- American
FactFinder:
- From the U.S. Census Bureau. Variety of data sets available. Information may be displayed as tables or maps.
- California
Statistical Abstract
- Wide variety of statistics, some down to city level.
Formatted in Excel. Requires Excel software or the free Excel viewer.
- Counting California
- A collaborative project funded by the California Digital Library and the Library of California. Access to a wide range of statistics produced by various government agencies.
- MapStats
for Santa Cruz County
- From U.S. government's FedStats. Agriculture, population,
business, crime environment
- Rand California
(SCPL Library Card Required)
- Wide variety of statistics; often down to the local
level.
- Santa Cruz County Community Assessment Project Report
- From Applied Survey Research. The complete reports for all years in pdf
format.
- From Institute for
Community Collaborative Studies. Prior years' reports (Under
the heading for Santa Cruz County)
- State
and County Quick Facts: Santa Cruz County
- From the U.S. Census. Population, race, education, income,
poverty, business. Same info table on FedStats' MapStats
- State of the
Cities Data Systems
- Comparison tables of 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 Census data; recent
data on unemployment.
- Statistical
Data for Santa Cruz County
- From the California Dept. of Finance. Wide variety of
statistics, formatted in Excel. Requires Excel software or the
free Excel viewer.
- USA
Counties
- From the Government Information Sharing Project. Wide variety
of statistics (from the Census Bureau) at the County level.
San Francisco-Oakland is the area that is used for Santa
Cruz.
- CPI
Calculator
- Allows you to calculate the percentage change during a time
period 1989-2002. Requires Excel software
- CPI for
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
- Select "(CPI-U) San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA, All items 1982-84=100 (Bi-month - CUURA422SA0." Figures go back to 1992.
- California Dept. of Social Services, Research and Development Division
- Publications and reports for state and counties on CalWORKs, Children's Programs, Community Care Licensing, Disability and Adult Programs, Food Stamps, and Fraud.
- CenStats County Business Patterns
- From the U.S. Census Bureau. Includes: employment, annual payroll, first quarter payroll, total establishments, and number of establishments by employment size. Data from 1998 to the most recent year. U.S., State, County and MSA levels.
- Metropolitan Area at a Glance: Santa Cruz- Watsonville, CA
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.Includes monthly labor force, employment and CPI data.
- Size of Business Data
- From the California Employment Development Department. Data from several years available at county and MSA levels.
- Taxable
Sales
- From the California Board of Equalization. Statistics for
counties and cities.
- Statistical Publications
- From the California Department of Health Services; variety of health-related data, primarily regarding Medi-Cal.
-
Rental Housing Statistics
- From the National Low Income Housing Coalition; data for
Santa Cruz-Watsonville metropolitan area.
- Yahoo Real
Estate Comparable Home Sales
- Shows the "price, square footage, bedrooms, and year built (where available)" of homes sold in a specified area.
- Real Options
Realty
- For houses and condos, gives the number that are for sale and
that have been sold, average and median prices.
Please note that this link is provided in order to give an
idea of housing costs and sales in the area. Listing it on this
page is not an endorsement or recommendation of the real
estate company involved.
- Santa Cruz Association of Realtors
- Monthly average and median house and condo prices for the whole county. Data back to 1996.
Note: income date will be included in the 2000 Census, which
is listed under General Sources.
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