Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Los Angeles metro area from 1950 to 2025.

The purpose of this data collection was to investigate the effects of crime rates, city characteristics, and police departments' financial resources on felony case attrition rates in 28 cities located in Los Angeles County, California. Demographic data for this collection were obtained from the 1983 COUNTY AND CITY DATA BOOK. Arrest data were collected directly from the 1980 and 1981 CALIFORNIA OFFENDER BASED TRANSACTION STATISTICS (OBTS) data files maintained by the California Bureau of Criminal Statistics. City demographic variables include total population, minority population, population aged 65 years or older, number of female-headed families, number of index crimes, number of families below the poverty level, city expenditures, and police expenditures. City arrest data include information on number of arrests disposed and number of males, females, blacks, and whites arrested. Also included are data on the number of cases released by police, denied by prosecutors, and acquitted, and data on the number of convicted cases given prison terms.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the state of California from 1900 to 2024.

This dataset contains three samples - Tenant, Landlord and Low Rent Tenant - that survey and analyze the market of rental properties in the city of Los Angeles for the period of 1977 to 1980. Topics cover rent levels, rent increases, vacancy rates, market values, details on condominium conversions, new construction actives, and other elements of the housing market. The Tenant survey has 4094 respondents and 88 variables, the Landlord survey has 621 respondents and 66 variables and the Low Rent Tenants survey has 467 respondents and 174 variables.

Chart and table of population level and growth rate for the Las Vegas metro area from 1950 to 2025.