Open Data Catalogs

Catalogs that I query from Socrata:

• austin.md
• cdc.md
• crime.md
• datasets.md
• jobs.md
• police.md
• public-safety.md
• salaries.md
• shootings.md
• survey.md
• texas-gov.md
• texas.md

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Read my answers on StackOverflow:
https://stackoverflow.com/search?q=user:7460613+socrata

View (unorganized) notes:
https://github.com/nntrn/open-data/wiki

Scripts

# update documents in ./catalogs
./scripts/update-catalogs.sh data catalog

# update domains list in docs/domains.md
./scripts/domains.sh >docs/domains.md

# remove commit history for catalog docs
./scripts/flush-commits.sh  'catalog/*.md'

Socrata

Get views for domain: /api/views.json

List of open government domains:
https://api.us.socrata.com/api/catalog/v1/domains

https://api.us.socrata.com/api/catalog/v1
?order=updatedAt%20DESC
&domains=datahub.austintexas.gov,data.texas.gov
&only=dataset
&limit=2000

View

Datasets I like

Texas

• Austin Demographics
  % living alon, median home price, % below poverty, income bracket

• Austin District 7 Housing Directory

• Austin Workforce Demographics
  Group by: age group

• Texas life sentences

APD

• APD Computer Aided Dispatch Incidents

• Austin Crime Charges
  gender, officer, race, gender, etc (count)

• Use of Force
  This dataset contains offense incidents where any physical contact with a subject was made by an officer

• Arrests
  Group by: ethnicity and gender

• Austin Hate Crimes
  Group by: Race | Bias

Misc

• Waste Summary in Texas
  ‐ limit to waste by Tesla
  ‐ sum quantity for each corp in 2024

• Cincinnati Salaries
  w/ gender, race, and age range

• Major US Open Data Domains
  An incomplete collection of open data domains throughout the U.S. (intended for comparison with King County open data)

• Washington State Hospital Quarterly Revenue
  This dataset provides revenue figures for several clinical units and patient-types