📄 US Averages for Budget & Social Data (2010–2024) - Product Description
Overview
This package provides a complete, research-ready dataset of Average US states finances and social indicators, harmonized and formatted for direct analysis or visualization. Covering budget shares (2012–2023) and social/living data (2010–2024), it offers a one-stop resource for journalists, researchers, policymakers, and data enthusiasts.
Data Coverage:
Budget Data (2012–2023):
Dollar amounts and % shares by category (Education, Public Welfare, Health & Hospitals, Highways, Police, Corrections, Natural Resources, Parks, Financial Admin, Interest on Debt, Other).
XLSX exports for both shares and amounts.
Social & Living Indicators (2010–2024):
Median household income 💵
Median gross rent 🏠
Median home value 🏡
Rent burden (% of households spending 35%+ on rent) 📉
Poverty rate 📊
Unemployment rate 📉
Educational attainment (25+ population by highest degree) 🎓
Enrollment (K–12 & higher ed trends) 🏫
Population & homelessness context 👥
What You Get
✅ Excel Workbooks (XLSX) — budget shares, amounts, and social indicators.
✅ PNG Charts — clean, publication-ready visuals of budget shares, housing, rent, rent burden over 35%, poverty, education enrollment, education attainment, population, homelessness, and income trends.
✅ README & Methodology — full documentation, sources, and caveats.
Sources
U.S. Census Bureau — State Government Finance Time Series (2012–2023)
HUD — Point-in-Time homelessness counts
ACS — Social & housing indicators (2010–2024)
Processed and harmonized by StateFinance.org for research-ready use.
Notes & Caveats
DC is excluded from state and social packages.
Rounding may cause category sums to differ slightly from 100%.
Data reflects official Census & HUD releases, with standardization applied for continuity.
👉 Format: Excel, PNG, PDF — ready for use in Excel, R, Python, Google Sheets, or Datawrapper.