The City of Chicago's Data Portal is dedicated to promoting access to government data and encouraging the development of creative tools to engage and serve Chicago's diverse community. The site hosts over 600 datasets presented in easy-to-use formats about City departments, services, facilities and performance. The catalog presented below lists datasets alphabetically and links back to each set on the Portal.

Those interested in building applications, or creating interesting visualizations that use City data, should check out the following resources:

• Access sample queries and code on the Developers page
• Visit our Github site
• View Socrata's video guides
• View video tutorials at Metro Chicago Open Data Samples

As part of our collaborative process, we invite you to participate in the evolution of the catalog by suggesting a dataset and by sharing some of the creative ways you use this resource. Join the conversation via Twitter or email. Be sure to review the Terms of Use.