Friday Factday: Labor Day 2017

By |2019-01-23T11:32:41-05:00September 1st, 2017|Economy, Friday Factday|

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 and featured a street parade "to exhibit to the public 'the strength and esprit de corps of the trade and [...]

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Monday Mapday: Time Spent Online

By |2019-01-23T11:32:53-05:00August 28th, 2017|Economy, Monday Mapday|

This week's Monday Mapday explores time spent online in the Atlanta metropolitan statistical area (MSA).  The map below shows the percentage of the adults,* by zip code, that spent an average of 2 to 4.9 hours online in a typical day.  Areas shaded in dark blue (including areas of Cherokee, Cobb, DeKalb, Fayette, Forsyth, [...]

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Friday Factday: Forecasted Replacement Demand for Top Occupations

By |2019-01-23T11:33:02-05:00August 25th, 2017|Economy, Friday Factday|

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 are part of their JobsEQ Occupational Snapshot.  Replacement demand is a component of total occupational demand that comprises openings due [...]

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Monday Mapday: Eclipse 2017 Path Across Georgia

By |2017-08-22T15:43:14-04:00August 21st, 2017|Monday Mapday|

DO NOT VIEW THE ECLIPSE WITHOUT SPECIAL "ECLIPSE GLASSES."  CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS. A full solar eclipse will be visible across the continental United States today, with the best viewing in Georgia in the northeastern counties of Fannin, Union, Towns, White, Rabun, Habersham, Stephens, Franklin, Hart, and Elbert.  In these counties the Moon will completely [...]

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Friday Factday: New Construction Adds Few Affordable Units for Renters

By |2017-08-22T16:08:55-04:00August 18th, 2017|Friday Factday, Housing|

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 affordable, it appears that these newer constructed buildings are demanding higher rents than their older counterparts.  The first chart below [...]

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Monday Mapday: Home Sale Price Changes by Zip Code

By |2017-08-11T18:54:54-04:00August 14th, 2017|Economy, Housing, Monday Mapday|

When viewed at the zip code level, average home sale listing prices between 2012 and 2017 have increased everywhere across the 20-county Atlanta Metro Region*.  The magnitude of increase, however, exhibits significant variation based on where within the region a home was sold, with the largest increases being shown in blue and the smallest [...]

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Friday Factday: Manufacturing Employment vs. Output

By |2019-01-23T11:33:20-05:00August 11th, 2017|Economy, Friday Factday|

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, output has grown," July 25, 2017). Do these trends hold true for metro Atlanta?  The state of Georgia?  This week's [...]

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Regional Snapshot: 2017 Population Estimates

By |2017-08-10T18:35:18-04:00August 10th, 2017|Population, Regional Snapshot|

It’s that time of year again! Today ARC releases its 2017 Population Estimates.  How has the region changed over the last year?  How does our recent growth compare with years (and decades) past?  Where are we experiencing the greatest growth in the region?  Read on for the answers to these questions, and more… Highlights [...]

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Monday Mapday: Diversity in Metro Atlanta Region

By |2017-08-25T18:22:03-04:00August 7th, 2017|Monday Mapday, Race and Diversity|

ESRI's diversity index provides an estimate of how likely two people, selected at random from the same geographic area, will belong to different racial or ethnic groups.  Available down to the block group level, an index value of 0 means an area exhibits "no diversity" and 100 means that there is "complete diversity."  The [...]

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Friday Factday: Georgia Milestones Results and Trends

By |2017-08-25T18:23:54-04:00August 4th, 2017|Education, Friday Factday|

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 downward turn in science scores (when all grade levels are considered)2.  For this Friday Factday, we will compare 3rd grade [...]

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