500 Cities: City-level Data (GIS Friendly Format), 2016 release

2014, 2013. Data were provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Population Health, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch. The project was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in conjunction with the CDC Foundation. 500 cities project census city-level data in GIS-friendly format can be joined with city spatial data (https://chronicdata.cdc.gov/500-Cities/500-Cities-City-Boundaries/n44h-hy2j) in a geographic information system (GIS) to produce maps of 27 measures at the city-level.

Data and Resources

Field Value
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issued 2017-11-22
landingPage https://data.cdc.gov/d/k56w-7tny
modified 2021-01-04
programCode {009:020}
publisher Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
references {https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/179/8/1025/109078,https://academic.oup.com/aje/article/182/2/127/93984,https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2017/pdf/17_0281.pdf,https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2018/18_0313.htm}
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theme {"500 Cities & Places"}
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
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  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • city
  • ckan
  • estimates
  • geo
  • geoss
  • national
  • north-america
  • prevalence
  • united-states
isopen False
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license_title License not specified
maintainer 500 Cities Public Inquiries
maintainer_email places@cdc.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-20T17:20:46.854550
metadata_modified 2025-11-20T17:20:46.854555
notes 2014, 2013. Data were provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of Population Health, Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch. The project was funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) in conjunction with the CDC Foundation. 500 cities project census city-level data in GIS-friendly format can be joined with city spatial data (https://chronicdata.cdc.gov/500-Cities/500-Cities-City-Boundaries/n44h-hy2j) in a geographic information system (GIS) to produce maps of 27 measures at the city-level.
num_resources 4
num_tags 12
title 500 Cities: City-level Data (GIS Friendly Format), 2016 release