Consumer Historical Data
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Description
Data Axle (formerly known as Infogroup) Consumer Historical data consists of information about households within the United States, including aspects like household income, home value, years in residence and location. For the full list of variables, see the data dictionary provided.
The data is compiled from data provided by more than 100 sources including real estate, tax assessments, voter registrations, utility connections, bill processors and more. The historical files are available from 2006 to 2024. New data are added each calendar year. This metadata record and the documentation for the dataset will be updated every year.
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Access is restricted to NYU users only. For more information, see the Consumer Historical Research Guide.
Access is further restricted by status: Undergraduate students - completing a capstone, graduate students, staff, faculty, visiting scholar/scholar-in-residence
To request access to the data files, you will need to:
- Complete a Data Management Plan using our template in DMPTool. You can login with your NetID and password by selecting the institutional login. Export your data management plan as a PDF, you will need to attach it in the next step. If you are an undergraduate student who is not working on a capstone project, skip this step and go to #2.
- Submit Terms of Use Form, indicating Consumer Historical data is limited to use for personal academic research purposes only.
Once you have been granted access to the data, you can download it using one of two available options:
- Globus
- Research Workspace (project_name: consumer_historical; Instructions for mounting your drive)
Note: accessing data files in the cloud (without downloading) is only possible through Research Workspace.
Files
Consumer_Historical_README.txt
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Consumer_Historical_FileList.csv
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Consumer_Historical_README.txt
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Historical Residential File Layout_2024.csv
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Historical Residential File.pdf
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Dates
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2006/2024Coverage