This is a page aimed at collecting Twin Cities data sources. This could be data from governments like the City of Minneapolis, or the City of St. Paul, or the County of Hennepin. This could also be data from non-profits or non-governmental organizations like MetroGIS.
Government Employee Data
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The Pioneer Press does a yearly Data Practices Act request of government employee salaries and puts them online at http://extra.twincities.com/car/salaries/
Traffic Data
- Real time highway traffic data are available at http://www.dot.state.mn.us/tmc/trafficinfo/developers.html
- There are other, more slowly changing, transportation data available from the MNDOT at http://www.dot.state.mn.us/tda/
Community Data
- Minnesota Compass is a social indicators project that tracks trends in topic areas such as education, economy and workforce, health, housing, public safety, etc.
General
- The Metropolitan Council has a Data & Maps page
