The dataset titled "City of Honolulu City Spending" offers a comprehensive glimpse into the financial dimensions of Honolulu's municipal administration. Covering actual spending for the years 2010 and 2011, the budget for 2012, and the proposed budget for 2013, this dataset delves into the intricacies of public expenditure. By presenting a detailed breakdown of financial allocations, it enables citizens, policymakers, and analysts to comprehend the city's fiscal priorities and track the evolution of budgetary planning over time. This dataset is an invaluable tool for fostering transparency, accountability, and informed discussions surrounding public finance in the vibrant city of Honolulu.

Uses and Applications : The "City of Honolulu City Spending" dataset serves as a cornerstone for diverse applications that span civic engagement, policy formulation, and financial analysis. For local residents and concerned citizens, this dataset is a gateway to understanding how their tax dollars are utilized across various sectors, from infrastructure to public services. Elected officials and policymakers can harness this dataset to assess the alignment of actual spending with budgetary plans and make data-driven decisions that address community needs effectively. Financial analysts and researchers can dive into the data to uncover trends, identify potential areas for optimization, and evaluate the efficiency of resource allocation strategies. Additionally, this dataset can facilitate data-driven journalism, enabling reporters to highlight areas of concern or success in city spending, promoting informed discourse. As a conduit for transparency and informed decision-making, the City of Honolulu City Spending dataset empowers stakeholders to participate actively in shaping the financial future of the city, fostering a stronger and more resilient community.

The TIGER/Line Files are shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) that are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line File is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. Block Groups (BGs) are defined before tabulation block delineation and numbering, but are clusters of blocks within the same census tract that have the same first digit of their 4-digit census block number from the same decennial census. For example, Census 2000 tabulation blocks 3001, 3002, 3003,.., 3999 within Census 2000 tract 1210.02 are also within BG 3 within that census tract. Census 2000 BGs generally contained between 600 and 3,000 people, with an optimum size of 1,500 people. Most BGs were delineated by local participants in the Census Bureau's Participant Statistical Areas Program (PSAP). The Census Bureau delineated BGs only where the PSAP participant declined to delineate BGs or where the Census Bureau could not identify any local PSAP participant. A BG usually covers a contiguous area. Each census tract contains at least one BG, and BGs are uniquely numbered within census tract. Within the standard census geographic hierarchy, BGs never cross county or census tract boundaries, but may cross the boundaries of other geographic entities like county subdivisions, places, urban areas, voting districts, congressional districts, and American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian areas. BGs have a valid code range of 0 through 9. BGs coded 0 were intended to only include water area, no land area, and they are generally in territorial seas, coastal water, and Great Lakes water areas. For Census 2000, rather than extending a census tract boundary into the Great Lakes or out to the U.S. nautical three-mile limit, the Census Bureau delineated some census tract boundaries along the shoreline or just offshore. The Census Bureau assigned a default census tract number of 0 and BG of 0 to these offshore, water-only areas not included in regularly numbered census tract areas.