Commuters driving through Atlanta may be experiencing slower speeds and more congestion following the I-85 bridge collapse; here, we analyze travel conditions on specific roadways for Monday, April 10. With school back in session after last week's spring break, we are evaluating changing travel patterns by using INRIX real-time traffic software to compare travel [...]
The most recent county-level data from the Census Bureau (2016 Population Estimates, released last week) allow us to analyze ttrends in county, metro, and state population numbers. A new article from Governing shows that urban counties in the Northern U.S. and Midwest have slowed in their rates of population growth, and in some cases [...]
As part of the kick-off for Atlanta Regional Commission’s New Voices: Global Advisory Panel we are sharing updated data about trends in the foreign-born population for metro Atlanta. These charts serve as an introduction to a larger snapshot that will look at the diversity of residents within the foreign-born population; check back for more [...]
A growing share of respondents to the Metro Atlanta Speaks survey rate crime as the biggest problem for the region; yet, the survey also reveals that respondents consider crime a greater issue at the regional level than within their local communities Let's take a look at this compared to actual trends: Respondents in [...]
Atlanta vs. Boston How does Atlanta compare to Boston? We'll let the football facts be decided on the field, but we check out some socioeconomic and demographic numbers here. For more on the 2017 Data Bowl, visit Atlanta Regional Commission's News Center.
Neighborhoods in Gwinnett County ranked the most diverse in the state Metro Atlanta is becoming increasingly diverse, a change that can be seen in local school districts, the racial/ethnic makeup of millennials, and racially diverse neighborhoods. The maps that follow use Esri's Diversity Index to capture the racial and ethnic diversity of individual census [...]
In 2015, 14.1% of residents in the 10-county metro Atlanta region were living in poverty. When looking at rates from 2006 - 2015, all but one county in the region hit a peak poverty rate in 2012. There are stark differences in poverty rates throughout the region, with a 2015 high in Clayton County of 23.3%, [...]
For most of us, Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate with our families over an abundance of food and reflect on the many reasons we have to give thanks. Whatever the particular traditions are, food is usually a centerpiece. But as our recent Metro Atlanta Speaks survey shows, food isn’t always a given. In fact, [...]
Election Day is just 39 days away and there are only 12 days left to register to vote. We are taking a timely look at voter data from the last three Presidential elections. In 2012, there were a little over 3 million registered voters in the 23-county metro Atlanta region, and 2.2 million voted. As of September 1, [...]
As a whole, metro Atlanta is becoming increasingly diverse—but what about racial and ethnic diversity for millennials/young professionals, age 20-34? Text highlights are below, but scroll down to view trends and county-specific data in our 2010-2015 Population Change by Race: Total Population and Age 20-34 tool. Let’s take a look at overall trends from 2010-2015 [...]
