Pittsburgh Data & Statistics

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Latest Reports/Articles

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: 'Eds and meds' still growing in Pittsburgh region
  December 6, 2012: "The region's 21st-century economy has often been referred to as one where manufacturing has been displaced by the "eds and meds" sector, but there remain pockets where local residents still lean heavily on the more traditional means of employment."
• Pittsburgh Business Times: 5 areas to sustain Pittsburgh region's growth
  October 24, 2012: Allegheny Conference on Community Development CEO Dennis Yablonsky outlined five areas that must be addressed for the future for the 10-county Pittsburgh region: workforce, infrastructure, available sites for development, capital squeeze and local government structure.
• Brookings Institution Metro Monitor: Pittsburgh
  September 18, 2012: Pittsburgh falls to #41 in this quarterly monitor of economic health and recovery from the recession.
• International Trade Administration: Pittsburgh World Exports
  September 13, 2012: Pittsburgh was ranked 22nd in the top 50 metropolitan area exporters ranked by 2011 export value in this report from the US Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration. There is also a state report for Pennsylvania.
• Allegheny Conference: Workforce Analysis Report: Energy Sector Jobs in Greater Pittsburgh
  August 30, 2012: The Pittsburgh region is poised to see the number of energy-related careers grow significantly by the end of this decade. There will be jobs for engineers and maintenance technicians, welders and salespeople, jobs requiring post-high school training as well as professional degrees. At the same time, according to a workforce analysis conducted on behalf of the Allegheny Conference on Community Development and the Energy Alliance of Greater Pittsburgh (EAGP), the opportunity poses significant challenges for workforce development as employers increasingly compete for talent, especially across 14 high-demand, hard-to-fill occupations."

Pittsburgh

• Pittsburgh Today & Tomorrow
  Pittsburgh Today looks at 10 categories (arts, demographics, economy, education, environment, government, health, housing, public safety and transportation) and compares Pittsburgh's results with those in Baltimore, Boston, Cincinnati, Charlotte, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Portland, Philadelphia and Richmond, Va.
• Allegheny Conference on Community Development
  Includes information about businesses and economic development in southwestern Pennsylvania.
• Brookings Institution Metro Monitor: Pittsburgh
  September 18, 2012: Pittsburgh falls to #41 in this quarterly monitor of economic health and recovery from the recession.
• Carnegie Mellon University Heinz School: Center for Economic Development
  Issues research on local economic and demographic conditions.
• City of Pittsburgh City Planning Department
  Offers demographic data by Pittsburgh neighborhood and various reports.
  • Information Center
• City of Pittsburgh 2010 Police Report
  The annual report from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
• Pittsburgh Business Times: Compare pay of Pittsburgh CEOs, average workers
  Following upon the AFL-CIO PayWatch.org website, the Pittsburgh Business Times has pulled out the figures for Pittsburgh contrasting the pay of CEOs to the average worker in their company.
• Pittsburgh Business Times 2012 Western Pennsylvania School Guide
  Statewide rankings of school districts. Upper St. Clair, Mt. Lebanon and North Allegheny School Districts rank highest.
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Top 50 Global Pittsburgh
  March 2012 articles on global companies in Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh companies gone global.
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Neighborhood crime: 2009 statistics
  The Pittsburgh police bureau's 2009 annual report, including neighborhood-by-neighborhood crime statistics, including violent crime, property crime and numerous other crimes, including vandalism, prostitution and drunken driving.
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: American Community Survey 2005-09 Estimates: Allegheny County
  Information by municipality on housing, racial makeup, employment, education, etc.
• Pittsburgh Technology Council: State of the Industry Report
  In addition to the macro-level regional analysis, this report features analyses of five key industry clusters that exist within our technology economy: information technology, biomedical and biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, advanced materials and environmental technology.
• Pittsburgh Regional Alliance: Target Sectors & Key Industries
  If someone asks what the major industries in Pittsburgh are, here are the Five Target Sectors: advanced manufacturing, energy, financial & business services, health care & life sciences, information & communications technology (ict); and other key industries: defense & security, distribution & logistics, medical devices, robotics.
• Pittsburgh Today
  This is the web site of the Pittsburgh Regional Indicators Project, an attempt by the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University to provide fact-based information, relative to comparable regions, that will paint the most accurate portrait of Pittsburgh possible. Learn more about the evolution of the project from the PG Benchmarks in this Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article.
  • Pittsburgh Today: The Pittsburgh Regional Quality of Life Survey
    Published 07/24/2012, this survey measured views of people in our region on 10 areas: arts and culture, the economy, education, environment, government, health, housing and neighborhoods, public safety, transportation and overall satisfaction with life.
• Pittsburgh Today: The Pittsburgh Regional Quality of Life Survey
  07/24/2012: This survey measured views of people in our region on 10 areas: arts and culture, the economy, education, environment, government, health, housing and neighborhoods, public safety, transportation and overall satisfaction with life.
• PNC Bank: Regional Economic Reports
  Includes a report for the Pittsburgh area.
• Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC)
  The Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission (SPC) is the official Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) for the ten-county region including the City of Pittsburgh and the counties of Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Indiana, Lawrence, Washington, and Westmoreland. SPC is responsible for planning and prioritizing the use of all state and federal transportation funds allocated to the region. Check here for data and reports on the region.
• State of Downtown Pittsburgh
  The State of Downtown Pittsburgh 2012 report from the Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership provides a snapshot of Downtown’s economic landscape and allows stakeholders to see how Downtown Pittsburgh’s economy has evolved. Read more at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
• University of Pittsburgh: Center for Social and Urban Research
  Pitt's Center for Social and Urban Research creates research reports on economic analysis and forecasting for our region.
  • Pittsburgh Economic Quarterly
    A publication dedicated entirely to economic change in the Pittsburgh region
  • Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System
    The Pittsburgh Neighborhood and Community Information System (PNCIS) is a property information system that collects integrated information on community conditions, and provides it to local stakeholders.

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Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Department of Education Data and Statistics
  Statistics on school district performance.
• Pennsylvania State Data Center
  The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's official source for economic and demographic information.
• Keystone Research Center
  Keystone Research Center is a research and policy development institute in Harrisburg that conducts original research, produces reports, and promotes public dialog that addresses important economic and civic problems.
  • Reports
  • Keystone Research: State of Working Pennsylvania 2012
    August 29, 2012: "The Pennsylvania economy is performing poorly from the perspective of middle- and low-income families...Although growth in productivity and the size of the overall economic pie have been sufficient to support rising living standards, wages and incomes for most families have stagnated...
  • The State of Working Pennsylvania
    annual comprehensive review of the state's economic condition.

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United States Sources

• CredAbility Consumer Distress Index
  The index is a quarterly measure that tracks shifts in the financial condition of the average American household by state.
• Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland: Our Region
  Covers western PA, and provides analysis, commentary, and data on issues that concern our area as well as Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia.
• FindTheData.org
  FindTheData is an objective, reference-based comparison engine that allows you to find and sort through a growing number of databases that are fully sortable, filterable and comparable. Its information comes from primary source, public domain databases -— from governmental organizations to universities.
• Food Environment Atlas
  This interactive map by the USDA allows you to get statistics for Allegheny County for a variety of categories, including availability of various kids of food stores, restaurants (and expenditures there per capita), statistics for food assistance (SNAP and school lunches), food eaten at home (fruits & vegetables, prepared foods, soft drinks, meat and poultry and solid fats), food insecurity, food prices at stores, health rates for diabetes and obesity, "local food" (farm sales) statistics, physical activity and racial/ethnic makeup. There are figures for various years for comparison.
• Milliken Institute: Successful Aging
  Pittsburgh ranks fairly well in this study of cities for successful aging which is meant as a tool for city planners. Pittsburgh has a high rate of obesity and physical inactivity among its seniors.
• New York Times: Mapping America: Every City, Every Block
  Although initially centered on New York City, you can input your zipcode to find out the racial makeup, income, home values (increase/decline), and education levels of any neighborhood.
• U.S. Census Bureau: American Factfinder
  A U.S. Census feature that gives a handy data printout for all geographical units, going as small as zip code areas. Each section expands to include quite detailed socio-economic data for each area.
• U.S. Census Bureau: Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI)
  The Quarterly Workforce Indicators are a set of economic indicators -- including employment, job creation, wages, and worker turnover -- that can be queried by different levels of geography -- state, county, metro, and workforce investment area -- as well as by detailed industry, gender, and age of workers.
• U.S.D.A. Economic Research Service: PA Fact Sheet
  Economic indicators focusing on agricultural production and trade.

Last updated Friday January 11 2013.