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Welcome to the LA Counts Library! Harvested from federal, state, regional, and local data publishers, these open datasets and related data stories tell the public tale of Los Angeles County. They reveal what we know and even what we don't know. Use them to examine your government, explain how things work, and explore the potential for social change in and across Los Angeles County.
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Data Adventure #7: How to Analyze Geographic Data in Shapefiles
From empty Dorito bags and fast food cups lining the curb to plastic bags stuck in trees, litter mars too many L.A. neighborhoods. In response, in 2016 Mayor Eric Garcetti...- Data Articles
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Data Adventure #4: How to Analyze Time-Based Data
This guide is for novice users interested in analyzing data that varies based on the city. Organizations, LA County, and cities collect a variety of time-based data. Time-based...- Data Articles
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Data Adventure #5: How to Analyze a Budget
This guide is for anyone interested in analyzing budget data. Where does the money go? Residents often wonder how much the city spends on what types of goods and services....- Data Articles
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Data Adventure #3: Comparing Data About Two or More Cities
This guide is for novice users interested in analyzing data that varies based on the city. Organizations, LA County, and city governments collect all sorts of city data, from...- Data Articles
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Data Adventure #2: Tools for Data Analysis
Welcome to an introduction to the tools we'll use in LA Counts data instructables! This introduction is for anyone interested in analyzing data and creating data visualizations....- Data Articles
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Data Adventure #1: How to Find a Data Set
The first step in any data analysis is to find data you are interested in analyzing. Historically, it has been difficult to find data sets. Governments have tended to release...- Data Articles
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Community Profile: Caroline Bhalla
Meet Caroline Bhalla. Caroline runs the Neighborhood Data for Social Change Initiative through the USC Sol Price Center for Social Innovation. This platform enables users to...- Community Profiles
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Listen first, hack second
Every year, Code for America volunteer brigades around the country celebrate a day devoted to civic hacking. Teams nationwide come up with ways to give back to their communities...- Data Articles
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Open Data Viz: LAPD Crime Incidents by Division (2010-2017)
I am one of those people. Growing up on the East Coast, I dreamt of bumping into my favorite celebrities and scratching my performance itch through stand-up comedy. That said, I...- Data Articles
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The Unique Civic Data Opportunity in Southern California
Projects begun in the enthusiasm of boom years have collapsed with the particular boom or have been abandoned like a wagon wheel in the desert. Reform movements inaugurated...- Data Articles
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Finding the Story in the Data
Data science is often a world of fast-paced “boot camps” and speculation. A dizzying array of platforms and companies promise improved efficiency and new insights. In the rush,...- Data Articles
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A New Standard to Help Maintain LA Streets
We invite you to imagine a future where LA's streets are maintained not because someone yells into a phone or when someone needs to reports a pothole via an app but rather that...- Data Articles
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Silver Lake Parking Tickets
The City of Los Angeles recently released a dataset that contains parking citations from 2012-2015. When it comes to parking, we all constantly wonder how far we can toe the...- Data Articles
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A Portrait of LA County: A Decent Standard of Living
Because economic well-being is a critical ingredient for overall well-being, one-third of the American Human Development Index is devoted to the capabilities people have to...- Data Articles
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A Portrait of LA County: A Long and Healthy Life
In the American Human Development Index, life expectancy serves as a proxy for the capability to live a long and healthy life. It counts as one-third of the overall index value....- Data Articles
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Defending Sanctuary Cities
The United States has always been defined by its immigrants. German arrivals dominated in the early 20th century. They populated large swaths of the midwest, while Italians and...- Data Articles
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By the Community, for the Community
Think about data. Maybe you’re imagining a spreadsheet of numbers, or a stream of 1’s and 0’s. Now think about where that data lives. Is it on your computer or a company’s...- Data Articles
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A Portrait of LA County: Access to Knowledge
Education is a means to a host of desirable ends. The ones we hear about most are education’s economic benefits—better jobs, bigger paychecks, and lower rates of unemployment,...- Data Articles
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Asian Population Health Risks and the Missing Data
Here’s something to consider: more than half of Asian Americans with Type 2 diabetes are unaware of their illness. National level data also indicates that cancer is the leading...- Data Articles
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NDSC: Access to Parks and Greenspace
Parks are a tangible reflection of the quality of life in a community. According to the National Recreation and Parks Association, parks bring economic value to a community by...- Data Articles
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Grids, Grades, and Garbage
For decades, low-income Los Angeles residents have observed that their streets were plagued by illegal dumping, and that it took the city months or longer to respond to cleanup...- Data Articles
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Property Value in Los Angeles County
In 2016, the median property value in Los Angeles County, CA grew to $537,900 from the previous year's value of $497,200. 2016 Median $537,900 ...- Data Articles
