Source ledger
Every source entry names the publisher, release, vintage, retrieval date, current coverage, and the exact limitation that still matters.
U.S. Census Bureau
All Census places in the 50 states and DC with B01003 population of at least 50,000. GEO_ID and published estimates/MOEs retained for B01003, B02001, B19013, B25003, B25064, and B25077.
First-party source ↗U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Curated national detailed occupations with SOC, employment, mean annual wage, and median hourly wage. BLS bulk downloads were access-blocked in this environment, so this release does not claim complete occupational coverage.
First-party source ↗FFIEC / Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
First-party aggregation API results for all originations, home-purchase originations, denials, and Black applicant/borrower records, originations, and denials. Geography is nation or MSA/MD—not city.
First-party source ↗U.S. Census Bureau
Black or African American-owned employer firms by receipts-size category. Firms, receipts, exports, employees, payroll, RSEs, and suppression flags are preserved.
First-party source ↗U.S. Census Bureau
Black or African American-owned employer firms by employment-size category. This dataset does not describe nonemployer businesses.
First-party source ↗National Center for Education Statistics
Complete active institutional records where IPEDS HBCU=1 and CYACTIVE=1, joined by UNITID. Includes name, location, control, level, website, and coordinates.
First-party source ↗National Center for Education Statistics
Total, undergraduate, and graduate 12-month headcount joined to the HBCU directory by UNITID using EFFYLEV and EFYTOTLT.
First-party source ↗National Center for Education Statistics
Awards aggregated from CTOTALT by UNITID, CIPCODE, and AWLEVEL. Computing awards use CIP family 11; totals use IPEDS CIP 99 records.
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