Data Story Ideas for Reporters

This NYC-specific site from the NYC Department of City Planning remixes demographic, social, economic, and housing data from the Decennial Census and American Community Survey to make it easier to see neighborhood data and draw comparisons among geographies and over time. It helpfully grays out estimates that are not reliable.

Free public data published by New York City agencies and other partners, including historical 311 complaints by neighborhood.

Public data from NYS agencies.

This portal has ACS data going back to 2011 and Decennial Census data going back to 2000. You can use it to create tables and maps.

Provides census and survey data from around the world integrated across time and space. IPUMS integration and documentation makes it easy to study change, conduct comparative research, merge information across data types, and analyze individuals within family and community contexts. Data and services available free of charge. Data includes decennial censuses from 1790 to 2010 and American Community Surveys (ACS) from 2000 to the present.

SimplyAnalytics is one of NYPL's Business Center's strongest databases for targeted demographic information. SimplyAnalytics includes thousands of demographic, business, and marketing data variables for pinpoint searches on a geographic area of interest. It is available online with a library card, and more features are available if you go into the a research library, such as the one on 40th street and 5th ave.