The New York State Social Indicator Project is a map-based information system or data archive. Designed to meet the needs of a variety of potential users, from planners and public officials to community organizations, this web application is useful in indentifying for example the most attractive and successful aspects of a city's development (useful in marketing the city to newcomers) as well as the problem areas requiring more focused public policy intervention.

The application differs from most since it extends beyond a single locality or metropolitan region. Data at the county and tract level is available for all of New York State, making it easy to compare counties with counties and tracts with tracts for the whole state.

Selected also are some key social and economic indicators that offer a comprehensive overview of communities.

Drawn from a number of sources including the census and state and federal agency reports, the information for our New York State Social Indicators Project is available on the County and tract level. By clicking on links, a map will appear and with it an opportunity to define your search by region, coutny, town or tract as well as by a specific indicator or category available for that level of data.

Click here to go directly to the NYS Social Indicators site:

For additional questions, contact:

John Logan, Director
(518) 442-4656

The Lewis Mumford Center for Comparative Urban and Regional Research
University at Albany, SUNY
1400 Washington Ave.
Albany, NY 12222
518.442.4652