The Department of Housing and Urban Development has made all of the data from their "State of the Cities Report" available online.
EconData.net's February's site of the month is a report and a site rolled into one. TheDepartment ofHousing and Urban Development's latest report comparing and contrastingpopulation, housing and economic trends in the nation's central citiesandsuburbs offers a solid narrative report with a detailed, easy-to-useweb-sitebacking it up. Not only can you get HUD's "State of the Cities 2000"report, you can link to all of the underlying data used in the report,includingspecial tabulations of County Business Pattern data focusing oninformationworkers. The report also contains statistics on comparative crimerates,housing starts, job growth and other "megatrends." If you want to seehow yourcity or metro area stacks up against national trends, this site is agreat placeto start.
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