Racial Disparities in Homelessness
Race or Ethnicity alone or in combination for CA and CoC general population and population experiencing homelessness
Data dictionary
Field definitions supplied by the publishing agency in CKAN.
| Column | Type | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALENDAR_YEAR | numeric | CALENDAR_YEAR | — |
| LOCATION_ID | text | LOCATION_ID | — |
| LOCATION | text | LOCATION | — |
| DEMOG | text | DEMOG | — |
| PERCENT_GENERAL_POPULATION | text | PERCENT_GENERAL_POPULATION | — |
| PERCENT_PEH_POPULATION | text | PERCENT_PEH_POPULATION | — |
| PERCENT_PEH_POPULATIONCOMPAREGENERALPOP | numeric | PERCENT_PEH_POPULATIONCOMPAREGENERALPOP | — |
Resource details
| Format | CSV |
|---|---|
| Size | 178 KB |
| Rows | 2,205 |
| Last updated | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Part of | People Receiving Homeless Response Services by Age, Race, Gender, Veteran Status, and Disability Status |
CKAN Data API
Access resource data through the CKAN DataStore API. The examples below use this resource's ID.
Endpoints
The Data API provides these actions. Creating or updating records requires appropriate permissions; the query actions read public DataStore records.
| Create | https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_create |
|---|---|
| Update / insert | https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_upsert |
| Query | https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search |
| Query via SQL | https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql |
Query examples
"https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=a79a1bfe-71a7-47f7-8c52-febb43aa4973&limit=5""https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=a79a1bfe-71a7-47f7-8c52-febb43aa4973&q=jones""https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql?sql=SELECT%20%2A%20FROM%20%22a79a1bfe-71a7-47f7-8c52-febb43aa4973%22%20LIMIT%205"SQL queries depend on whether SQL search is enabled by the portal.
OData query
Use the resource's OData URL and its field names for paging, selecting columns, or filtering rows.
ODATA_RESOURCE_URL?$top=5
ODATA_RESOURCE_URL?$skip=5&$top=5
ODATA_RESOURCE_URL?$select=FIELD_NAME&$filter=FIELD_NAME eq 'VALUE'Replace ODATA_RESOURCE_URL, FIELD_NAME, and VALUE with the details for the selected resource. See the OData query options guide (opens in a new tab) for more examples.
Use the API in code
JavaScript (JSONP)
var data = { resource_id: 'a79a1bfe-71a7-47f7-8c52-febb43aa4973', limit: 5, q: 'jones' };
$.ajax({
url: 'https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search',
data: data,
dataType: 'jsonp',
success: function (response) {
console.log(response.result.total, response.result.records);
}
});Python
import json
from urllib.request import urlopen
url = 'https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=a79a1bfe-71a7-47f7-8c52-febb43aa4973&limit=5'
with urlopen(url) as response:
result = json.load(response)['result']
print(result['total'], result['records'])For parameters and response fields, see the CKAN DataStore documentation (opens in a new tab).