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 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.
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.
Atlanta Metro Eviction Tracking Update, February 2021
Updates to the status of evictions in five metro counties, plus details about the national context and local assistance efforts.
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.
Regional Snapshot: 100 Metros Data Dashboard
This month's regional snapshot introduces our updated 100 Metros dashboard, with an overview of some select findings and a demonstration of the comparison feature.
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.
The Atlanta MSA Job Base: How Low (Relatively) Did We Go…or Not?
Job loss in Atlanta was bad (and our recovery is slow)--but it was worse by many other measures in many other places.
Mortgage forbearance between April and October 2020
A quick look at what we learned using the Atlanta Fed's Mortgage Analytics and Performance Dashboard.