The Decline of Public School Enrollment

Around 56.8 million kids return to school this month to attend grades 1-12, and nearly 6.5 million of them won’t be attending the local public school. In the last few years, private school enrollment has increased for various reasons, but it isn’t an equal increase...

True College Towns

When you think about a college town, you might think about a town where people put out a lot of college memorabilia in their yard or even how many bars are in a one mile ring around campus. For our purposes, we looked at true college towns with two demographic...

Canada Data Release August 2023

We are excited to announce the release of new Canada data in collaboration with Exceed Analysis. All of the Canadian databases have received an update, including CrimeRisk Canada. Keep reading for more details about the databases and to see sample maps. If you missed...

The Imprint of Immigration

In recent decades, much of the population growth in Canada has come from immigration. With a national population just shy of forty million, over 25% of the population are first generation immigrants and over 1 million came as refugees. The nationality of immigrants...

Decentralizing Government

The share of total employment in the United States accounted for by government agencies (both national and local) has grown substantially since the beginning of World War II. In 1948, governments employed about 4.5 million workers – or 7.5% of the labor force (St....