Photo and data credits

Photography is used under the Unsplash License. Government data is compiled from official sources and reviewed by our editors.

Data sources

City, county and school district contacts, meeting schedules and agenda portals: the official websites of each jurisdiction, linked on every directory page.
Population figures: US Census Bureau estimates and the 2020 Decennial Census.
Statewide lookup tools: house.gov, senate.gov, congress.gov, vote.gov, USA.gov and Open States.
Article sources are listed individually at the end of each article.

Photography

All photographs are hosted by Unsplash and credited to their authors below.

Theme	Photographer	Photo
City Hall	Stephanie Klepacki	Municipal building with an American flag flying above its roofline
City Hall	Venki Allu	Civic building topped by a blue dome and a clock tower
City Hall	angga	Historic county courthouse with a clock tower against a clear sky
City Hall	Elijah Mears	Flag flying above the dome of a government building
Council Meeting	Michael D Beckwith	Wood-paneled council chamber lined with rows of seats
Council Meeting	charlesdeluvio	A woman speaking from a podium to an audience in a meeting room
Council Meeting	Headway	Residents seated in rows of chairs during a public hearing
Council Meeting	Claudio Schwarz	People seated in a meeting room listening to a presentation
Community Meeting	Dorota Trzaska	Neighbors sitting in a circle of chairs outdoors on the grass
Community Meeting	Antenna	A small group meeting around a table in a bright room
Community Meeting	Antenna	People seated on chairs at a community gathering
Community Meeting	Valery Tenevoy	A large group of residents seated in chairs at an indoor meeting
Voting	Element5 Digital	A person dropping a completed ballot into a ballot box
Voting	Element5 Digital	A stack of I Voted stickers on a white surface
Voting	Smithsonian	A portable voting booth set up with printed instructions
Voting	Jesse Paul	Two privacy voting booths ready for voters at a polling place
Rally	Alex Radelich	A large group of demonstrators holding handmade signs in the street
Rally	Clay Banks	People gathering on a city street during a daytime demonstration
Rally	Colin Lloyd	A demonstrator speaking through a megaphone at an outdoor rally
Neighborhood	Marcus Lenk	A row of single-family houses along a residential street
Neighborhood	Kent Rebman	A gray wood-sided house on a quiet block at sunset
Neighborhood	Braxton Apana	A suburban house surrounded by green trees on a sunny day
Transit	Matthew Alexander	A city bus driving down a downtown street past tall buildings
Transit	Ja Kubislav	The interior of a public transit bus with empty seats
Transit	Robin Edqvist	A bus stop shelter beside a roadway
Housing	Luke van Zyl	Low-angle view of an apartment building facade
Housing	Marlene Céline Nordvik	A high-rise apartment building seen from street level
Housing	Anders Jildén	Rows of apartment windows on a gray residential building
Park	Yura Batiushyn	A neighborhood park with playground equipment
Park	Sergio	A wooden swing set in a sunny urban park
School	Ivan Aleksic	An empty classroom with rows of desks and a chalkboard
School	National Cancer Institute	A teacher standing in front of a group of young students
Water	Jacek Dylag	A hand turning on a kitchen faucet
Water	Walter Randlehoff	Water dripping from a tap
Capitol	Harold Mendoza	The United States Capitol under a cloudy sky
Capitol	Caleb Perez	The Capitol dome seen from Capitol Hill
Capitol	Nils Huenerfuerst	Aerial view of a domed state capitol building
Flag	iStrfry , Marcus	An American flag on a pole against a cloudy sky
Flag	chris robert	An American flag flying high against an open sky
Conversation	charlesdeluvio	Two people talking face to face in chairs
Conversation	Brooke Cagle	A small group of friends talking around a cafe table
Conversation	Redd Francisco	People in conversation seated beside a table
Library	Pauline Loroy	People reading and working inside a public library
Library	Robert Bye	A group of people studying among library bookshelves
Budget	Towfiqu barbhuiya	A person working through numbers on a calculator at a desk
Budget	Aaron Lefler	A calculator and pen resting on a printed budget sheet
Heat	Margo Evardson	People walking a sun-baked street shaded by a parasol
Heat	Chu CHU	A tall building glaring against a hot midday sun
Police	Matt Popovich	A patrol car parked on a city street
Police	Michael Förtsch	A police car with red and blue emergency lights on a street
Writing	Hannah Olinger	A person writing a letter on paper with a pen
Writing	Marcos Paulo Prado	A woman writing notes in a notebook
Downtown	Joel Mott	Traffic moving along a downtown street lined with tall buildings
Downtown	Javier Quiroga	Pedestrians walking a downtown sidewalk beneath high-rises
Downtown	Spencer Imbrock	A small-town main street storefront in white and red
Downtown	Skyler Smith	Brick downtown buildings with arched windows and a street lamp
Hero	Andy Feliciotti	The United States Capitol at golden hour
Hero	Andy Feliciotti	A wide view down the avenue toward the United States Capitol with cyclists and traffic
Hero	Vlad Tchompalov	A wide shot of a large crowd holding placards at a public gathering

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