Exploring Pandemic Employment Outcomes
Taking a closer look at ways in which data from Metro Atlanta Speaks and other survey sources reveal the economic damage of the pandemic while finally indicating signs of at least an overall recovery.
CareerRise Economic Mobility Dashboard: Clusters of Opportunity
Explore our new occupation demand and supply data dashboard, which focuses on the economic health and workforce characteristics of the ARC WorkSource Plan's five target occupation clusters.
Higher Education Degrees Among Men and Women in the Metro, 1970 to Today
One area where Atlanta does see gender parity? Rates of higher educational attainment. In fact, women have outpaced men in attaining bachelor's and graduate degrees since 1970.
Labor Force Participation by Gender and Age
A look at non-pandemic differences in men's and women's labor force participation by age grouping, with a look at long-term career and earnings implications.
More on Atlanta Home Price Trends: The Case-Shiller Index
Looking at how our Case-Shiller Hone Price Index value has changed since our pre-2008 recession peak (hint: it's higher), and how that change compares to other metros around the country.
Are Home Prices Rising During An Economic Downturn?
To answer the title, yes. This post explores Atlanta's position in this paradoxical trend.
Emma Willard: America’s first female cartographer
This International Women’s Day, we're honoring Emma Willard (February 23, 1787–April 15, 1870). First and foremost, Willard was an educator. Brilliant and curious from a young age, she was a self-taught polymath with a “vision that girls should be as highly educated as boys.” In 1814, at the age of 27, she founded an all-girls [...]
Happy Birthday, W.E.B. Du Bois
Celebrating the life of the incomparable W.E.B Du Bois through a series of maps and charts that show just how long the arc of data visualization history in Georgia actually is.
Housing Insecurity in the Time of COVID-19: Evidence from Two Surveys
Data from two surveys show that housing affordability worries are all too real for Atlantans, and are growing despite initial policy efforts.
Black-Owned Businesses: An Atlanta Growth Engine
Black-owned businesses make up a much larger share of the Atlanta metro business base than they do at the national level, and a relatively large share of these businesses are small.