Data - Geospatial (GIS) Resources

The mission is to enhance the region's economic growth and development by

• collecting, analyzing and disseminating business, economic and demographic information
• conducting applied business, economic and demographic research
• connecting the business and economic development community to Wichita State University and the W. Frank Barton School of Business.

With a primary mission to facilitate effective public policy decision making among governmental and non-profit entities, the Docking Institute's main services include Survey and Focus Group Research, Economic Impact Analysis, Public Policy Analysis, and Strategic Planning.

Brings together social scientists from a broad range of disciplines to pursue and conduct sponsored research at the international, national, regional, state, and local levels. IPSR affiliated faculty represent disciplines such as economics, education, environmental studies, geography, political science, public administration, social welfare, sociology, and urban planning.

Provides demographic and economic data from the U.S. Census Bureau and other sources to their patrons.

Current geospatial data acquired and developed for the state of Kansas from various Federal, State, and educational institutions, are stored and distributed here.

The U.S. Census gateway to population, housing, economic and geographic data. Includes downloadable U.S. Census tables and explanations of data fields.

The gateway to data from U.S. Federal agencies. Users can search for data by topic, locality, and by agency.

Data sets available for download from the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) including: housing surveys, assisted housing, fair market rents, government sponsored enterprise data, qualified census tracts and difficult development areas, and many others.

From the US Census Bureau and Cornell University, detailed, dynamic information about local economies - workers, employers, and jobs, including commuters.

From ICPSR at the University of Michigan, the goal of RCMD "is to provide educators, researchers and students with data resources that can be used in the analysis of issues affecting racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States." Download tabular data files related to discrimination, employment, housing and immigration, among other subjects.

Use the SEDAC Gateway to search for socioeconomic data using an electronic catalog of data resources.