All original data sets used for this short course come from the U.S. government - U.S. Census Bureau.
Sample course datasets: The sample data sets were selected and provided byAnna Xiong, Fondren Library's Government Information Coordinator, U.S. Federal Depository Representative, and Sociology Library Liaison from Kelley Center for Government Information. Contact her for questions, assistance, research consultancy: jax2@rice.edu or govhelp@rice.edu, 713.548.6212, B38A - Office Suite of Kelley Center for Government Information in the Basement of Fondren Library.
More free official government datasets for learning and research: check out Government Data by Topicsat this Fondren Library Online Guide: Data Resources.
When you open the web page, choose Texas as state to download the shapefiles for mapping in ArcGIS or Tableau. You need to download the file for the whole state. The size is large. Use the FIPS code 48021 to filter for Harris County. (Use Countyfy code 201 to filter for Harris County in Tableau).
Used for Excel section.
Excel file for ACS 2016-2020 5-Year Estimates Data for Harris County at the tract level. It includes median earnings, total and % population by gender.
Used for ArcGIS and Excel sections.
Excel file for ACS 2016-2020 5-Year Estimates Data for Harris County at the tract level. It includes total and % population by race, household income, average household income, Object ID, Shape Length, Shape Area information.
Used for Tableau section.
CSV file for ACS 2016-2020 5-Year Estimates Data for Harris County at the tract level. It includes median household income, total and % population by race, etc.
Used for R section.
CSV file for ACS 2016-2020 5-Year Estimates Data for Harris County at the tract level. It includes total and % population by race, median earning, household income, average household income, etc.