Data Diversions
Data, articles and information that have us putting our to-do lists on hold (formerly Web Wednesday).
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-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.
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.
The complexity of learning loss in a pandemic
Prior to the COVID pandemic, students in the metro Atlanta region were making progress in 3rd grade literacy, with rates of students proficient and above increasing 5 percentage points between the 2017-2018 and 2018-2019 academic years. For Black and Latinx students the percentage of students proficient and above in 3rd grade literacy increased by 5 and 4 percentage points respectively. The pandemic’s impact on our education and social structures, however, is threatening these gains.