Friday Factday
A closer look at a topics using local-level data, published on Fridays
Friday Factday: Labor Day 2017
Each year, on the first Monday in September, Atlanta joins the nation in celebrating Labor Day, honoring the American labor movement of the 19th century. The first Labor Day was celebrated September 5, 1882 [...]
Friday Factday: Forecasted Replacement Demand for Top Occupations
This week's Friday Factday explores the 10-year forecasted replacement demand for the twenty top occupations [as determined by location quotient (LQ)] for the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). These data are sourced from Chmura Economics and [...]
Friday Factday: New Construction Adds Few Affordable Units for Renters
The uptick in construction activity since the great recession has generated many new residential building projects in the Atlanta Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA). While some of the new housing in these projects has been designated [...]
Friday Factday: Manufacturing Employment vs. Output
Last month, Pew Research Center released an article highlighting national growth in manufacturing output (as measured by GDP) despite a decline in manufacturing employment ("Most Americans unaware that as U.S. manufacturing jobs have disappeared, [...]
Friday Factday: Georgia Milestones Results and Trends
The Georgia Department of Education (GA DOE) recently released the Georgia Milestones results for the 2016-17 school year1. Overall, students across the state showed progress in math and language arts, albeit with a slight [...]