Data Sources
The Community Vitality Project has gathered indicators from a variety of data sources covering each major concept:
Poverty
Current Population Survey
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE)
1990 US Census
2000 US Census
Economy
Bureau of Economic Analysis
Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Indexes Program
Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
1990 US Census
2000 US Census
US Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service
US Department of Labor
Community Capacity
50 States Database
Internal Revenue Service database
National Center for Education Statistics
Secretaries of state
Cultural Vitality
County Business Patterns and Non-Employer Statistics (NES)
Family Capacity
American Medical Association
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS)
Idaho Department of Health and Welfare
Iowa Department of Public Health
Minnesota Department of Health
Mississippi Early Childhood Institute
Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services
National Center for Education Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
National Low Income Housing Coalition
North Dakota Department of Health
Oregon Department of Human Services
South Dakota Department of Health
Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (Census)
1990 US Census
2000 US Census
Washington State Department of Health
Population & Migration
Census Population Estimates
1990 US Census
2000 US Census
Environment
BioCycle
EPA AirData database
EPA Superfund information system


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