Unemployment Models At Six Months

by | Sep 10, 2020 | Unemployment Data

For at least a decade, the AGS labor force models have been fairly stable in terms of data sources and techniques, using a combination of the annual American Community Survey (ACS) block group data and the monthly unemployment updates for states and large metropolitan...

Data Focus: Year Structure Built

by | Sep 10, 2020 | Database Overview

Among the many housing related variables in the AGS library, the year structure built table almost always appears on multi-page demographic reports and is an integral component of analysis in insurance and home repair. Many home repair services are based on franchise...

A Field Guide to the Canis Notitia

by | Sep 10, 2020 | Menger's Musings

Are you a data hound? This is not something you can easily fake. You are or you ain’t. And with just one simple question, I can tell if you are. Don’t you just love the smell of fresh data in the morning?  If you have a bewildered look on your face or find the...

Changing Income Patterns in Urban Areas

by | Sep 3, 2020 | Menger's Musings

In the pre-automobile era, the pattern in most cities in the western world was quite similar – the wealthier you were, the closer to downtown you lived. In the twentieth century, the automobile made it possible for wealthy families to move far away from downtown and...

Vaccines in America: Acceptance and Skeptics

by | Sep 3, 2020 | Maps

Over the last few years, vaccines have become more and more controversial across the U.S. On the verge of a new vaccine for COVID-19, we looked at those that are most likely to go out and get a new vaccine, and those that are more skeptical. For the data, we looked at...