Pittsburgh Data & Statistics

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Today
In 2011 Pittsburgh Regional Indicators Project, at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, released a report "Pittsburgh Today & Tomorrow" comparing Pittsburgh with 14 other benchmark regions in 10 categories: Arts, Demographics, Economy, Education, Environment, Government, Health, Housing, Public Safety and Transportation.

• Allegheny Conference on Community Development
  Includes information about businesses and economic development in southwestern Pennsylvania.
• 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 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 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.
• PNC Bank: Regional Economic Reports
  Includes a report for the Pittsburgh area.
• 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 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
    Including The State of Working Pennsylvania, an annual comprehensive review of the state's economic condition.

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United States Sources

• American Institute for Economic Research: AIER Names 75 Best College Towns and Cities for 2010-2011
  Pittsburgh ranked sixth in mid-size towns in this "College Destinations" survey.
• 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.
• 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 Tuesday August 23 2011.