Search here to find large public and licensed datasets
The City of Detroit Open Data Portal allows access to datasets, maps, charts, and files and documents on City of Detroit government operations and programs, public safety (Detroit Police Department, Detroit Fire Department, and Detroit Department of Homeland Security), property and parcels, schools and educational institutions, transportation, public health, and permits.
The Nationwide Emergency Department Sample (NEDS) is part of a family of databases and software tools developed for the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). NEDS is the largest all-payer emergency department (ED) database in the United States, yielding national estimates of hospital-based ED visits. One of the most distinctive features of the NEDS is its large sample size, which allows for analysis across hospital types and the study of relatively uncommon disorders and procedures.
The Large Truck Crash Causation Study (LTCCS) is based on a 3-year data collection project conducted by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). LTCCS is the first-ever national study to attempt to determine the critical events and associated factors that contribute to serious large truck crashes allowing DOT and others to implement effective countermeasures to reduce the occurrence and severity of these crashes. The LTCCS documents 1,070 major crashes with approximately 1,000 variables on each crash obtained through driver, passenger, and witness interviews; crash scene, truck, and driver inspections, police reports; hospital records; and coroners' reports.
The State of Michigan's official public portal for educational data and holds information about statewide, intermediate school district, district, school and college information. These datasets are available to help citizens, educators, and policy makers make informed decisions with the intention of increasing success for students in Michigan.
The State Emergency Department Databases (SEDD) are part of the family of databases and software tools developed for the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). SEDD captures discharge information on all emergency department visits that do not result in an admission.
This open-source database of police use of force policies for the 100 largest U.S. city police departments. These documents, obtained through FOIA requests via MuckRock, will be used for future analyses identifying the ways in which they impact police accountability. On the publisher's website, there are also direct links to the Use of Force policies and the FOIA request submitted to each city police department.
From the MDHHS website: "The MiTracking Program gathers existing Michigan-specific environmental and health data and provides them in one online location. These data can be easily queried on the MiTracking data portal. Results are provided in tables, charts, and maps that can be downloaded, saved, and printed. The data provided by the MiTracking program can create greater awareness of environmental health concerns, and inform public health actions and programs."
Interactive visualizations of Wayne State University data on PhD enrollment (by school/college, department, full/part time status, gender, and race/ethnicity), PhD programs (by school/college, new entering students, completion rate, time-to-degree), PhD degree completion (by school/college, department, major, gender, and race/ethnicity), and PhD alumni (employment sector, location, and status).
Conducted by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) is the authoritative source on the travel behavior of the American public. It is the only source of national data that allows one to analyze trends in personal and household travel. It includes daily non-commercial travel by all modes, including characteristics of the people traveling, their household, and their vehicles. The NHTS has been conducted in 1983, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2009, and 2017.
The National Survey on Drug Use and Health provides up-to-date information on tobacco, alcohol, and drug use, mental health and other health-related issues in the United States. NSDUH began in 1971 and is conducted every year in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Information from NSDUH is used to support prevention and treatment programs, monitor substance use trends, estimate the need for treatment and inform public health policy.