# CDC PLACES / 500 Cities API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cdc-gov/cdc-places-api/  
**Provider:** CDC — https://apis.io/providers/cdc-gov/  
**Base URL:** https://chronicdata.cdc.gov/resource/  
**Documentation:** https://www.cdc.gov/places/

CDC PLACES / 500 Cities API is one of 16 APIs that [CDC](https://apis.io/providers/cdc-gov/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include BRFSS, Census Tract, Chronic Disease, Health Indicators, and Small Area Estimation.

PLACES (Population Level Analysis and Community Estimates) provides model-based small-area estimates for chronic disease risk factors, health outcomes, and prevention practices for counties, ZCTAs, census tracts, and places across the United States. Data is available via the Socrata chronicdata.cdc.gov portal as JSON, CSV, and GeoJSON endpoints.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **Website** — https://www.cdc.gov/places/
- **Methodology** — https://www.cdc.gov/places/methodology/
- **OpenData** — https://chronicdata.cdc.gov/

## Other CDC APIs (12)

- [CDC WONDER API](https://apis.io/apis/cdc-gov/cdc-wonder-api/)
- [CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network API](https://apis.io/apis/cdc-gov/cdc-environmental-public-health-tracking-network-api/)
- [CDC Content Syndication API](https://apis.io/apis/cdc-gov/cdc-content-syndication-api/)
- [PHIN VADS API](https://apis.io/apis/cdc-gov/phin-vads-api/)
- [CDC App Notifications API](https://apis.io/apis/cdc-gov/cdc-gov-app-notifications-api/)
- [CDC Code Systems API](https://apis.io/apis/cdc-gov/cdc-gov-code-systems-api/)
- [CDC Conditions API](https://apis.io/apis/cdc-gov/cdc-gov-conditions-api/)
- [CDC Configurations API](https://apis.io/apis/cdc-gov/cdc-gov-configurations-api/)
- [CDC Events API](https://apis.io/apis/cdc-gov/cdc-gov-events-api/)
- [CDC Query API](https://apis.io/apis/cdc-gov/cdc-gov-query-api/)
- [CDC Query Connector API OpenAPI 3.0 API](https://apis.io/apis/cdc-gov/cdc-gov-query-connector-api-openapi-3-0-api/)
- [CDC Releases API](https://apis.io/apis/cdc-gov/cdc-gov-releases-api/)

## Tags

BRFSS, Census Tract, Chronic Disease, Health Indicators, Small Area Estimation

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