Clik here to view.
Urban-Rural Divide: Mapping Broadband Access
Broadband access is not created or distributed equally across the country. While 94 percent of urban dwellers have access to broadband, more than one-third of rural residents are unable to access the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Our Climate, Our Food
This is third and final article of a series on Community Commons highlighting the impact of climate change on human health, communities, and economies. The series is co-authored by Chris Paterson of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How Much Education Funding Was Spent on Classroom Instruction?
This article was written by Stephen Wheeler. It was originally published in the Census blog, Random Samplings, on June 14, 2017. With large portions of public tax dollars being spent on our nation’s...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Resident-Centered Approach Grows Healthy Babies and Local Economy
This article was written by Megan Calpin and Jessica Luginbuhl. It was originally published in the Building Healthy Places blog on July 25, 2017. Can a community market improve infant health? Can...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Data Viz: Farmers Market Consumption
Are you or your organization working to increase food access in your community? Are you looking to grow your farmers market but having a hard time getting new vendors or showing the potential economic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Data Viz: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
According to data from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program has shielded nearly 790,000 unauthorized immigrants from deportation...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Data Viz: Population Growth
I was recently listening to Tell Me Something I Don’t Know, a podcast hosted by economist and writer Stephen Dubner. One of the guests talked about immigration and its relationship to population...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Who Are the Uninsured?
This article was written by Luke Rogers. It was originally published in Random Samplings on September 19, 2017. In 2016, there were about 27.3 million people (8.6 percent of the population) who lacked...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rent Continues to Rise in America
This article was written by Mary Schwartz. It was originally published on December 7, 2017 in the Census blog, Random Samplings. The nation experienced an overall average increase of $21 in median...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Data Viz: Updates to SNAP and Farmers Market Data
For me, new data is like a new pair of shoes – I still find utility in the old ones, but the new ones give me a feeling of opportunity and I immediately begin thinking of all the new things I can do...
View ArticleClik here to view.
They’re Here! American Community Survey & 500 Cities Data Updates
Our team has been hard at work the past couple of months integrating new data. We are excited to share the 2012-2016 data from the American Community Survey (ACS) and recently updated indicators from...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Historic Boost to Funding and the Potential of the Child Care and Development...
This article first appeared on Urban Wire in February 2018. Congress’s bipartisan budget agreement passed in February includes a historic funding increase for the Child Care and Development Block Grant...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In A Puerto Rican Mountain Town, Hope Ebbs And Health Suffers
This article first appeared on Kaiser Health News in April 2018. Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News | CASTAÑER, Puerto Rico — Helicopters from the power company buzz across the skies of this picturesque...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visualizing Wellbeing: Meaningful Work + Wealth
To create conditions for community wellbeing we must look back – at continuing, historic influences – and forward – to the major forces that shape current and future priorities. The Visualizing...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Visualizing Wellbeing: Humane Housing
To create conditions for community wellbeing we must look back – at continuing, historic influences – and forward – to the major forces that shape current and future priorities. The Visualizing...
View Article
