The Brookings Institution uses data from the IRS to construct a broad database of tax return data, available by ZIP code, city, county, metropolitan area, state, state legislative district, and congressional district, for every year from 2000 to 2006. The data is available in PolicyMap in the "Money & Income" tab, in the "Federal Tax Returns" section. Due to privacy concerns, some areas with very low counts have suppressed data. Listed here are the top 10 zip codes that do not contain suppressed data.
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The New America Foundation reports the percent of students in poverty by school district based on data from the US Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE). We have this data for 2004 and 2007, and it can be found in the "Education" tab, under "School District Population."
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As the nation debates the need for healthcare reform, a question worth asking is: where are the most uninsured populations? The Census’s Small Area Health Insurance Estimates (SAHIE) can provide some answers. They have county and state level data for 2005 and 2006.
Counties with the highest rates of uninsured people in 2006
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County, State |
Percent Uninsured 18 to 64 in 2006 |
| Hudspeth, TX |
50.6% |
| Edwards, TX |
49.4% |
| Terrell, TX |
49.1% |
| Webb, TX |
48.9% |
| Jeff Davis, TX |
47.7% |
| Brazos, TX |
45.4% |
| Mason, TX |
45.3% |
| Hall, TX |
45.2% |
| Sherman, TX |
45.2% |
Cimarron, OK |
45% |
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We just posted median home sale stats for the 1st quarter of 2009. Our data comes from Boxwood Means, Inc. and can give you actual home sale statistics at a block group, census tract and zip code level every quarter. So, which zip codes had the highest median home sale prices in the first quarter of this year?
Zip Codes with Highest Median Sale Prices in Qtr 1 2009
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Zip Code, State |
Median sale price of a residential home, January through March 2009 |
| 08738, NJ |
$2,225,000 |
| 92067, CA |
$2,114,500 |
| 81611, CO |
$2,050,000 |
| 94022, CA |
$2,012,500 |
| 06830, CT |
$2,000,000 |
| 90402, CA |
$1,812,000 |
| 93108, CA |
$1,800,000 |
| 94920, CA |
$1,750,000 |
| 11976, NY |
$1,700,000 |
90265, CA |
$1,638,000 |
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Each month we release the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ preliminary and final unemployment rates. Unlike the national figures, the preliminary data on PolicyMap lags by about a month because BLS releases the city, county metro area and state level data one month behind the national numbers. The final figures lag by about two months. This data is free on PolicyMap and can be viewed in maps, tables, and trend charts. Unemployment Rate You can find unemployment data in the Jobs & Economy tabs.
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Earlier this month, we released the Postal Service’s most recent data on vacancies. This data, released quarterly, tracks the number and percentage of properties that have not picked up their mail for more than 90 days within a census tract. This public data is free on PolicyMap and can be viewed in both maps and tables.
So, which census tracts have the highest percentage of vacant residential properties this quarter? Check it out.
| Census Tract |
City |
Residential Vacancy Rate (2nd Qtr 2009) |
| 005000 |
Philadelphia, PA |
100%
|
| 809903 |
Monmouth, NJ |
85.60%
|
| 161402 |
Bexar, TX |
82.01%
|
| 301500 |
Harford, MD |
81.40%
|
| 417300 |
Hartford, CT |
68.18%
|
| 008230 |
Franklin, OH |
65.93%
|
| 000900 |
Hamilton, OH |
63.25%
|
| 727002 |
Ocean, NJ |
63.13%
|
| 600100 |
Camden, NJ |
62.82%
|
| 000700 |
Macon, IL |
60.15%
|
