The USDA Food Access map

USDA Food Access Research Atlas

The USDA Food Access Research Atlas and associated mapping tools provide county-level data identifying low-access areas by measuring the number of various types of food stores or markets by county and showing access indicators for different populations.

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Screenshot of a typical data visualization from DataUSA

DataUSA

DataUSA is a public-private partnership leveraging U.S. Census and other public data using a flexible dashboard generator for geographies including state, county, and municipality, and Tribal area. Topics include employment, industry, education, income, housing, transportation, poverty, and health.

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An example data comparison from Headwaters data profiles

Headwaters Data Profiles

Headwaters Economics is a nonprofit research group focusing on community development and land management. Offered here are a number of tools designed to assess various types of risk at the county or community level.

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An example figure from the Migration Data Hub.

Migration Data Hub

The Migration Data Hub provides comprehensive profiles and interactive maps detailing the demographics, geographic distribution, and socioeconomic characteristics of immigrant populations mostly at the state level, but some data is available at the county, and local levels.

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Ancestry map from the Applied Population Lab

Applied Population Lab Resources

The UW-Madison Applied Population Lab offers a tremendous breadth of interactive demographic and socio-economic tools, analyses, and reports. Some of these are detailed in this Data Inventory, but APL provides many more than can be listed here.

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An example map from the Financial Security Indicators tool.

Financial Security Indicators

This resource, available only to logged-in wisc.edu users, provides a comprehensive suite of financial well-being indicators for Wisconsin, integrating data on assets, debt, employment, housing, income, and poverty from diverse sources.

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A typical resource from the OAIC resources list

OAIC Resources for Outreach and Planning

In this document the UW-Extension Office of Access, Inclusion, and Compliance (OAIC) consolidates dozens of disparate federal and state data sources into a single, organized directory for rapid assessment.

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Screenshot from the US Census My Tribal Area Tool

My Tribal Area

Finding data collected from Tribal Nation geographies can be challenging. This resource allows users to view statistics from the most current ACS aggregated and tabulated specifically to match the boundaries of the designated Tribal Geographies in Wisconsin.

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Equitable Program Development Dashboard

Equitable Program Development Dashboard

The EPD maps five categories of socioeconomic and demographic Census data at the County, County Subdivision, Tract, and Block Group levels, and includes a number of community assets for additional local context.

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Screenshot of a U.S. Census QuickFacts table.

US Census QuickFacts

The U.S. Census’ QuickFacts site provides a customizable table of common demographic and socio-economic statistics for the U.S., individual States and Counties, or cities and towns with populations of more than 5,000 people.

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