COVID-19 and Tourism
The travel industry generally accounts for about 3% of GDP and was the very first economic casualty of the “stay-at-home” orders. Within a matter of just a few weeks, air travel dropped to near zero. Cruise lines cancelled their entire seasons. Major theme parks...
COVID-19 And Substance Abuse
The opioid crisis in America has in recent years gained public awareness, but it is really only part of what have become known as ‘deaths of despair’ consisting of mainly drug-induced, alcohol-induced, and suicide deaths. The CDC reported 181,686 such deaths in 2018....
Data Visualization: Grid Geography
A significant problem with using administrative districts for mapping results from the great discrepancies in their physical size and shape. For example, counties in the eastern United States tend to be small and regular, but the further west you get, the larger and...
Buy American: A Map
Turn on any TV channel (well, for those of us that have resisted cutting the cord), and at some point you are bound to see an infomercial for a product that says “Proud to say made in the U.S.A.” as a major selling feature. For many Americans, they prefer to buy...
Sneak Peek: 5-Year CrimeRisk Projections
For nearly twenty years, AGS has been creating its CrimeRisk indexes which have proved invaluable to retail location planners, security analysts, and commercial insurance underwriters. The current situation is certainly important, but in many cases analysts can...
Sneak Peek: Non-Resident Population Estimates
Tourism plays an important role in the local economy of many areas of the country, and in some areas like Hawaii, Las Vegas, and Orlando, is the dominant driver of economic performance. In mountain ski and desert golf resorts the season is winter dominant while in...
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