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Data Sources in the Social Sciences

Available data sources for social science research

Chicagoland Sources

City of Chicago Data Portal
Cook County Data
Open Data Portal for Cook County (IL)
Office of Inspector General, City of Chicago
Data on public safety, City budgets, and City employees.
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Chicago Public Schools Data

Metropolitan Data Sources that include Chicagoland

Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University
Chicago and Cook County housing data on housing stock, sales data, mortgages, and foreclosure filings and auctions are available here in aggregated geographies. Geographies include Cook County and subregions of the county as well as City of Chicago, and its wards and community areas.
National Neighborhoods Indicators Partnership
The National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership (NNIP) is a collaborative effort by the Urban Institute and local partners to further the development and use of neighborhood-level information systems in local policymaking and community building.
Lewis Mumford Center
In the Center, the University at Albany Visualization and Informatics Lab (AVAIL) is conducting research for federal, state, and regional agencies (e.g., US Department of Transportation (USDOT), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC)).