# CDC PLACES / 500 Cities API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention/cdc-places-api/  
**Provider:** Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — https://apis.io/providers/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention/  
**Base URL:** https://chronicdata.cdc.gov/resource/  
**Documentation:** https://www.cdc.gov/places/

CDC PLACES / 500 Cities API is one of 9 APIs that [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention](https://apis.io/providers/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention/) 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 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention APIs (8)

- [CDC Socrata Open Data API (data.cdc.gov)](https://apis.io/apis/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention/cdc-socrata-open-data-api/)
- [CDC WONDER API](https://apis.io/apis/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention/cdc-wonder-api/)
- [CDC Environmental Public Health Tracking Network API](https://apis.io/apis/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention/cdc-ephtn-api/)
- [CDC Public Health Media Library (Content Syndication)](https://apis.io/apis/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention/cdc-content-syndication/)
- [CDC Open Technology API Index](https://apis.io/apis/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention/open-cdc-apis-index/)
- [CDC NNDSS / MMWR Socrata Data](https://apis.io/apis/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention/cdc-tb-nndss-socrata/)
- [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention SODA v2.1 API](https://apis.io/apis/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-soda-v2-1-api/)
- [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention SODA v3 API](https://apis.io/apis/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention/centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-soda-v3-api/)

## Tags

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

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