Find out about YOUR neighborhood

The U.S. Census Bureau website is “Information Central” for data on your local community (and not just from the census). Here is where to find information:

• For information about your city, go to: http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06000.html and select your city from the menu at the top labeled “ California cities.”
• For information about your neighborhood, go to: http://factfinder.census.gov/. Here you can look up information for your zip code area, your city, using the feature at the top center of the page entitled “Get a Fact Sheet for your community...”
• On http://factfinder.census.gov/ you can also look up information for your census tract. Census tracts are places with about 5000 to 8000 people in them. Census tracts are much smaller than zip codes or cities. To look up information on your census tract, click on the link that says “street address” in the section titled “Address Search” on the left side of the page.

Do you want information about local schools or the kids that attend them?

• Go to http://www.lacoe.edu/ and click on the “ School Districts ” link at the top. Then click on “School District Links” on the next page. This will get you to a page with links to every school district in the country. Click on your school district and get information on your local schools and the student population.

Other sources:

• The state of California website has data on employment and unemployment for your community. Go to http://www.labormarketinfo.edd.ca.gov/ and click on “Find Local Area Profile.”
• Up to date economic data on your community is available from: http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/FS_DATA/Fs_home.htm
• Do you want estimates of population size and future projections of population? You can find them at: http://www.dof.ca.gov/HTML/DEMOGRAP/Druhpar.asp
• Information on the health and well-being of children and their families are available through the Los Angeles County Children’s Planning Council website at: http://www.childrensplanningcouncil.org/data.asp
• Data on health and health services from the L.A. County Department of Health is available at: http://lapublichealth.org/phdata.htm
• If you want to find out about local social services, health services, and agencies in your community or if you need help, go to http://www.infoline-la.org/. If you live in the City of Los Angeles , there is more information on these services at http://www.ci.la.ca.us/lacity22.htm.
• What is the air quality like in your neighborhood today? AQMD tells you at http://www.aqmd.gov/telemweb/Reading.html.
• Also check out the Southern California Association of Governments’ data website at: http://www.scag.ca.gov/data.htm. Using this website, you can find information on a wide range of issues for your local area.