 zip code for Irvine CA
I need the zip code for 1993 Irvine, CA. Would anyone know this?
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From where do I get shapefiles for all the states in USA at Census Tract level with "population" or "population density" data too?
I scoured the US Census site for any data like the population at Census Tract level, for the year 2019 or 2018, but I am unable to find it.
I can get plain shapefiles that do not contain any ...
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Datasets of labor union metadata and membership in the United States
I'm looking broadly for datasets that offer insight into labor union membership, participation and behavior in the U.S.
So far there's some good stuff in the Office of Labor Management and Standards ...
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Where can I find Political Party Affiliation Data?
I would like to make a heat map based on political party membership density in (e.g., California 60% democrat, Kentucky 70% Republican, etc.), preferably at the county level.
Does anyone know of a ...
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Number of Hospitals in the US with emergency departments
How many US hospitals have emergency departments?
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How to get male/female split for particular household income range in the United States
Where is the best resource to get the most recent Male / Female split of household incomes above $80K+ (or similar) in the United States?
This U.S. Census table has "Female persons, percent" but I'm ...
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From where can I obtain 2018 LiDAR Digital Surface Model for Texas?
I am looking for a 2018 Lidar DSM (not DEM) for Texas, US. Do you know any source from which I can obtain the data?