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Datasets on the natural and built environment including: pollution, agriculture, transportation emissions, recycling, economic self-sufficiency, resources for refugees, rural economic development, and disaster spending.

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  • Computer and Internet Use

    rural-development

    by U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

    Types of Computers and Internet Subscriptions from American Community Survey 2014-2018 data

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  • NAIP public image service

    enabling-naip-data

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

    Imagery data from the agricultural growing seasons. Includes ArcGIS Rest Services URL for the public facing, most current year 1-meter or higher resolution 4-band NAIP cached image services for the lower 48 states. The service is served out as pre-rendered tiles with 18 levels of detail which is equivalent to about 1.19 meters resolution at the largest scale

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  • Map of Commingled Residential MRFs in the United States

    recycled-materials recycled-materials-2

    by THE RECYCLING PARTNERSHIP

    Map of Commingled Residential MRFs nationwide, which are facilities that accept recyclables separated from trash and then brought in for processing as either single stream or dual stream materials to be sorted into individual commodities and sold to market

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  • Employment Data from Census by Geography

    talent-discovery economic-self-sufficiency

    by U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

    Data on Industry and Occupation, Employers (public and private), Commuting, Labor Force Statistics, Work from Home, and more.

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  • Facts and Figures about Materials, Waste and Recycling

    recycled-materials recycled-materials-2

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    Annual data on national waste generation and recycling rates for the overall municipal solid waste stream and for a number of specific materials. Most recent year is 2017

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  • Earth Challenge: Integrated Ocean Plastics Data

    ocean-plastics

    by EARTH CHALLENGE

    A cleaned, curated and interoperable global plastics pollution dataset.The Earth Challenge team has combined all available data from the National Atmospheric Administrations Marine Debris Monitoring and Assesment Project (MDMAP) accumulation report, Ocean Convervancy's TIDES Coastal Clean Up data, and the European Environmental Agencies Marine Litter Watch (MLW) data sets. All datasets were mapped to a common schema and quality control methods were implemented for ease of re-use. Data was collected from 2015 -2018.

    There are mutiple links associated with this data set. Please refer to the list below:

    • [Visualization](https://cscloud-ec2020.opendata.arcgis.com/app/dashboard-integrated-plastic-pollution-clean-up-events-and-volunteers

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  • HUD Community Assessment Reporting Tool (CART)

    economic-self-sufficiency

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

    Reference tool designed to display HUD's investments in communities across the United States. Search by City, County, Metropolitan Area or State

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  • Earth Challenge: Top 10 Most Common Plastics By Country Data

    ocean-plastics

    by EARTH CHALLENGE

    Top 10 Most Common Plastics found by county sourced from the Earth Challenge 2020 Interoperable Oceans Plastics Data. The Earth Challenge 2020 team has combined all available data from the National Atmospheric Administrations Marine Debris Monitoring and Assesment Project (MDMAP) accumulation report, Ocean Convervancy's TIDES Coastal Clean Up data, and the European Environmental Agencies Marine Litter Watch (MLW) data sets. This has been further cleaned to categorize the top 10 most common plastics found by country. Data was collected from 2015 -2018.

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    • [Meta Data Dictionary](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10LGR3hAnZNt0Ilpn-M8YuOTjo17WTOPDOUZUR2Aq1Pg/edit#gid=1401383882

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  • Asthma Surveillance Data

    transportation-emissions

    by CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL

    Collection of asthma data at both the national and the state level

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  • Fixed Broadband Deployment Map

    rural-development

    by FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

    This application provides a visualization of the residential fixed broadband deployment data collected on FCC Form 477

  • EnviroAtlas Interactive Map

    rural-development identifying-and-strengthening-civic-environmental-stewardship

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    Provides geospatial data, easy-to-use tools, and other resources related to ecosystem services, their chemical and non-chemical stressors. Includes human health,environmental, geographic, climatic, cultural, and natural resource profiles, as well as information on assets (e.g., anchor institutions, access to nature amenities, new and emerging economic drivers)

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  • Source Data: Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project

    ocean-plastics

    by NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION

    Shoreline marine debris surveys completed by partner organizations and volunteers from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Program (MDMAP), this data follows strict Q/A Q/C protocols including transect monitoring.

  • API & Developer Resources for Census Bureau Data

    opportunity-zones talent-discovery career-pathways entrepreneurship rural-development transportation-emissions

    by U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

    Software developer resources for Census Bureau Data.

  • HHS Wellness Programs

    economic-self-sufficiency

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

    HHS offer resources to help you eat smart, exercise regularly, and get routine health screenings and vaccinations

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  • USGS National Map

    enabling-naip-data

    by U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

    Suite of products and services that provide access to base geospatial information to describe the landscape of the United States and its territories including boundaries, elevation, geographic names, hydrography, land cover, orthoimagery, structures, and transportation

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  • Can Manufacturers Institute Statistics

    recycled-materials recycled-materials-2

    by CAN MANUFACTURERS INSTITUTE

    Annual historical data regarding domestic can shipments including detailed statistics, broken down by market, product, material used and technology.

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  • Charity Navigator

    refugees

    by USA FOR UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

    Charity Navigator, charity assessment organization that evaluates charitable organizations in the U.S., has been scraped for non-profit organizations that work with recently resettled refugees

  • CDC Health Data (WONDER)

    transportation-emissions

    by CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL

    Nearly 20 collections of public-use data for topics including U.S. births, deaths, environmental exposures, and population estimates primarily on compiled annually, as granular as county-level

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  • Location of Energy Infrastructure

    opportunity-zones rural-development

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

    Includes data on energy infrastructure including power lines, power plants, coal mines, etc.

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  • Global Alert - Floating Trash

    ocean-plastics

    by OCEAN RECOVERY ALLIANCE

    Online tool that increases interaction and connectivity to plastic pollution by allowing users to report, rate and map trash hot-spots in their waterways and coastlines via mobile devices and a web-based platform

  • AirNow

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    Current and forecast air quality maps and data for more than 500 cities across the U.S. available through map view showing U.S. Air Quality Index (AQI), a color-coded index designed to communicate whether air quality is healthy or unhealthy for you

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  • The Magic School Bus Gets Cleaned Up

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    EPA, in collaboration with Scholastic, has created a new book, "The Magic School Bus Gets Cleaned Up," which teaches readers about pollution emitted from diesel school buses as well as ways to reduce emissions health risks.

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  • USGS National Map

    rural-development

    by U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

    Suite of products and services that provide access to base geospatial information to describe the landscape of the United States and its territories including boundaries, elevation, geographic names, hydrography, land cover, orthoimagery, structures, and transportation

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  • Aluminum Association Buyers' Guide

    recycled-materials recycled-materials-2

    by THE ALUMINUM ASSOCIATION

    A tool used to search for products, services, and vendors within the aluminum industry

  • American Community Survey APIs

    opportunity-zones rural-development

    by U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

    Resources for demographic information at the Census tract level.

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  • Local Area Transportation Characteristics for Households Data

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

    Estimates of average weekday household person trips, vehicle trips, person miles traveled, and vehicle miles traveled (per day), for all Census tracts for the year 2017

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  • EPA Smart Location Database

    rural-development

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    Interactive maps and data for measuring location efficiency in terms of walkability and transit access

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  • AirNow API for Developers

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    Current and forecast air quality maps and data for more than 500 cities across the U.S. with U.S. Air Quality Index (AQI), available through API

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  • Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Qualified Census Tracts

    economic-self-sufficiency opportunity-zones

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

    These tracts must have 50% of households with incomes below 60% of the Area Median Gross Income or have a poverty rate of 25% or more

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  • Natural resources datasets

    rural-development

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

    Federal Statistical and Resource Agencies along with universities produce a wide range of geospatial datasets characterizing the nation’s natural resources. Major data set themes include soils, water, climate, energy, and crop and forest production

  • HUD Services Data

    economic-self-sufficiency

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

    Find Shelter location data from HUD.gov homepage: shelter, food pantry, health clinics and clothing

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  • Traffic Volume Trends

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

    Monthly data based on hourly traffic count data reported by States, collected at approximately 5,000 continuous traffic counting locations

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  • Form 477 Data

    rural-development

    by FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

    Data on facilities-based broadband providers who are required to file data with the FCC twice a year (Form 477) on where they offer Internet access service at speeds exceeding 200 kbps in at least one direction

  • Automotive Trends Data

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    National data on CO2 emissions and fuel economy based on production volumes delivered for sale in the U.S. by model year, from 1975-2019

  • Recommendations for Constructing Roadside Vegetation Barriers to Improve Near road Air quality

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    Summarizes research findings on best practices for building roadside vegetative barriers to improve air quality

  • U.S. Chronic Disease Indicators (CDI)

    transportation-emissions

    by CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL

    124 indicators including asthma deaths and prevention that allow states, territories and large metropolitan areas to uniformly define, collect, and report chronic disease data

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  • Learning and Teaching about the Environment Web Resource

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    Provides K-12 students and educators with access to quality homework resources, lesson plans and project ideas for learning and teaching about the environment

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  • U.S. State and Local Waste and Materials Characterization Reports

    recycled-materials recycled-materials-2

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    links to state and local waste characterization studies, including information on municipal solid waste (MSW) generation, recycling, combustion with energy recovery and landfilling

  • Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Database

    economic-self-sufficiency

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

    May be used to locate rental housing supported by the LIHTC and having the applicable program rent and income restrictions

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  • Earth Challenge: Citizen Science Cloud: Plastics Page

    ocean-plastics

    by EARTH CHALLENGE

    The Citizen Science Cloud is a place where anyone can share and access open, interoperable, citizen science data and related applications and leverages the power of GIS. On the CS Cloud, you can expect to find citizen science data on various focus areas including information on ocean plastics datasets.

    There are mutiple links associated with this data set. Please refer to the list below:

    • [Citizen Science Cloud, Plastics Dataset Page](https://cscloud-ec2020.opendata.arcgis.com/search?tags=plastics%2Cplastic

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  • Picture of Subsidized Households

    economic-self-sufficiency

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

    Basic demographic and program data on HUD assisted households

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  • Glass Recycling: End Markets, MRFs, and Drop-off Facilities

    recycled-materials recycled-materials-2

    by GLASS RECYCLING COALITION

    Allows users to search by location to find the nearest material recovery facility (MRF), glass processor, end-market or large city drop-off locations that accept glass

  • HHS Annual Performance Report

    disaster-spending

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

    Provides information on HHS’s progress toward achieving the goals and objectives described in the HHS Strategic Plan and Annual Performance Plan

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  • 2018 FCC Broadband Deployment Report

    rural-development bridging-the-digital-divide

    by U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

    Annual report on whether advanced telecommunications capability “is being deployed to all Americans in a reasonable and timely fashion”

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  • Stats America

    rural-development talent-discovery

    by U.S. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION, INDIANA UNIVERSITY

    Data items for any state, metro, micro, district or county in the nation, including Opportunity Zones, detailed demographic information, innovation capacity etc

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  • Environmental Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program - Community Edition (BenMAP-CE)

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    Software that estimates the health impacts and economic value of changes in air quality (specifically ground level ozone and fine particles)

  • Reducing School Bus Idling: Clean Air Poster

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    A poster from the EPA's Clean School Bus Program explaining how reducing idling results in cleaner air

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  • National Environmental Public Health Tracking Network

    rural-development

    by CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL

    Local, state, and national level data and information on the environment, exposures, health effects and population characteristics

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  • Air Pollutant Emissions Trends Data

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    National and state-level trends for Tier 1 pollutant emission contributions among major source types from 1970 - 2019

  • The Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW)

    rural-development

    by U.S. BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

    A quarterly count of employment and wages reported by employers covering more than 95 percent of U.S. jobs, available at the county, MSA, state and national levels by industry, which can be used to identify emerging or declining clusters or industry sectors

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  • ERS GIS Map Services and API

    rural-development

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

    Over 23 ERS geospatial map API services, each containing anywhere from 4 to 70 map layers. The majority of the services consist of national maps displaying data at the county-level.

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  • USASpending

    disaster-spending improving-access-to-and-management-of-federal-grants increasing-government-accountability-by-connecting-federal-spending-and-performance-data

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

    USA Spending tracks federal spending to ensure taxpayers can see how their money is being used in communities across America

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  • Fair-Market Rent Data

    economic-self-sufficiency opportunity-zones

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

    Rent estimates at the 50th percentile (or median) are calculated for all Fair Market Rent areas

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  • National Environmental Public Health Tracking

    transportation-emissions

    by CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL

    Local, state, and national level data and information on the environment, exposures, health effects and population characteristics

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  • U.S. Cluster Mapping Tool

    rural-development talent-discovery

    by U.S. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION

    Provides over 50 million open data records on industry clusters and regional business environments in the U.S. to promote economic growth and national competitiveness

  • Source Data: TIDES Coastal Cleanup

    ocean-plastics

    by OCEAN CONSERVANCY

    Public data system containing the world's largest ocean trash dataset, all collected by volunteers that allows viewers to see ocean trash data at a global scale or even zoom into their local beach. Easily download reports available for any country, state, region or location

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  • National Emissions Inventory (NEI)

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    Comprehensive and detailed estimate of air emissions of criteria pollutants, criteria precursors, and hazardous air pollutants from air emissions sources collected by State, Local, and Tribal air agencies and blended with other data sources

  • Coloring Book titled Carl Gets Some Rest

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    For children in pre-school through 2nd grade, teaches a simple lesson – that there are many transportation alternatives to using a car

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  • HHS Social Services Programs

    economic-self-sufficiency

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

    Data on the programs and services that improve the well-being of individuals, families, and communities, including unaccompanied alien children, self-sufficiency, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, etc

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  • 500 Cities: Local Data for Better Health, 2019 release

    transportation-emissions

    by CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL

    City and census tract-level small area estimates for chronic disease risk factors, health outcomes, and clinical preventive service use for the largest 500 cities in the United States

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  • Freight Analysis Framework

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

    Comprehensive picture of freight movement among states and major metropolitan areas by all modes of transportation

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  • Supplemental: Social Vulnerability Index (SVI)

    helping-families-businesses-and-communities-respond-to-covid-19 rural-development

    by CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL

    Uses 15 U.S. Census variables at tract level to help local officials identify communities that may need support in preparing for hazards, disasters, etc.

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  • Annual Mineral Commodity Summaries

    recycled-materials recycled-materials-2

    by U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

    Manufacturing industry data on the use of virgin (primary) and recycled (secondary) materials in the U.S. for several dozen minerals published anually as far back as 1996

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  • American Housing Survey

    economic-self-sufficiency

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

    The most comprehensive national housing survey in the United States since its inception in 1973, providing annual information on the size, composition, and quality of the nation’s housing and measuring changes in our housing stock as it ages

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  • Integrated Data: Marine Debris Monitoring and Assessment Project

    ocean-plastics

    by EARTH CHALLENGE

    A cleaned, curated and integrated global plastics pollution dataset sourced from the National Atmospheric Administrations Marine Debris Monitoring and Assesment Project (MDMAP) accumulation report. This data is one of the three datasets used in the Earth Challenge 2020 Integrated Oceans Plastics Dataset.

    There are mutiple links associated with this data set. Please refer to the list below:

    • [Visualization](https://cscloud-ec2020.opendata.arcgis.com/app/dashboard-integrated-plastic-pollution-clean-up-events-and-volunteers

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  • Atlas of Rural and Small-Town America

    rural-development opportunity-zones

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

    County-level data on county type, remoteness, amenities, and other socioeconomic characteristics.

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  • Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy

    disaster-spending

    by CENTER FOR DISASTER PHILANTHROPY

    Effort to establish baseline data, aggregate multiple data streams, and track disaster giving by philanthropists, government agencies, and NGOs from 2013 to 2017, segmented by disaster type

  • Idle-Free Schools Toolkit for a Healthy School Environment

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    Information needed to run an effective idling reduction campaign at a school to reduce student exposure to toxic vehicle exhaust. This includes student-run science or community involvement projects, which offer students an opportunity to run a public service campaign while expanding their science and math skills

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  • Open Energy Information

    rural-development entrepreneurship

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

    Open energy datasets coming from the US Department of Energy and its national laboratories

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  • HUD Enterprise GIS

    opportunity-zones economic-self-sufficiency

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

    Web services for data including HUD, USDA, and Census.

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  • USDA Rural Development Innovation Center Data

    rural-development

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

    The Rural Development Innovation Center applies cutting-edge techniques to provide innovative products and services to its rural customers. The Center's website offers tools and resources about best practices for rural economic development

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  • Monthly Industry Indicators

    rural-development entrepreneurship

    by U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

    Monthly indicators including manufacturing shipments and inventory, construction spending, retail inventories, rental vacany rates, etc.

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  • National Port Strategy Assessment: Reducing Air Pollution and Greenhouse Gases at U.S. Ports

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    National scale assessment to examine current and future emissions from a variety of diesel sources operating in port areas, explore a range of available strategies to reduce emissions, provide an assessment tool, and inform priorities and decisions for port areas

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  • County Business Patterns

    opportunity-zones talent-discovery career-pathways entrepreneurship economic-self-sufficiency

    by U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

    Annual data on employer businesses (e.g., no. of businesses, employment, payroll) at the state, county, metro area, and ZIP Code levels by industry.

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  • Digital Nation Data Explorer

    rural-development

    by NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

    Data Explorer enables easy tracking of metrics about computer and Internet use over time. Simply choose a metric of interest from the drop-down menu. The default Map mode depicts percentages by state, while Chart mode allows metrics to be broken down by demographics and viewed as either percentages of the population or estimated numbers of people or households

  • HUD EnVision Centers

    economic-self-sufficiency

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

    The EnVision Center Demonstration supports the delivery of integrated services from philanthropic organizations, private industry, and all levels of government thereby increasing the opportunity for low-income families to achieve self-sufficiency through “one-stop” or “single-site” service centers

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  • Earth Challenge 2020 Plastics Mobile Widget Data

    ocean-plastics

    by EARTH CHALLENGE

    Data from Earth Challenge 2020 Plastics mobile widget. Allows anyone to take a picture of plastic pollution anywhere its found wherever they are in the world.

    There are mutiple links associated with this data set. Please refer to the list below:

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  • HUD Data Portal

    economic-self-sufficiency

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

    Information on median family incomes and income limits for HUD programs, as well as microdata from research initiatives on topics such as housing discrimination, the HUD-insured multifamily housing stock, and the public housing population

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  • Broadband USA

    rural-development

    by NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION ADMINISTRATION

    The National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) BroadbandUSA program promotes innovation and economic growth by supporting efforts to expand broadband access and meaningful use across America

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  • Source Data: Marine Litter Watch

    ocean-plastics

    by EUROPEAN ENVIRONMENT AGENCY

    Provides a map of beach litter data collection events organised by MLW communities, as well as overview graphs and tables

  • Steel Industry Data

    recycled-materials recycled-materials-2

    by STEEL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION

    Monthly and annual shipment and production data on the national steel industry

  • Aluminum Association Industry Statistics

    recycled-materials recycled-materials-2

    by THE ALUMINUM ASSOCIATION

    Annual and monthly reports with statistics and business information on the North American aluminum industry

  • The Business of Chemistry By the Numbers

    recycled-materials recycled-materials-2

    by AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL

    2019 report that includes financial performance, trade, capital investments in the chemistry industry

  • COVID-19: Resources for Tracking Federal Spending

    disaster-spending

    by U.S. CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

    Provides selected sources for tracking COVID-19 relief funding provided through congressional bills

  • Federal Geo-platform

    enabling-naip-data

    by FEDERAL GEOGRAPHIC DATA COMMITTEE

    Data.gov for geospatial data from a variety of federal agencies on topics including climate & weather, elevation, geology, land use and cover, utilities and others

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  • Buyers and Sellers Information

    recycled-materials recycled-materials-2

    by ASSOCIATION OF PLASTIC RECYCLERS

    Complete directory of materials that Association of Plastic Recyclers (ARP) Members purchase and sell, as well as services (grinding, densifying, washing, pelletizing, compounding and solid stating) provided by APR members

  • OpenDataPhilly

    transportation-emissions

    by OPENDATAPHILLY

    Philadelphia local transportation data, including on walkability scores, bike networks, airport runways, traffic counts, air monitoring stations, etc.

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  • FEMA Annual Performance Report

    disaster-spending

    by FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY

    The Department of Homeland Security's Performance and Accountability Reports provide information that enables the President, Congress and the public to assess the effectiveness of the Department's mission performance and stewardship of resources

  • Recycling Economic Information (REI) Report

    recycled-materials recycled-materials-2

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    Data on the recycling industry workforce

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  • Rural Accessibility

    rural-development

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

    Interactive map and graph showing access to intercity transportation in rural areas

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  • EJSCREEN: Environmental Justice Screening and Mapping Tool

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    Nationally consistent dataset and approach for combining environmental indicators including 6 measures of air quality with 6 demographic demographic indicators

  • Glass Resource Locator

    recycled-materials recycled-materials-2

    by GLASS PACKAGING INSTITUTE

    Lists of companies that distribute and sell glass materials

  • Our World In Data

    ocean-plastics

    by OUR WORLD IN DATA

    Collection of plastics pollution data, including decomposition rates of marine debris items, global river plastic input to the ocean by region, plastic waste generated by coastal populations etc.

  • Recycling Market Development Platform

    recycled-materials recycled-materials-2

    by MORE RECYCLING

    Includes data and trends on plastic, glass, metal and fiber recycling, as well as links to tools that support the recycling value chain

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  • Recycling Demand Mapping in the Southeast

    recycled-materials recycled-materials-2

    by SOUTHEAST RECYCLING DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

    Map of recycling opportunities in the Southeast United States

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  • FindHello Resources

    refugees

    by USAHELLO

    Resources for immigrants, refugees, and asylum seekers including immigration help, English classes, healthcare, and more curated by USAHello.

  • Ports Primer for Communities: An Overview of Ports Planning and Operations to Support Community Participation

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

    Information on the role of ports, how ports can impact local land use, economic trends, air quality and other aspects of the enivonment and quality of life

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  • Treasury ZIP Code Statistics of Income

    economic-self-sufficiency opportunity-zones

    by INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

    ZIP Code data on selected income and tax statistics by State, ZIP Code, and size of adjusted gross income. Can be mapped to census tracts

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  • Earth Challenge: Open Data Documentation

    ocean-plastics

    by EARTH CHALLENGE

    Earth Challenge is a global citizen science effort. Earth Challenge spans over 6 research topics and offers APIs to source data and curated Interoperable through the Kinetica platform.

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  • Green Vehicle Guide

    transportation-emissions

    by U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

    Gives information about the environmental performance of light-duty vehicles using 0-10 emissions score and the fuel economy numbers to compare environmental performance across vehicle classes

  • Plastics Data

    recycled-materials recycled-materials-2

    by PLASTICS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION

    Industry data including global trends, plastics quarterly forecasts, monthly plastics production and capacity utilization statistics

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  • Types of Internet Subscriptions

    rural-development

    by U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

    Types of Internet Subscriptions by Selected Characteristics from American Community Survey 2014-2018 data

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  • American Community Survey Demographic Data

    opportunity-zones rural-development helping-families-businesses-and-communities-respond-to-covid-19

    by U.S. CENSUS BUREAU

    Tract-level data on household characteristics; industry and occupation, broken out by demographic characteristics of workers.

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  • Poverty Estimates, Trends, and Analysis

    economic-self-sufficiency

    by U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

    Statistics on the 40 million persons, 12.3% of the total population, who live in poverty, including information on income, risk factors, etc.

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