São Paulo Socioeconomic Panel Data for 2000, 2010, and 2022 Census Years

2000, 2010, and 2022 decadal census data harmonized for São Paulo, Brazil. The dataset includes variables such as population density, income, household size, sewage coverage, verticalisation, mobility distances, and urban informality overlaps. It was created by Alex Monito Nhancololo and last updated on April 28, 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling environmental risk based on harmonized spatiotemporal panel data.
• Analyzing urban informality overlaps based on the described urban informality variable.
• Studying socioeconomic trends based on inflation-adjusted income and household size.
• Evaluating infrastructure development based on sewage coverage data.
• Assessing urban density and form based on log-transformed population density and verticalisation.

Strengths

• 752.2 MB dataset providing harmonized data across three decadal census periods.
• Variables include inflation-adjusted income, deflated to 2022 BRL using official IPCA multipliers.
• Data incorporates geographic nearest-neighbour imputation to ensure a continuous spatial field.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Extracted via the censobr and geobr R packages from IBGE census data.

Collection Method

Geographic nearest-neighbour imputation applied to ensure spatial continuity.

Time Range

2000, 2010, and 2022 decadal census periods.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 17:23:07; freshness should be verified.

Geography

São Paulo, Brazil (IBGE: 3550308).