Census Datasets by Geography

The Census Bureau beat me to putting together this useful graphic of Census datasets by geography. If you wanted to know what Census datasets are available for zip codes, you can use the graphic below to quickly see that the American Community Survey, County Business Patterns & Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Origin-Destination Employment Statistics are the only 3 datasets that you need to dig into further.

Census Datasets by Geography from Kristen Carney

Source: Andrew W. Hait’s Census Business Data at a Glance bber.unm.edu, 2018.

Cubit’s list of favorite datasets also helps you find datasets by geography and includes datasets other than just Census data. Got questions or want to tell me about your favorite dataset? Send me an email.

Population Projections by County and by City for the US

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Updated February 2024. While the US Census Bureau doesn’t publish population projection data, each state individually produces projections that state agencies use to make policy decisions and that businesses can use to make business decisions. We include the population forecast data in Radius Reports and when requested in Custom Data projects. Below are 50 of our favorite population projection datasets for counties for each state in the US.

StateProjection YearsAgency that Produces Population ProjectionsLast Updated
Alabama2025-2040University of Alabama Center for Business and Economic Research2022
Alaska2025-2050Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development2022
Arizona2022-2060Arizona Commerce Authority2022
Arkansas2014-2065UALR Arkansas Economic Development Institute2015
California2023-2060California Department of Finance2023
Colorado2023-2050Colorado Department of Local Affairs2023
Connecticut2020-2040Connecticut State Data Center2018
Delaware2025-2050Delaware Population Consortium2023
District of Columbia2025-2050Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments2023
Florida2025-2050Florida Office of Economic and Demographic Research2023
Georgia2022-2060Georgia Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget2023
Hawaii2020-2045Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism2018
Idaho2020-2029Idaho Department of Labor2020
Illinois2020-2030Illinois Department of Public Health2021
Indiana2020-2050Indiana Business Research Center2018
Iowa
Kansas2021-2051Wichita State University, Center for Economic Development and Business Research2023
Kentucky2025-2050Kentucky State Data Center2022
Louisiana2010-2030Louisiana Division of Administration2008
Maine2025-2040Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services2023
Maryland2025-2050Maryland Department of Planning2022
Massachusetts2025-2050University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute2022
Michigan2020-2045Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget2019
Minnesota2020-2075Minnesota State Demographic Center2023
Mississippi2020-2050The State Data Center of Mississippi2019
Missouri2010-2030Missouri Office of Administration2008
Montana2020-2060Montana Department of Commerce2021
Nebraska2030-2050Nebraska Center for Public Affairs Research2022
Nevada2023-2042Nevada Department of Taxation2023
New Hampshire2025-2050New Hampshire Office of Strategic Initiatives2022
New Jersey2019-2034New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development2016
New Mexico2020-2040University of New Mexico, GeoSpatial and Population Studies2020
New York2018-2040Cornell University2018
North Carolina2025-2050North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management2023
North Dakota2020-2040North Dakota Department of Commerce, Census Office2016
Ohio2025-2050Ohio Development Services Agency2022
Oklahoma2020-2070Oklahoma Department of Commerce2023
Oregon2023-2073PSU Population Research Center2023
Pennsylvania2025-2050Pennsylvania State Data Center2023
Rhode Island2020-2040Rhode Island Statewide Planning Program2018
South Carolina2021-2035South Carolina Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office2021
South Dakota2010-2035South Dakota State University2012
Tennessee2021-2070University of Tennessee Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research2022
Texas2022-2060Texas Demographic Center2022
Utah2020-2060Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute2022
Vermont2020-2030Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development2013
Virginia2030-2050Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service at the University of Virginia2022
Washington2025-2050Washington Office of Financial Management2022
West Virginia2025-2050West Virginia University Bureau of Business and Economic Research2022
Wisconsin2015-2040Wisconsin Demographic Services Center2013
Wyoming2019-2040Wyoming Department of Administration & Information2019
50 of our Favorite Population Forecasts by County Datasets

If you need projections for counties in different states, you’ll need to purchase projections that use the the same methodology so that they’ll be apples to apples comparable. We’ve teamed up with Cooke Demographics to provide such county population projections that include age and sex data for years 2022-2047. Learn more about our County Population Projections here: Link

Other companies that we have worked with in the past that provide county population projection data are AGS (Applied Geographic Solutions), Woods & Poole Economics, Nielsen and ESRI.

County Projections are handy and all, but what I really want are Population Projections by Cities.

I hear you! The smaller the geography, the better…as long as the data are accurate, right?

The first stop in your hunt for population forecasts for cities is to check the agency website in the table above. Some state agencies, like Arizona, provide population projections for cities along with counties. Be aware they might use an unexpected name for cities like sub-counties or places. So you’ll want to do some digging through data files here rather than just reading the file names. After digging and if you still don’t find the data you need, continue your search with the two options below.

If you need population projections for just 1 city…

You can often find population projection data for 1 city in the city’s comprehensive plan, and here’s how.

  1. Search for the city’s comprehensive plan in Google (e.g. City of Austin comprehensive plan).
    1. TIP! Sometimes, you have to navigate to the city’s website & then search for the plan on their site. It’s usually linked from the planning department’s webpage.
  2. When you find the plan, search in the text of the plan for the words “projection” or “population”.
    1. TIP! If the text of the plan isn’t searchable, look in the table of contents. Usually, there’s a section in the table of contacts that’s titled “environment” or “population.” Sometimes, this section is in an Appendix, but usually, it’s at the very beginning of the document. Read through only this section of the plan to see if you can find population projection data.
  3. Also consider how old the plan is. If the plan is older than 2010, consider looking for this data on the MPO’s website (next step) first and then coming back to the comprehensive plan if you can’t find it on the MPO’s website.  

If you need population projections for multiple cities in a region…

The metropolitan planning organization (MPO) often publishes population projections for multiple cities in a region to estimate traffic demand. MPOs are federally mandated and funded transportation policy-making organizations in the United States that are made up of representatives from local government and governmental transportation authorities (source). To find population forecasts in MPO planning documents, first you have to figure out if your city is in an MPO and if so, which MPO.

  1. If you don’t already know, do a Google search for what county the city is in (e.g. “What county is Austin, Texas in?”).
  2. Then google search for what MPO the county is in.
    1. TIP! You may have to google for a “map of MPOs for the state of _____” and use the map to figure this out.
  3. Go to the MPO’s website and find the long range transportation plan. It’s usually called something like MPO Year Plan (e.g. CAMPO 2040 Plan) or 2040 transportation plan.
  4. Open the plan, and search for the words “projection” or “population”.
  5. Sometimes, the population projections in the plan are for cities. Other times, the population projections are for Traffic Analysis Zones (or TAZs). If we can’t find population projections for cities, you can use the Traffic Analysis Zone map. See the sample below for what a TAZ population projection map could look like.

Don’t Have Time to Pull This Data Yourself?

Whew! Still reading? I’m impressed.

So if you’ve gotten this far and you’re thinking, “Yeah, sure I could pull all of this data myself in a couple of days, but I have other important things to do and I really don’t want to sift through all of the data dictionaries, methodology statements and tool instructions to make sure that I have the most current data for my area of interest,” you are not alone. You sound just like our other clients at Cubit who depend on us to provide clean, accurate and easy-to-work-with data as well as human-to-human customer support. You can get population projections, as well as hundreds of other data points, in a custom data pull. Prices start at $599 with a 3 business day turnaround. Tell me what data you need for what geography & I’ll get you a free quote & turnaround estimate.

US Census’ Building Permits Survey

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People who don’t work with demographic data day in and day out often don’t know that the US Census Bureau collects many other datasets in addition to the Decennial Census that we all have to fill out. The Census’ Building Permit Survey is a lesser known dataset but still a valuable resource. The dataset contains the number of new housing units authorized by building permits, the type of housing (e.g. single family) and unit value.

Data Details: US Census Bureau’s Building Permits Survey

  • What: Building Permits
  • Who: Small-ish geographies include States, Metropolitan Areas (CBSAs), Counties and individual permit-issuing places (large cities)
  • When Updated: Monthly & Annually. Release Schedule.
  • Historic data: Yes but it’s complicated. See below for details.
  • Join on: FIPS id

What the Building Permit data look like

Possible problems with Building Permit data

The monthly files provide data for all counties that are requested to report monthly (about 900+). So there’s not new data each month for all counties. And there are no data at all for small population cities – which make sense because most of them don’t have that many new buildings going up.

On years that end with 4, the agency updates which places are included in the universe. Below is the reply that I received when asking about guidance for historical comparisons given the universe updates.

“It’s something to be aware of, but doesn’t negate longer run comparisons. Places coming in and out of the universe tend to be smaller and have a minor effect on the data, especially when looking at larger geographies. Most of the change from 2004 to 2014 universe was single family housing in the south, so it’s just something to keep in mind if you see a big jump from 2013 to 2014, just know that universe change could be part of that. For instance smaller places in TX or other larger Southern states that may have not issued permits in 2004, could have begun at some point between 2004 and 2014, so the 2014 data includes them. Odds are good that they weren’t having a significant amount of building and not issuing permits, so permit issuance probably coincided with the increase in building, and therefore less may be omitted than it seems. Just be aware of it if you notice any oddities around universe update years – those ending in 4 – but don’t avoid looking at trends because of it.”

Fun Visualizations

The following visualizations are from the 2018 dataset.

Historic Data Availability

While there are historic data available, here’s a table that shows what years data are available for which geographies.

How Building Permit Data are Collected

  • “Statistics on construction authorized by building permits are based upon reports submitted by local building permit officials in response to a mail survey. They are obtained using Form C-404,”Report of Building or Zoning Permits Issued and Local Public Construction.” When a report is not received, missing residential data are either (1) obtained from the Survey of Use of Permits (SUP) or (2) imputed. All other missing data are imputed.”
  • “The monthly statistics are based on data from a sample of 8,500 permit-issuing places, selected from a universe of approximately 19,000 places.”
  • “The annual statistics are not based upon a sample, but are obtained by directly cumulating the data for the 19,000 permit-issuing places.”

More Details

Other Datasets You Might be Interested in

Don’t Have Time to Pull This Data Yourself?

Whew! Still reading? I’m impressed.

So if you’ve gotten this far and you’re thinking, “Yeah, sure I could pull all of this data myself in a couple of days, but I have other important things to do and I really don’t want to sift through all of the data dictionaries, methodology statements and tool instructions to make sure that I have the most current data for my area of interest,” you are not alone. You sound just like our other clients at Cubit who depend on us to provide clean, accurate and easy-to-work-with data as well as human-to-human customer support. You can get building permit data, as well as hundreds of other data points, in a custom data pull. Prices start at $599 with a 3 business day turnaround. Tell me what data you need for what geography & I’ll get you a free quote & turnaround estimate.

Goodbye Starter Reports

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Summary

Starter Reports have gone away. If you are a Starter Report customer, thank you! And I’m sorry. Check out the US Census Bureau’s Narrative Profiles as an alternative.

Background

In 2009, my co-founder, Anthony, and I quit our day jobs to build a web app for environmental engineers to pull demographic data. But after spending over $10,000, months of development work and cold calling over 1,000 environmental engineers, we came to the painful realization that the engineers didn’t want the app that we had built.

So we ran a small experiment.

We’d been getting a lot of web traffic to some city and county landing pages that we’d put up on our website to attract engineers. We were trying to introduce ourselves, like new companies do, using our (data) expertise. We didn’t want to build something that no-one wanted again, so this time, we put up a Buy Now button connected to nothing so we could measure if our visitors were even interested in paying money for demographics.

And you guys clicked the button. A lot of times. 

So the next day, we added a price next to the button. Every time a person clicked on the Buy Now button, they’d get a “We’re Sorry” message. But you kept clicking. We added and changed small details until we figured out people were looking to purchase a report with demographics for a city or county. We called those reports Starter Reports, because they were a good start in looking at demographics for a geography.

In the beginning, delivering Starter Reports was a manual process. Whenever someone bought a report, Anthony would rush to his computer to generate the report and then manually email it out in 5 minutes. After he had enough of waking up the middle of the night to send reports, he automated the delivery of these reports. And there it was: Cubit’s first successful product. We’ve updated the Starter Reports with new Census data and sold them for almost 10 years.

I tell you this long story to explain why it was a difficult decision for Anthony and me to stop selling Starter Reports. It wasn’t because we made a lot of money from them recently. Years ago, we discovered far more of you guys need spreadsheets with demographics for lots geographies (e.g. all cities in Texas) rather than a report about 1 geography (e.g. the city of Houston).

You see, Starter Reports took us from dew-eyed start up founders to business owners. Yes, they were our first successful product and that initial success gave us permission and courage to keep developing other data products. But more importantly, that Buy Now button taught us HOW to develop products. That is, don’t go build the thing that you want. Instead figure out how to sell a product and what the product is at the same time by interacting with customers. Some better-marketers-than-us call this process Lean Product Development, and this is the book about it that I still carry around with me in my laptop bag today if you want to avoid our mistakes.

But in continuing to talk to you over the years, we’ve got new ideas for products that we’re excited to develop. As a tiny team, we have to say no to something (that is: Starter Report development, updates & support) to free up our time to pursue the biggest opportunities. You know, the ones that make us excited to get out of bed and get to work on Monday mornings.

So Starter Reports will no longer be available for purchase. To everyone who bought one in the past: thank you. Truly. Your vote of confidence was at least as valuable as the money that you paid for these reports. And if you check out the Census’ Narrative Profiles and they won’t replace Starter Reports for your purposes, email me back and we’ll brainstorm other options.

Votes Count! 56 Favorite Data Sources for Voter Statistics and Demographics

I’m starting to get requests for voting statistics as custom data pulls for early analyses for redistricting projects. Below is a roundup of my favorite sources of demographic data for voting-related projects. One note: the resources below don’t cover individual voter records. This list below is for voter data for geographic regions like all voters in a congressional district or in a county. Valuable insights start jumping out when you combine these datasets like combining Election Results data with Voter Age Population Demographics from the Census’ American Community Survey.

Table of Contents

NameSourcePriceGeographies
Registered Voters & Election ResultsState, County & City websitesFree1 state, 1 county, 1 city
Voter Age Population DemographicsCensus’s American Community SurveyFreeAll US Geographies – large & small
Registered VotersCensus’s Current Population SurveyFreeStates & MSAs
Election ResultsDave Leip’s Atlas of US Presidential Elections$All US Counties & CDs
U.S Citizen Voting Age DemographicsSocial Explorer$Some large & small US geographies
Custom Data PullCubit$All US geographies – large & small

  1. Registered Voters & Election Results for Single Geographic Areas
  • Price: Free
  • Geographies: 1 State, 1 county or 1 city

If you need state-level voting statistics, below is a collection of state agencies with registered voter and election results data. Because we’re often pulling voter demographics, I included notes about any demographic data that we’ve found for voters on the states’ websites in the Types of Data section in the table below.

Name Types of Data
Alabama Secretary of State / Elections Data Voter Registration Statistics by Race; Election Results by Race, Age & Gender
Alaska Division of Elections / Statistics Registration by Party & Age; Voter Turnout by Age, Gender & Party; Election Results
Arizona Secretary of State / Voter Registration Voter Registration Statistics by Party; Election Results
Arkansas Secretary of State / Elections / Research Registered Voters; Election Results
California Secretary of State / Election / Voter Information Voter Registration Statistics by Age Range and Political Bodies; Qualified Political Parties
Colorado Secretary of State / Voter Registration Voter Registration by Status, Party, Gender, Age
Connecticut Secretary of the State / Election / Voter Information Elections Results and Turnout Statistics; Voter Registration Statistics
District of Columbia / Board of Elections Voter Registration Statistics Monthly Report
State of Delaware / Department of Elections / Office of the State Election Commissioner Registered Voter Totals by Month; Election Results
Florida Division of Elections / Data & Statistics Election Data / Results; Voter Registration Statistics; Monthly Reports; Voter Turnout
Georgia Secretary of State / Elections Active Voters by Race and Gender; Election Results; Turnout by Demographics; Candidate Information
State of Hawaii Office of Elections Election Results; Registered Voters; Voter Turnout
Idaho Secretary of State’s Office / Elections Office Voter Registration  
Illinois State Board of Elections Election Information / Results; Voting Information; Election Results / Vote Totals
Indiana Secretary of State / Election Division Election Results; Voter Registration and Turnout Statistics
Iowa Secretary of State / Elections / Research and Data Election Results and Statistics; Voter Registration
Kansas Secretary of State / Elections Election Statistics / Results; Candidate Lists
Commonwealth of Kentucky / State Board of Elections Election Results; Registration Statistics; Primary Voter Turnout by Age, Gender, Party
Louisiana Secretary of State / Elections & Voting Registration Statistics by Race; Graphical Election Results
Maine Department of the Secretary of State / Bureau of Corporations, Elections & Commissions Election Results; Registered & Enrolled Voters
Maryland The State Board of Elections Voter Registration Statistics by Month; Active Voters; Election Results; Official Turnout by Party; Candidate Lists
Secretary of the Commonwealth Massachusetts / Election/ Voting / Elections Division Election Results; Registered Voter Enrollment; Voter Turnout Statistics; Candidate Lists;
Michigan Office of Secretary of State / Elections Candidate Listings and Election Results; Registered Voter Count
Minnesota Secretary of State / Election Administration & Campaigns / Data & Maps Election Results; Voter Registration; Voter Turnout by Age Group
Mississippi Secretary of State / Online Voter Information Center Election Results
Missouri Secretary of State / Elections & Voting Registered Voters; Election Results; Voter Turn Out
Montana Secretary of State / Election & Voter Services Official Election Results; Voter Registration; Official Turnout Results
Nebraska Secretary of State / Elections Number of Registered Voters by Party; Election Official Results
Nevada Secretary of State / Elections Voter Registration by Age & Party; Voter Registration; Election Turnout
New Hampshire Secretary of State / Elections Division State Election Results; Party Registration/Names on Checklist History
New Jersey Division of Elections / Election Information & Results Summary of Registered Voters and Ballot Cast; Election Results; Voter Registration
New Mexico Secretary of State / Voting & Elections Election Results; Voter Registration Statistics / Data
New York State Board of Elections Election Results; Voter Enrollment by Party Affiliation and Status
North Carolina State Board of Elections Election Results; Voter Registration Statistics by Party by Race by Sex
North Dakota Secretary of State / Elections Election Results; Statistics & Turnout from Past Elections
Ohio Secretary of State / Elections and Voting Election Results; Voter Turnout
Oklahoma State Election Board Voter Registration; Election Results
Oregon Secretary of State / Voting & Elections Voter Registration by Year / Month; Elections Historical Turnout; Statewide Election Results
Pennsylvania Department of State / Voting & Elections Voter Registration Statistics; Election Results
Rhode Island Secretary of State / Voter Information State of Rhode Island Board of Elections Registered Voters; History of Voter Turnout; Voter Turnout by Generation; Election Results
South Carolina Election Commission / Results & Statistics Voter Registration; Election Results
South Dakota Secretary of State / Elections & Voting Election Results; Voter Registration Totals by Party
Tennessee Secretary of State / Elections Voter Registration; Voter Turnout; Election Results
Texas Secretary of State / Elections Turnout and Voter Registration; Election Results
Utah Lieutenant Governor / Elections Voters by Party and Status; Election Results
Vermont Secretary of State / Elections Voter Registration Totals; Election Results; Voter Registration, Turnout, and Absentee Voter Statistics
Virginia Department of Elections / Results / Reports Registrant Counts; Election Results; Registration/Turnout Statistics
Washington Secretary of State / Elections / Research Election Results; Registered Voters by Age; Registered Votes by Gender; Registered Voters by Age Group
West Virginia Secretary of State / Elections Division Election Results / Turnout; Candidate Listing by Office; Voter Turnout Data; Voter Registration Totals
Wisconsin Election Commission / Elections Election Results; Voter Registration Statistics; Voter Turnout Statistics
Wyoming Secretary of State / Elections Voter Registration Statistics; Voter Turnout Statistics; Election Results

If you need voting stats for small geographic areas like counties or cities, many counties make voter statistics available on their website. For example, the following breakdown by Party and Language that’s on Alameda County’s website.

source: acgov.org

2. Voter Age Population Demographics: Census’ American Community Survey

  • Price: Free
  • Geographies: All US Geographies from large like states & counties to small like zips, Census tracts, & block groups

While you can’t get registered voter counts from the Census’ American Community Survey, this dataset has the most current demographics for the voting age population. The most current US Census data is 2017 data, and the 2018 data will be released in December 2019. While you can get American Community Survey demographics for large geographies like congressional districts, you can also get this data for small geographies like zip codes and Census tracts (4,000ish people). These small geographies are particularly helpful if you want to visualize the makeup of a larger geography. You can download this data from census.gov and get the following popular demographics.

Age, Sex, Race/Ethnicity

  • Example: voting age population by age and sex

  • Example: voting age population by age, sex and race/ethnicity. In this example, we are displaying Hispanic or Latino but other races & ethnicities are available as well. 

Income

Voting age population by income is tricky, because the income categories are for households (not individuals), and because the Census publishes data for householders under 25 (which kind of makes sense if you think about how few 18 years olds are working jobs but under 25 years doesn’t align nicely to voting ages). But you can get income data by age of householder for the following age breakdowns:

  • Householder under 25 years
  • Householder 25 to 44 years
  • Householder 45 to 64 years
  • Householder 65 years and over

You can get the above data income data by age of householders by race/ethnicity, but I would suggest only getting this data for large geographies like counties because the margins of error will be too large for the small geographies.  Below is a sample of income by age of householder data for a county for the first 2 age brackets. You can also get median income rather than a distribution here. 

There are thousands and thousands of other data points that can be pulled from the American Community Survey (see 2017 ACS Detailed Table Shells), but the ones listed above (age, sex, race/ethnicity and income) are the most popular for voting demographic projects that we’ve done in the past.

When you overlay the above Census tract demographics on top of voting precinct boundaries in a map, you can identify areas with low voter registration. Sometimes, Census tracts and voting precincts line up, so that you can easily compare the Census’ population estimates with the number of registered voters of a precinct. But even when the voting precincts don’t perfectly align with Census tract, we can help you calculate the percent overlap for precincts and Census tracts to estimate the demographics for the precincts. In the map of Miami-Dade County Voting Precincts and Census tracts below, you can see examples of when Census tracts and precinct align and examples of when the boundaries don’t align.


3. Registered Voters: Census’ Current Population Survey

  • Price: Free
  • Geographies: states and metropolitan statistical areas

You can get registered voter data from the US Census using their Current Population Survey dataset. I like to use the Current Population Survey for the total population for cities, counties and states, but you can also use this dataset to get registered voter data for large geographies like metropolitan statistical areas and states. This dataset is the most technically challenging dataset to work with in this list, and here’s what you need to do.

  1. For the raw microdata, go here:  https://thedataweb.rm.census.gov/ftp/cps_ftp.html?#
    1. click on CPS Supplement
    2. On the top rows, you will see the Technical Documentation and the microdata files (DOS/Windows preferred).
  2. After downloading, to read in the ascii file, you’ll have to write your own program, using the Record Layout given in the Tech Doc.
    1. An alternative to writing your own program. The NBER site does not have the Nov 2018 file, but does have the Nov 2016.  You may be able to use the data definition statement file for Nov 2016, as there were no changes to the variables or locations.  Certain values, however, did change.   To obtain this data definition statement file, go here:   https://data.nber.org/data/cps_progs.html then scroll down to Nov 2016 Voting and Registration.  Select the software of your choice (SAS, SPSS, Stata).  Download the file.  This will convert the ascii file to a SAS/SPSS/Stata file.
  3. Variables you will definitely need to work with are:  GESTFIPS, GTCBSA, PRTAGE, PRPERTYP, PRCITSHP, PES1, PES2.
  4. Be sure to read these parts of the Tech Doc:  Attachments 1, 3, 6, 7, 8.
  5. Main universe for the supplement:   PRTAGE = 18+  and PRCITSHP = 1,2,3,4.
  6. Condition for being registered to vote:   PES1 = 1  OR  PES2 = 1.

4. Election Results (and County Registration & Turnout data): US Election Atlas

  • Price: Depends on the dataset, but I tend to spend at least $200
  • Geographies: All Counties & Congressional Districts in the US

For election results for the entire US, I tend to purchase the 2016 President by County dataset from Dave Leip’s Atlas of US Presidential Elections. Below are some images showing results by state, but county results tend to be more popular. The last time we worked with the Governor Election dataset, there were many states that didn’t have governor election data at the county level.

There’s also voter registration and turnout data by county for the entire US – which sounds interesting, but I haven’t had a chance to work with this data yet. I would like to though. Just waiting for the right project.


5. U.S. Citizen Voting Age Demographics by Age: Social Explorer

  • Price: Free trial, then $100 a month for individuals
  • Geographies: states, counties, cities, census tracts, block groups, congressional districts, state legislative districts

Social Explorer is a web application that lets you pull and map certain datasets. I don’t use Social Explorer often, because we have in-house tools and mapping software that are more flexible. BUT they do have a Citizen Voting Age Population Special Tabulation based on the most current US Census’ American Community Survey. You can get data on:

  • Race
  • Citizens by Race
  • Citizenship status
  • Total Seats in the state
  • District Size Deviation based on different bases
  • Citizen of Voting Age

If you need some of the more popular demographics like voting age population by race or by age and you don’t already know how to pull this data from census.gov, you could sign up for a free trial of Social Explorer to see if it’s the right tool for your project. 


6. Custom Data Pull | Cubit

  • Price: Starts at $599
  • Geographies: All US Geographies from large geographics like states & counties to small geographies like zips, Census tracts, & block

Whew! Still reading? I’m impressed.

So if you’ve gotten this far and you’re thinking, “Yeah, sure I could pull all of this data myself in a couple of days, but I have other important things to do and I really don’t want to sift through all of the data dictionaries, methodology statements and tool instructions to make sure that I have the most current data for my area of interest,” you are not alone. You sound just like our other clients at Cubit who depend on us to provide clean, accurate and easy-to-work-with data as well as human-to-human customer support. You can get voting data, as well as hundreds of other data points, in a custom data pull. Prices start at $599 with a 3 business day turnaround. Tell me what data you need for what geography & I’ll get you a free quote & turnaround estimate.

Don’t see the voting stats that you are looking for in the post above? Contact me. I have a couple of other sources that either aren’t as popular or change with too much frequency for me to include in this roundup.

Conversely, do you have a favorite voter statistics resource that isn’t on my list? Please let me know so I can share it with others.