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Data USA: explore, map, compare, and download U.S. data

112 points by noelwelsh 7y ago

noelwelsh 7y ago
I'm finding this data fascinating. For example, here is the "Software developers": https://datausa.io/profile/soc/software-developers-applications-systems-software https://datausa.io/profile/soc/software-developers-applicati... A few points that struck me: - income is a lot more evenly distributed than the US average. - "Video tape & disk rental" is by far the highest paying sector. I guess that is all down to Netflix? "Taxi and limousine service" is in 4th place. That's Uber and Lyft?
- joncrane 7y ago
  Good eye. I have heard that Netflix pays particularly well, so that would make sense. Also I suppose if you worked on Hulu or any other online streaming platform it wouldn't fall in the same category so I wonder what other companies would fall under that category. Finally, how do they derive those categories? NAICS codes?
  - maxerickson 7y ago
    It looks like BLS categories (they list BLS as a source too): https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#15-0000 https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#15-0000
akudha 7y ago
Is there any site like this for environment related data - pollution, air quality, water quality etc?
- kthejoker2 7y ago
  It's not as nice as this, but Climate.gov has decent data https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/datasets https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/datasets
  - kthejoker2 7y ago
    And AirNow is the EPA's site, there are datasets and real time APIs https://www.airnow.gov/ https://www.airnow.gov/
spectramax 7y ago
The site loads super fast - definitely a plus these days.
azemetre 7y ago
Is it possible to get some of the data for personal projects? I'm not seeing and option to get data by csv (or anything really). Curious to know if it's possible. I'm learning more about data viz this year and areas where you can get data easily is a God send.
- objectivetruth 7y ago
  All of the data sets are listed here: https://datausa.io/about/datasets/ https://datausa.io/about/datasets/ You should probably also check out the federal data catalog at: https://data.gov https://data.gov
OldHand2018 7y ago
FYI, this is not a USA government web site, it is run by Deloitte and is republishing public domain US government data under an AGPLv3 license.
jazzido 7y ago
There's also https://datachile.io https://datachile.io, a sister site built by the same team

112 points by noelwelsh 7y ago

I'm finding this data fascinating. For example, here is the "Software developers": https://datausa.io/profile/soc/software-developers-applications-systems-software https://datausa.io/profile/soc/software-developers-applicati... A few points that struck me: - income is a lot more evenly distributed than the US average. - "Video tape & disk rental" is by far the highest paying sector. I guess that is all down to Netflix? "Taxi and limousine service" is in 4th place. That's Uber and Lyft?

joncrane 7y ago
Good eye. I have heard that Netflix pays particularly well, so that would make sense. Also I suppose if you worked on Hulu or any other online streaming platform it wouldn't fall in the same category so I wonder what other companies would fall under that category. Finally, how do they derive those categories? NAICS codes?
- maxerickson 7y ago
  It looks like BLS categories (they list BLS as a source too): https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#15-0000 https://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes_nat.htm#15-0000

akudha 7y ago

Is there any site like this for environment related data - pollution, air quality, water quality etc?

kthejoker2 7y ago
It's not as nice as this, but Climate.gov has decent data https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/datasets https://www.climate.gov/maps-data/datasets
- kthejoker2 7y ago
  And AirNow is the EPA's site, there are datasets and real time APIs https://www.airnow.gov/ https://www.airnow.gov/

spectramax 7y ago

The site loads super fast - definitely a plus these days.

azemetre 7y ago

Is it possible to get some of the data for personal projects? I'm not seeing and option to get data by csv (or anything really). Curious to know if it's possible. I'm learning more about data viz this year and areas where you can get data easily is a God send.

objectivetruth 7y ago
All of the data sets are listed here: https://datausa.io/about/datasets/ https://datausa.io/about/datasets/ You should probably also check out the federal data catalog at: https://data.gov https://data.gov

OldHand2018 7y ago

FYI, this is not a USA government web site, it is run by Deloitte and is republishing public domain US government data under an AGPLv3 license.

jazzido 7y ago

There's also https://datachile.io https://datachile.io, a sister site built by the same team