Trends in patents are a leading indicator for higher-wage job growth. When there are high amounts of patents filed, it suggests that people are innovating, creating, and starting businesses. This map shows the number of patents filed per 100,000 people in 2015. Dark blue represents the highest rates and light blue/ grey represent the lowest. Atlanta [...]
This map shows the top twenty metros that had the greatest increase in population from 2010-2015. The metros in darker circles had the greatest increase in population. Austin had the greatest increase with a population that grew 15.8 percent from 2010. In addition to the top twenty, the map shows metro Atlanta (ranking 23rd) with [...]
This map, from our latest Regional Snapshot: Reading Matters and Math Counts, shows the 50 schools with the highest reading proficiency (in blue) and the 50 schools with the lowest reading proficiency (in gray) in metro Atlanta. With the exception of schools in Fayette County and a couple of schools in northern DeKalb, Gainesville City, and Cobb, there [...]
The blue areas in this map highlight neighborhoods in metro Atlanta that have a high percentage of residents age 65 and older living in poverty. While the urban core appears to have high concentrations of seniors living poverty, there are pockets of poverty spread throughout the region. Data source: 2010-2014 American Community Survey via Neighborhood Nexus [...]
This map shows the top twenty metros that had the greatest increase in building permits submitted in 2015 (through September) compared to the same time period in 2010. The metros in darker circles had the greatest increase in permits compared to 2010; Atlanta ranks 5th.
In metro Atlanta, the average family size is 3.41 (a "family" consists of at least two people living in the same household who are related by birth, marriage, or adoption). This map shows the neighborhoods in metro Atlanta that have the largest average family size, higher than the metro average of 3.41. Gwinnett County and Clayton County [...]
We recently looked at housing affordability in metro areas across the U.S. and in neighborhoods in metro Atlanta. This map shows the cities in Georgia where 52 percent or more of housing units are occupied by renters, and where 48 to 85 percent of renters pay more than 30 percent of their household income towards housing costs [...]
Many parts of the state, especially in metro Atlanta, have experienced growth in the Hispanic population. This map takes a look at this population change from 2000-2010 in Georgia State House districts (U.S. Census Bureau data via Neighborhood Nexus). Throughout the state, metro Atlanta has seen some of the greatest increases in Hispanic population (dark purple [...]
Georgia Milestones is an assessment used by the Georgia Department of Education that replaced the CRCT (Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests) in the spring of 2015. The Milestones test includes various subjects- this map looks at 8th grade math, a key middle school benchmark. Milestones has four levels of performance: Beginning Learner (which is considered “failing”), Developing Learner, Proficient Learner [...]
In most parts of metro Atlanta, teen birth rates have been decreasing. This map looks at the change in birth rates from 2000-2004 (an average for the 5 year period) to 2010-2014 (another average). The red areas highlighted had an increase in teen birth rates. In these areas, the increase in birth rates for teen mothers [...]
