City-level Tree Canopy Cover Data

Data Specifics

• Variables: - Average percent of city land area with tree canopy cover
  - City-level population-weighted mean tree canopy cover
  - Population-weighted mean tree canopy cover for high,  medium, and low-income block groups in each city.

• Coverage: All cities in the continental US with populations over 20,000 (n=1,844)

• Years: 2011 and 2016

• Source of boundary data: United States Census Bureau TIGER/Line shapefiles (shoreline delineated), 2016

• Source of underlying data: 2011 and 2016 National Land Cover Database (NLCD) Tree Canopy Cover (CONUS)

 Please contact the researchers if you are interested in obtaining and using the data.