User GuideData Sources

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Data sources

Source-level coverage and dataset provenance for every indicator loaded into the platform.

Dataset size and coverage

Current source-level footprint based on loaded county indicators and latest coverage metadata.

Note on years: the year in each Data source name is the dataset's file/release version (e.g., the AHRF 2023-2024 release). The Data years column is the actual span of measurement years in the data, which can differ — a single release often bundles measures from several years (AHRF spans 1976-2024).

Data sourceDomainData yearsIndicatorsCountiesMedian coverageCoverage range
American Community Survey (Census Bureau) 2018-2022
acs
demographics20221,2163,222100%0%-100%
EPA Air Quality System (AQS) PM2.5 County Site Summary 2022
epa_aqs
environment20226626100%100%-100%
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program (via County Health Rankings 2022)
ucr
safety201612,95194%94%-94%
HRSA Area Health Resources Files (AHRF) 2023-2024
ahrf
health_resources1976-20242,2713,231100%0%-100%
IHME Global Burden of Disease — U.S. County-Level Cause-of-Death Estimates 2000-2019
ihme_mortality
mortality2000-2019273,12799%99%-99%
IHME United States Disease Expenditure 2010-2019
ihme_spending
healthcare_spending2010-201943,143100%99%-100%
NOAA/Daymet Annual Maximum Temperature (TMAX) County Summary 2022
noaa_tmax
climate202243,216100%100%-100%
USDA Food Access Research Atlas (FARA) 2019
fara
food_access20191503,142100%100%-100%

Data sources

Every indicator on the platform traces to one of these public, county-level sources. Open a card for provenance, vintage, coverage, definitions, and the full indicator list.

Sources with social determinants available for exposure screening.

American Community Survey (Census Bureau) 2018-2022
Demographics

U.S. Census Bureau

County-level 2018–2022 5-year ACS estimates (~1,361 indicators) from Census Bureau detailed profile tables DP02–DP05 covering social, economic, housing, and demographic characteristics, including Puerto Rico (DP02PR) social characteristics.

1.2KIndicators
3Categories
100%County coveragemedian across indicators
Years: n/aView source →
SDoH 497
EPA Air Quality System (AQS) PM2.5 County Site Summary 2022
Environment

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

County-level PM2.5 air-quality summary for 2022 derived from EPA AQS monitoring sites, including mean concentration, first-maximum value, average AQI, and counts of Good, Moderate, and Unhealthy AQI days at the site closest to each county centroid.

6Indicators
1Categories
100%County coveragemedian across indicators
Years: n/aView source →
SDoH 6
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program (via County Health Rankings 2022)
Safety

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) / University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

County-level violent crime rate (offenses per 100,000 population) for 2014 & 2016 sourced from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program and distributed via the County Health Rankings 2022 dataset.

1Indicators
1Categories
94%County coveragemedian across indicators
Years: n/aView source →
SDoH 1
HRSA Area Health Resources Files (AHRF) 2023-2024
Health Resources

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

County-level database of ~4,300 health workforce, facility, and population indicators compiled annually by HRSA from ACS, Medicare, and other federal data sources, covering years 1990–2023 with year embedded in each column name.

2.3KIndicators
6Categories
100%County coveragemedian across indicators
Years: n/aView source →
SDoH 36
NOAA/Daymet Annual Maximum Temperature (TMAX) County Summary 2022
Climate

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Population-weighted county-level heat exposure summary for 2022 derived from Daymet 1 km² daily maximum temperature grids, providing mean annual TMAX and counts of days exceeding 90°F, the 95th percentile, and extreme-heat thresholds.

4Indicators
1Categories
100%County coveragemedian across indicators
Years: n/aView source →
SDoH 4
USDA Food Access Research Atlas (FARA) 2019
Food access

USDA Economic Research Service

County-level food access indicators aggregated from Census-tract-level USDA FARA data for vintages 2015 and 2019, providing counts of low-income/low-access populations and population shares for ~140 food access measures derived from tract-to-county rollups.

150Indicators
1Categories
100%County coveragemedian across indicators
Years: n/aView source →
SDoH 53