POLIT/AFCNA 234 Black Metropolis: From MLK to Obama

City of Chicago: includes history of Chicago, facts, statistics, governmental resources, and information on programs and initiatives throughout the city.

City of Chicago Data Portal:  includes 600 datasets presented in easy-to-use formats about City departments, services, facilities and performance

Rob Paral and Associates: Google spreadsheet that offers demographic data broken down by community areas from 1930-2017. Includes data on race, ethnicity, home ownership, education, poverty, and income. 

Chicago Health Atlas: provides maps of 22,500+ health and human services, businesses, and other resources. You can use this data about community assets to see how services are distributed across the City.

Housing Fact Sheets For Every Community Area In Chicago: data regarding changes in population, reduced income, and increased housing costs that threatens the housing security of thousands of Chicagoans (wards and counties are included). 

Chicago Public School System School Locator: includes school progress reports, student demographic and socioeconomic data, truancy rates, and various other data about each school within the Chicago Pubic School district.