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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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Community Profile: Juan Vasquez
Meet Juan Vasquez, a data programs manager at the City of Los Angeles’ Office of Finance. He leads in modernizing and optimizing how the 400-person department collects, reports,...- Community Profiles
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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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Community Profile: Bond Harper
Meet Bond Harper. She fulfills the role of GIS integrator for the City of Beverly Hills, overseeing the city’s utility location data (eg. water pipes, stormwater drains, etc.)...- 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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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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Community Profile: Ben Coppersmith
Meet Ben Coppersmith. He works as a Product Manager on a Data Services team within the Walt Disney Studios. How’d you get into data? In college math classes, we would spend ten...- Community Profiles
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Community Profile: Andrew Schrock
Meet Andrew Schrock. He’s a communication researcher by day as well as an author and instructor at USC and UCLA. How’d you get into data? I have a degree in Computer Science....- Community Profiles
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Community Profile: Kegan Maher
Meet Kegan Maher. Kegan is the Data Officer for the City of Santa Monica. He moved to Santa Monica 15 years ago from Seattle and has been involved in City government basically...- Community Profiles
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Community Profile: Tamura Fatherree
Tamura Fatherree works for the Port of Los Angeles as a Civil Engineering Associate IV. In her off-hours, she volunteers at Hack for LA where she uses her extensive knowledge to...- Community Profiles
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Community Profile: Umi Hsu
Umi Hsu works as a digital strategist for the Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) in the City of Los Angeles. Their work leads design strategy and data initiatives while...- Community Profiles
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Community Profile: Nina Kin
Nina has been a Systems Analyst at the Los Angeles County Auditor-Controller’s Office for over 11 years. She works on web applications to improve the county’s internal...- Community Profiles
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Community Profile: Hunter Owens
Meet Hunter Owens. Hunter is the Senior Data Scientist for the City of Los Angeles where he oversees the entire data team. How’d you get into data? It all started with fantasy...- Community Profiles
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Community Profile: Jon Schleuss
Meet Jon Schleuss, a graphics and data journalist for the Los Angeles Times. He has been at the Los Angeles Times for 5 years creating interactive graphics and data...- Community Profiles
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Community Profile: Chelsea Ursaner
Meet Chelsea Ursaner. For the past two years, Chelsea worked for Mayor Garcetti’s office as a Business Intelligence Engineer helping to streamline and update dataflows to make...- Community Profiles
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Community Profile: Leila Forouzan
Meet Leila Forouzan. Leila works at the Advancement Project California, a next generation, multiracial civil rights organization working on systems change. The staff in the...- Community Profiles
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Community Profile: Patrick Atwater
Meet Patrick Atwater. Patrick works for a data nonprofit called ARGO which is regarded as one of the best in the public data business. He and his team are currently working on a...- Community Profiles
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An Equity Profile of the Los Angeles Region
While the nation is projected to become a people-of-color majority by the year 2044, Los Angeles reached that milestone in the 1980s. Los Angeles’ diversity is a major asset in...- Data Articles
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Real Cost Measure Methodology
The Real Cost Measure is a poverty measure designed by United Ways of California. Unlike the official poverty measure which does not accurately account for local costs of...- Methodologies
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Measure of America: Humanizing Development in America
Los Angeles County is blessed with a diverse population, a dynamic economy, a beautiful coastline, and a dedicated community of organizations and individuals invested in making...- Data Articles
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Counting Los Angeles County
Los Angeles County is the most populous county in the country, home to over 10 million residents. It is a large, sprawling region with 88 cities, many unincorporated...- Data Articles
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NDSC: Banking Deserts in Los Angeles County
Across Los Angeles County, more than half a million residents lack access to a single bank or credit union within their neighborhoods. For these Angelenos living in a banking...- Data Articles
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Struggling to Stay Afloat
Unlike the official poverty measure which does not accurately account for local costs of living, the Real Cost Measure factors the costs of housing, food, health care, child...- Data Articles