Payday Lenders, Pawn Shops, and Check Cashers: A Deeper Spatial Dive
Locating (Payday) Lenders in the context of targeted populations
Poverty and Wealth: A Look at the Landscape of Inequality
To conclude a series of posts for Black History Month, we look at incremental progress on poverty, yet persistent disparities and pervasive gaps in both poverty and wealth.
Poverty Trends: Zooming to the County
There is large variation in poverty at the county level, but generally positive trends (that is, declining rates)
Peering at Poverty’s Past (and Present)
Poverty: some pretty authoritative sources (as well as the data) seem to suggest that it will always "be with us". Some of the recent trends, thought hardly all of them, are encouraging.
Learning about Broadband Access for School-Aged Kids
Where do the school-aged kids without internet access (or a computer) live in our Atlanta Region?. And are there correlations of higher poverty with the home locations of school-aged kids without access?
Regional Snapshot: Dynamics of Neighborhood Change, 2000-2019
June's regional snapshot traces the socioeconomic and demographic change as reflected in and through two decades of census- tract level population shifts in the Atlanta Region. These meta-trends are clearly illustrative of increased race and class segregation across the area.
Friday Factday: Poverty Among Metro Atlantans Age 65 and Older
An overview of poverty rates among Metro Atlanta's residents age 65 and older and how it compares to Georgia and the nation.
