Data description

The data provided below are part of the GEOWEALTH project which uses innovative computational social science techniques to document and better understand the spatial distribution of wealth within and between communities in North America。

GEOWEALTH-US Data Download

1. Wealth inequality for States

Download the data for States (.csv format).

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2. Wealth inequality for Commuting Zones

Download the data for Commuting Zones, 1990 vintage (.csv format).

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3. Wealth inequality for Public Use Microdata Areas

Download the data for Public Use Microdata Areas (.csv format).

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4. Wealth inequality for Census Divisions

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5. Wealth inequality for Metropolitan Areas

Download the data for Metropolitan Areas (.csv format).

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6. GEOWEALTH Codebook

Download the codebook for GEOWEALTH-US (.pdf format).

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Citations

Users of GEOWEALTH-US should cite the following article

Reference in APA:

Suss, J., Kemeny, T., & Connor, D. S. (2024). GEOWEALTH-US: Spatial wealth inequality data for the United States, 
1960–2020. Scientific Data, 11(1), 253.

Reference in BibTex:


@article{suss2024geowealth,
    title={GEOWEALTH-US: Spatial wealth inequality data for the United States, 1960--2020},
    author={Suss, Joel and Kemeny, Tom and Connor, Dylan S},
    journal={Scientific Data},
    volume={11},
    number={1},
    pages={253},
    year={2024},
    publisher={Nature Publishing Group UK London}
}