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What is Data Midsouth?
Learn what the portal is, who built it, and what you can do with it.
Data Midsouth is a centralized civic data hub for Memphis, Shelby County, and the Midsouth region built in Huwise (formerly known as Open Data Soft) and maintained by Innovate Memphis.
It brings together publicly available datasets, interactive visualizations, and research reports in one place so you don't have to hunt across a dozen websites to find the information you need.
How should I use it?
Think of Data Midsouth like a search engine for local civic data:
You can browse raw data tables, maps, dashboards, and other online data tools.
Others link out to trusted sources (like a partner dashboard or external website).
If you click something and it takes you to a different website, that’s normal.
Data Midsouth is designed to help you find the right data, even if it’s hosted elsewhere.
Most data is currently focused on Memphis and Shelby County, but we hope to expand to regional data in the future.
Where to start
Begin by thinking of a question you have about your community. For example, "Are evictions getting worse in my zip code?"
Search the catalog with a keyword (e.g., “evictions”)
Scroll down the home page to explore data by topic (e.g. Housing)
Keep scrolling to explore by data asset
To learn more about how to navigate the portal, check out Tour the interface for a walkthrough video tutorial.
Who is it for?
Community members and advocates — Find data on your area, track property trends, understand where resources are and aren't going.
Nonprofit and civic org staff — Pull data for grant applications, program planning, and community assessments. Download clean datasets ready for your own analysis.
Journalists and storytellers — Search by topic, embed visualizations, and access underlying data for investigative work
Government and agency staff — Review what's publicly available, identify data gaps, and explore what partners have published.
You can also publish your organization's data on Data Midsouth to address public data requests. Learn more at Data submissions!
Who built it?
Data Midsouth is a project of Innovate Memphis, a nonprofit organization that has served as Memphis' civic data intermediary for over a decade.
Innovate Memphis launched the City of Memphis' Office of Performance Management, hosts the Memphis Property Hub, and has facilitated quarterly Civic Data Forums with over 35 local organizations since 2019.
Data Midsouth builds on these foundations by making Innovate Memphis' work and the work of local and national partners accessible to everyone.
