Community Data and Maps - Michigan
Data Driven Detroit: houses a comprehensive data system that includes current and historic demographic, socioeconomic, educational, environmental, and other indicators.
SEMCOG Data and Maps (Southeast Michigan Council of Governments): includes information on demographics, socio-economics, housing, land use, and transportation related data.
Detroit Crime Viewer: Interactive crime map (currently in beta phase) that shows where and when crimes were committed. Crimes are color-coded and it displays location, arrest category, report number, and charge description of incidents that happened within city limits. Users can filter results by date and crime, crime type, and also select location by police precincts, zip codes, neighborhoods, council districts, or by searching the interactive map.
Other Sources for Community Data and Maps
See the GIS Software guide and the ArcGIS StoryMaps guide if you would like to use GIS software for mapping (optional). Contact GIS Librarian Joel Seewald at seewaldj@umich.edu if you have any questions about using GIS software.
Policy Map (library database): a geographic information system (GIS) used to understand U.S. communities. Included in the tool is access to PolicyMap's extensive data collection, with over 15,000 indicators used to understand communities.
Sage dataplanet (library database): Provides access to statistical information produced by U.S. federal agencies, private companies, and intergovernmental organizations. Create maps and reports from data you select from over 640 datasets.
Social Explorer (library database): includes tools that allow you to explore U.S. Census data through the use of interactive data maps and also allows you to browse and download Census data in convenient formats for offline processing.
US Census: the leading source of quality data about American people and communities
Canada Census: the leading source of quality data about Canadian people and communities
Justice Map: Visualize race and income data as well as create and share maps for neighborhoods, counties, states, and the US.