Low Employment Counties

Low employment counties are those where less than 63 percent of residents ages 25 to 54 were employed in the 2018–22 5-year ACS.Metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas are based on the U.S. Office of Management and Budget 2023 delineation of core … Continued

Public Education Expenditures

This layer data was obtained from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) School District Finance Survey. The survey provides finance data for all local education agencies (LEAs) that provide free public elementary and secondary … Continued

Population Loss Counties

Population loss counties are those where the number of county residents declined between the 1990 and 2000 censuses and also between the 2000 and 2010 censuses.

Recreation Dependent Counties

Recreation dependent counties are determined by a weighted z-score of the factors listed was at least two-thirds of a standard deviation above the nonmetro mean (greater than or equal to 0.67) for: 1. Jobs in arts, entertainment, and recreation, accommodation … Continued

Banking Deserts

This layer displays the average number of active branches of banks as of 2024. Data are available at the census tract.

Heat Index – Average Days Above 95th Percentile

This updated dataset reports the total number of days in which an extreme heat event was above the 95th percentile between 2021-2023 at the county and Census tract levels. Data were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Continued

Area Deprivation Index by Census Block Group

The 2023 Area Deprivation Index is now available! The ADI map displays rankings of neighborhoods by socioeconomic status disadvantage in a region of interest (e.g. at the state or national level). It includes factors for the theoretical domains of income, … Continued