Child Well-Being in the U.S.
With school out and kids all over the country on summer break, it is a great time to focus on the condition of our young people. For our users interested in the status of child well-being in the United...
View ArticleA Primer on Low-Mod
From time to time we get a question from a user looking for “low mod” data, wondering if we have it and where it lives on PolicyMap. Each time it sparks some discussion (among the data team here as...
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Census Data show increase in poverty in parts of Philadelphia
The front page article of the Philadelphia Inquirer featured a story on the rise of poverty in parts of the City over the last decade. The article described a startling 62% increase in poverty in...
View ArticleNew Health Indicators on PolicyMap
With a growing concern for health in the nation, people are looking at factors that may contribute to a healthy life style. You, too, can look at trends in health related behaviors! PolicyMap has added...
View ArticleMap NSP Target Areas On PolicyMap
The Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) is a federal program that provides assistance to state and local governments to acquire and redevelop foreclosed and abandoned properties that might...
View ArticleIt Turns Out, Everyone Loves Education Data
I spent last week at the National Center for Education Statistics STATS-DC Data Conference in Washington. Unlike Comic-Con, at this conference, heroes came costumed as agency administrations and data...
View ArticleMinimum Wage: Living near the Edge (of a State)
When researchers and journalists want to study the effects of minimum wage laws on employment, often they look at state boundaries, where they can compare similar areas with similar economies, but...
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MPIP and PolicyMap: A Great Way to Partner!
Metropolitan Philadelphia Indicators Project (MPIP) today released new interactive maps powered by PolicyMap. Available data on the MPIP maps include mortgage lending, land area, demographics,...
View ArticleWhere are the Data on America’s Physical Infrastructure?
How we move ourselves and our resources as a nation is a critical and complex system. Our economy relies upon the efficient movement of goods, information and people, which in turn rely on the...
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Color Me Curious: Why PolicyMap Maps are Purple
Data visualization is a powerful tool—colors can provide very meaningful context, but they can just as easily make for a very misleading representation of your information. There are a few things to...
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