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.
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 [...]
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.
The difference a year (and/or a quarter) makes: Jobs and unemployment
2019 vs. 2020
A comparison of jobs between Q1 and Q2 of 2019 and 2020, and a look at unemployment rates in the course of 2020, reveal the depth of the pandemic's impact on our economy.
Changes in School Enrollment, 2018-2020
A dashboard of school enrollment shows that most metro school districts have seen a drop in numbers.
Regional Snapshot: Metro Atlanta Speaks 2020
This month's regional snapshot presents summary findings for ARC's 2020 Metro Atlanta Speaks Survey. This year's survey measures impacts from and perceptions of COVID-19.
Data Diversion: Lower-Income Workers and People of Color Most Vulnerable to COVID-19 Impact
The pandemic has already led to job loss in the most vulnerable occupations (and has even spread to other job sectors). Following job loss through a household's budget leads to more bad economic and social outcomes for those families. Decreased affordability of housing is an example. This Data Diversion provides an initial look at data that frame potential housing impacts of COVID-associated job loss.
Monday Mapday: Reminder of Ready Resources–COVID-19
Months now into the time of the coronavirus, this week's Monday Mapday is a timely reminder of existing ARC-built webpages tracking data and resources associated with this pandemic
Data Diversion: COVID-19 Weekly Mobility Pattern by Industry
So we've posted recently about mobility during COVID-19--how we have traveled less and when those declines happened. This week, we use the same data source (Safegraph) to look at how and when our pandemic-period mobility changes vary by industry sector.
Friday Factday: Social Distancing– Directions and Distinctions
Many of us have been home a lot lately--not necessarily home alone, but home--with the obvious goal of slowing the spread of COVID-19. How much have our movement patterns changed, and where and when did those patterns change the most? Check out a multi-featured dashboard for some custom insights.