Research Guides: Data Preservation and Data Sources: Alternative Sources of Data

Alternative Sources of Data

The following resources provide alternate access to government information, including datasets, that may no longer be available from their original sources.

ALICE Economic Vitality Dashboard
The ALICE Economic Vitality Dashboard from United for ALICE provides data on work, housing, and community resources for those who fall under the ALICE (Asset, Limited, Income Constrained, Employed) threshold.
Census Reporter
Census Reporter is a free, open-source platform focused on making American Community Survey (ACS) data more accessible, including the recent upload of the 2023 ACS data.
City Health Dashboard
Portal for federal, state, and other datasets on U.S. cities. Curated by NYU Langone Health with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
Climate.us
Nonprofit portal for public climate information, funded by multiplier.org to serve as a successor to climate.gov.
Economic Policy Institute’s State of Working America Data Library
The Economic Policy Insitute provides historical data on the American work force, including information on wages, inequality, and other economic indicators among demographic groups.
Esri
Esri, the publisher of the ArcGIS software platform, provides access to several U.S. Census Bureau data sets, including the American Community Survey, through its ArcGIS Online Platform.
Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
Created and maintained by the Research Department at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, FRED is an online database consisting of hundreds of thousands of economic data time series from scores of national, international, public, and private sources. Browse by 14 different categories.
National Equity Atlas
The National Equity Atlas provides a report card on racial and economic equity.

PolicyMap
A place-based data library with simple mapping and reporting tools for creating and sharing maps, downloading data, comparing data across locations, generating on-the-fly reports, and running analytics. Users may also upload data. The geodatabase includes demographics, real estate, health, jobs, and more from sources like the Census, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and GreatSchools.
Social Explorer
U.S. historical census data, 1790-present, and American Community Survey data, 2005-2011 with interactive thematic maps, customized reporting, graphing and charting capabilities. No. of concurrent users: 5.