This is the first civic apps competition offering data from four governmental agencies: The City of Chicago, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, Cook County, and the State of Illinois. We've got over 175 data sets for you to play with, so dig in by clicking the data portal links.
The data providers are:
The City of Chicago Data Portal
The new Cook County portal
The State of Illinois data site
The Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) and The Chicago Community Trust bring us MetroPulse
More details:
Click here for the City of Chicago Data Portal with over 150 data sets including:
- 311 - Garbage Carts (2011)
- 311 - Graffiti Removal (2011)
- 311 - Rodent Baiting (2011)
- 311 - Sanitation Code Complaints (2011) (Data Table and Map)
- 311 - Street Lights - All Out (2011)
- 311 - Tree Debris (2011) (Data Table and Map)
- Average Daily Traffic Counts (Data Table and Map)
- Bike Racks
- Bike Routes
- Boundaries - Buildings
- Boundaries - Census Blocks
- Boundaries - Census Tracts
- Boundaries - Central Business District
- Boundaries - City
- Boundaries - Community Areas
- Boundaries - Conservation Areas
- Boundaries - Curbline
- Boundaries - Empowerment Zones
- Boundaries - Enterprise Communities
- Boundaries - Enterprise Zones
- Boundaries - Industrial Corridors
- Boundaries - Landmark Districts
- Boundaries - Neighborhoods
- Boundaries - Planning Districts
- Boundaries - Planning Regions
- Boundaries - Police Districts
- Boundaries - Special Service Areas
- Boundaries - State Congressional Districts (House)
- Boundaries - State Congressional Districts (Senate)
- Boundaries - Surrounding Municipalities
- Boundaries - Tax Increment Financing Districts
- Boundaries - U.S. Congressional Districts
- Boundaries - Wards
- Boundaries - Zip Codes
- Budget - 2011 Appropriations
- Budget - Positions and Salaries in 2011 Appropriation Ordinance (Data Table and Graphic)
- Building Permits
- Chicago Street Names
- Community Service Centers (Data Table and Map)
- Crimes (Data Table and Map)
- Current Employee Names, Salaries, and Position Titles
- Fire Stations (Data Table and Map)
- FOIA Request Log - 311
- FOIA Request Log - Administrative Hearings
- FOIA Request Log - Animal Care and Control
- FOIA Request Log - Aviation
- FOIA Request Log - Budget Management
- FOIA Request Log - Buildings
- FOIA Request Log - Business Affairs and Consumer Protection
- FOIA Request Log - Chicago Police Board
- FOIA Request Log - Chicago Public Library
- FOIA Request Log - Chicago Treasurer's Office
- FOIA Request Log - City Clerk
- FOIA Request Log - Community Development
- FOIA Request Log - Compliance
- FOIA Request Log - Cultural Affairs
- FOIA Request Log - Cultural Affairs and Special Events
- FOIA Request Log - Environment
- FOIA Request Log - Ethics
- FOIA Request Log - Family and Support Services
- FOIA Request Log - Finance
- FOIA Request Log - Fire
- FOIA Request Log - Fleet Management
- FOIA Request Log - General Services
- FOIA Request Log - Graphics and Reproduction Center
- FOIA Request Log - Health
- FOIA Request Log - Housing And Economic Development
- FOIA Request Log - Human Relations
- FOIA Request Log - Human Resources
- FOIA Request Log - Independent Police Review Authority
- FOIA Request Log - Innovation and Technology
- FOIA Request Log - Law
- FOIA Request Log - License Appeal Commission
- FOIA Request Log - Mayor's Office for People with Disabilities
- FOIA Request Log - OEMC
- FOIA Request Log - Office of the Mayor
- FOIA Request Log - Police
- FOIA Request Log - Procurement Services
- FOIA Request Log - Revenue
- FOIA Request Log - Special Events
- FOIA Request Log - Streets and Sanitation
- FOIA Request Log - Transportation
- FOIA Request Log - Water Management
- FOIA Request Log - Zoning and Land Use Planning
- Forest Preserves
- Hospitals
- Individual Landmarks (Data Table, shapefile, and Map)
- KML - Bike Routes
- KML - Boundaries - City
- KML - Boundaries - Community Areas
- KML - Boundaries - Conservation Areas
- KML - Boundaries - Empowerment Zones
- KML - Boundaries - Enterprise Communities
- KML - Boundaries - Enterprise Zones
- KML - Boundaries - Industrial Cooridors
- KML - Boundaries - Landmark Districts
- KML - Boundaries - Neighborhoods
- KML - Boundaries - Special Service Areas
- KML - Boundaries - Wards
- KML - Boundaries - ZIP Codes
- KML - Curb Lines
- KML - Metra Lines
- KML - Metra Stations
- KML - Parks
- KML - Railroads
- KML - Schools
- KML - Street Center Lines
- KML - Waterways
- Landmark Districts
- Libraries (Data Table and Map)
- Lobbyist Data - 2010 Lobbyist Agency Report
- Lobbyist Data - 2010 Lobbyist Compensation Report
- Lobbyist Data - 2010 Lobbyist Expenditures Report
- Lobbyist Data - 2010 Lobbyist Gift Report
- Lobbyist Data - 2010 Lobbyist Registry
- Lobbyist Data - 2010 Lobbyist Termination Report
- Lobbyist Data - 2011 Lobbyist Registry
- Lobbyist Data - 2011 Lobbyist Termination Report
- Major Streets
- Mental Health Clinics (Data Table and Map)
- Neighborhood Health Clinics (Data Table and Map)
- Parks
- Parks - Dog Friendly Areas (Data Table and Map)
- Payments
- Pedway Routes
- Performance Metric - 311 Call Center - Abandoned Calls
- Performance Metric - 311 Call Center - Agent Efficiency
- Performance Metric - 311 Call Center - Average Wait Time
- Performance Metric - 311 Call Center - Call Volume
- Performance Metric - 311 Call Center - Utilization
- Performance Metric - Business Affairs and Consumer Protection - Limited Business Licenses
- Performance Metric - Business Affairs and Consumer Protection - Retail Food Licenses
- Performance Metric - CDOT - Potholes
- Performance Metric - Department of Innovation and Technology - City Website Availability
- Performance Metric - Department of Innovation and Technology - CSR Website Availability
- Performance Metric - Department of Innovation and Technology - Map Chicago Website Availability
- Performance Metric - Department of Innovation and Technology - Zoning Map Website Availability
- Performance Metric - Department of Procurement Services - City Auctions
- Performance Metric - Department of Procurement Services - Task Order Request (TOR)
- Performance Metric - Streets and Sanitation - Graffiti Removal
- Performance Metric - Streets and Sanitation - New Garbage Cart Requests
- Performance Metric - Streets and Sanitation - Rodent Baiting
- Performance Metric - Streets and Sanitation - Sanitation Code Complaints
- Performance Metric - Streets and Sanitation - Tree Debris
- Police Stations (Data Table and Map)
- Popular Fiction Titles at the Chicago Public Library
- Popular Nonfiction Titles at the Chicago Public Library
- Public Technology Resources
- Railroads
- Relocated Vehicles
- School Grounds
- Schools
- Senior Centers (Data Table and Map)
- Sex Offenders
- STI Speciality Clinics (Data Table and Map)
- Street Center Line
- Street Closure Permits - Current
- TIF Balance Sheets
- TIF Projection Reports
- Towed Vehicles
- Vacant and Abandoned Buildings
- Ward Offices (Data Table and Map)
- Waterways
- Women, Infant, Children Health Clinics (Data Table and Map)
- Workforce Centers (Data Table and Map)
- Youth Centers
For the Metro Planning Council's Placemaking Prize, look on the city's portal for these:
- Open Spaces - Riverwalk
- Open Spaces - Neighborspace Gardens
- Open Spaces - Malls and Plazas
- Open Spaces - Boulevards
- Open Spaces - Habitats
- Open Spaces - Campus Parks
Click here for Cook County data including:
- Fishing Lakes (Data Table and KML file)
- Public Schools (Data Table and KML file)
- Private Schools (Data Table and KML file)
- Hospitals (Data Table and KML file)
- Forest Preserves Trails (Data Table and KML file)
- Forest Preserve Boundaries (Data Table and KML file)
- Forest Preserve Groves (Data Table and KML file)
- Forest Preserve Shelters (Data Table and KML file)
- Facilities (Data Table and KML file)
- Cemetaries (Data Table and KML file)
- Highway Department - Construction Locations 2011 (Data Table and KML file)
- Highway Department - Jurisdictions (Data Table and KML file)
Click here for State of Illinois data including:
- IDOR 2009 Illinois Individual Income Tax - AGI Zip Code Report
- IDOR 2009 Illinois Individual Income Tax - Retirement Subtraction by Net Income
- IDOT March 2011 Disbursements Info
- Published For The Record 2011 - Roadway Improvements
- Average Annual Daily Traffic 2006
- Average Annual Daily Traffic 2007
- Average Annual Daily Traffic 2008
- Average Annual Daily Traffic 2009
- Average Annual Daily Traffic 2010
- DCEO - County Population Projections
- DCEO County Retail Sales
- IDOR 2009 Illinois Individual Income Tax - AGI County Report
- IDOR 2009 Illinois Individual Income Tax - Retirement Subtraction by AGI
- IDOR 2009 Illinois Individual Income Tax - Retirement Subtraction by Base Income
- IDOR 2009 Illinois Individual Income Tax - Returns by Net Income, All Resident types
- IDOR 2009 Illinois Individual Income Tax - Returns by Net Income, Nonresident
- IDOR 2009 Illinois Individual Income Tax - Returns by Net Income, Part Year Resident
- IDOR 2009 Illinois Individual Income Tax - Returns by Net Income, Resident
- IDOR 2009 Illinois Individual Income Tax - Web Returns by County
- IDOR 2009 Illinois Individual Income Tax - Web Returns, Retirement by AGI
- IDOR April 2011 Disbursement Info
- IDOR February 2011 Disbursement Info
- IDOR FY 2011 Lottery Sales by Zip Code
- IDOR January 2011 Disbursement Info
- IDOR SIC Report CY 2010
- IDOR SIC Report FY 1020
- IDOR SIC Report Q1 2010
- IDOR SIC Report Q1 2011
- IDOR SIC Report Q2 2010
- IDOR SIC Report Q3 2010
- IDOR SIC Report Q4 2010
- IDPH Public and Private Beaches
- IEPA Leaking Underground Storage Tank Incident
- IEPA No Further Remediation Sites
- IEPA Site Remediation Program
- Multi-year Programming 2012-2017 - Roadway Improvements
- Multi-year Programming 2012-2017 - Spot Improvements T
- Published Annual Program 2011 - Engineering Improvements
- Published Annual Program 2011 - Land Acquisition
- Published Annual Program 2011 - Roadway Improvements
- Published Annual Program 2011 - Spot Improvements
- Published Annual Program 2011 - Structure Improvements
- Published For The Record 2011 - Engineering Improvements
- Published For The Record 2011 - Land Acquisition
- Published For The Record 2011 - Spot Improvements
- Published For The Record 2011 - Structure Improvements
- Rest Areas
- Weigh Stations
Click here for MetroPulse, a partnership of the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP) and The Chicago Community Trust. Data includes:
- Census, Civic Involvement, Culture, Economy, Education, Environment, Health, Land Use, and more.
- Education data including average class size by grade in the State of Illinois and adult literacy in the 7-County Chicago region.
A searchable list of Metropulse datasets can be found here.