Open Data Center - Data Visualization
Visualizing data — making it available in a visual format such as a chart, graph or map — can often help you approach the facts from a new perspective. This technology may also allow for advanced functionality such as geographic overlays of data. Browse the listings on this page to find data visualization tools created by Texas CPA.
Financial Allocation Study for Texas
The Comptroller's office is leading the Financial Allocation Study for Texas (FAST) to examine how Texas school districts and campuses spend their money — and how this spending translates into student achievement. The study is intended to identify cost-effective practices that promote academic progress.
In addition to presenting the FAST study findings, this website also allows you to run your own custom reports on school district finances and results.
Texas County Map of Stimulus Funding
This interactive map displays Recovery Act activity in Texas counties as reported by recipients. Funding is allocated across eleven categories: Contracts, education, energy, environment, health and human services, housing and community development, labor, public safety, research, transportation, and other.
Texas EDGE: County Interactive Map Tool
Use this map tool to retrieve Texas county data, including county overview reports, county fact sheets and population change reports. This is a rich tool that includes details on county population, employment, income, taxable sales, sales tax allocation payments, property values, state expenditures by county, state agency employment and education.
Tracking the Texas Economy: Key Texas Economic Indicators
This series of charts, updated weekly, details statewide economic indicators including the consumer price index, the consumer confidence index, the unemployment rate, nonfarm employment, retail sales tax collections, home sales, housing permits, industrial production, mortgage foreclosures and leading economic indicators.