Monday Mapday
Maps showing themes and trends, published on Mondays
The Income Incidence of a Cost Crisis (in Housing)
About a third of Atlanta households are defined as cost-burdened (spending more than 30 percent of income on housing). BUT those cost burdens go up...a lot...for renters, for lower-earners, or (especially) for lower-income renters.
Black Educational Attainment: A Half-Century of Pronounced Progress
The Atlanta Black population's higher educational attainment has soared over the last fifty years. The share of Black higher ed degree holders has grown by 500 percent since 1970, besting the related share in the rest of the population, which grew by 350 percent.
Change in Share: Georgia’s Non-Hispanic Black Residents, 2010-2018
Interactive maps taking a look at how the distribution of Georgia's Non-Hispanic Black population has changed since 2010.
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.
Mortgage forbearance between April and October 2020
A quick look at what we learned using the Atlanta Fed's Mortgage Analytics and Performance Dashboard.
Monthly Sales Tax Collections Around the Country, 2019 vs. 2020
A new U.S. Census mapping product examines the percent difference in state tax revenue streams between 2019 and 2020.