Baltimore

Baltimore related information, tools, and strategies for research.

Data for Maryland

 

Organizations and governments for Maryland, Baltimore County, and Baltimore City maintain open data platforms:
 

Baltimore City Data


(Baltimore) Office of Performance and Innovation (OPI) -- "The Mayor’s OPI formed in May of 2019...and also houses the City Data Fellows program.
---Mission: "To use data, design, and innovation to ensure equitable, user-friendly, and efficient government operations that improve the lives of Baltimore City residents."

Open Baltimore - A tool from Baltimore City that provides open access to crime, property taxes, and various city polygon layers. This tool provides visualization tools as well as download capabilities

Vital Signs Open Data Portal - An open data portal maintained by the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance - Jacob France Institute (BNIA-JFI), an organization dedicated to producing reliable and actionable quality of life indicators for Baltimore’s neighborhoods. Vital Signs provides indicators that “take the pulse” of Baltimore neighborhoods by measuring progress towards a better quality of life for all residents.

 

Baltimore County Data


Baltimore County Government Open Data Portal - "Use Baltimore County's GIS Open Data Portal to find geospatial information that includes features, such as Planimetrics, topography, parcels, roads, buildings and bodies of water."

 

Maryland State Data


Maryland State Data Center -- "Monitors development trends; analyzes social, economic and other characteristics; and prepares population, housing, employment, labor force, and income projections, which provide the baseline for planning for growth and development in the State.​"

OpenDataPortal - A tool from Maryland that provides open access to administrative, agricultural, budget, demographics, environmental, health, and many more categories of Maryland specific data.