Resources for Reporting: Local Info

Find Form 990s for non-profits (including SMU) for financial information

Every college is required to disclose statistics related to campus safety. Here is SMU's.

Basic Dallas County demographic, business, and geographical statistics. There is an option to browse more detailed data sets.

Provides statistics about the dropout rates of 21 high schools in 3 sections of Dallas (North, Southeast, and Oakcliff).

Includes a Uniform Crime Report (UCR), data by crime, and address search for crime information around that area. More advanced data includes reports by sector and beat.

Provides basic current demographic, housing, retail, hotel, office, etc. data.

Find contact information for city officials.

The Texas Fact Sheets provides basic data, while the Census of Agriculture for Texas provides more detailed data.

The archive for historical Texas data.

Texas Crime Reports, 1999-2019

Crime records, sex offender registry, and more.

current labor statistics with back data from 2002-present.

From the Texas Workforce Commission, info on local economics, employment, wages, and industries.

Provides population data that can be displayed geographically through maps. Use the reference section to identify counties and their codes.

Search spending by agency, category, or detailed purchase code, payments to vendors, travel expenses, and TxDOT expenses.

Statistics and reports on bridges, roads, rail, etc.

Provides access to Texas State government information contained in electronic publications and basic information about state agencies including contact, legal, budgetary and background resources