The state of the nation's cities
Subtitle: a comprehensive database on American cities and suburbs
Contributors: United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Office of Policy Development and Research
Publisher: Center for Urban Policy Research
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New Brunswick, NJ
Language: eng
Subjects: Cities and towns; Statistics; Databases; Population; Economic conditions; Economic indicators; Social indicators; Environmental indicators; Health status indicators
Other titles: Comprehensive database on American cities and suburbs
Description: Data on 77 American cities and suburbs assembled by the Rutgers University Center for Urban Policy Research under contract to the U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development. The database brings together over 3,000 variables from a wide variety of sources, allowing easy comparability of indicators on employment and economic development, demographic measures, housing and land use, income and poverty, fiscal conditions, and a host of other health, social, and environmental indicators.
Notes: Title from Web page (viewed on Sept. 28, 1998).

The database and associated documentation are available in a Mac version and in four PC-compatible formats: tab-delimited ASCII file; SPSS portable file; Excel file; SAS formatted file.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.