Equity Counts Data Center
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Wealth Creation
Wealth Creation
Racism and other patterns of discrimination have long constrained opportunity for some and privileged others. The Data Center's indicators of economic status and mobility include income figures, vulnerability indices, and unemployment, housing, and poverty rates.
Wealth Creation Indicators
What are these sections about?
Many of the most entrenched and pernicious biases and discriminatory practices in the U.S. have resulted in disparities across an array of measures of wealth. Though economic inequities develop for complex and varied reasons, understanding unequal outcomes across employment, income, housing, and other indicators of wealth is critical to uncovering historical and systemic constraints to opportunity.
Employment
Income and Poverty
Housing
Benefits
Deprivation
Employment
Data are current as of 9/20/2023
Most recent dashboard update: 9/20/2023
Unemployment Rate
To analyze unemployment rate, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.
About this Indicator
The unemployment rate is defined as the total number of unemployed individuals divided by the total number of individuals in the labor force
Unemployment Rate in State
Unemployment Rate by Demographic Over Time
Percent families with at least one employed parent
To analyze percent families with at least one employed parent, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.
About this Indicator
Employed includes all civilians 16 years old and over who were either "at work" or were "with a job but not at work"
Percent families with at least one employed parent in State
Income and Poverty
Data are current as of 9/20/2023
Most recent dashboard update: 9/20/2023
Child Poverty Rate
To analyze child poverty rate, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.
About this Indicator
Percent of children who fall below poverty threshold. The Census Bureau uses a set of dollar income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who is in poverty. If the total income for a family or unrelated individual falls below the relevant poverty threshold, then the family (and every individual in it) or unrelated individual is considered in poverty.
Child Poverty Rate in State
Child Poverty Rate by Demographic Over Time
Family Poverty Rate
To analyze family poverty rate, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.
About this Indicator
The Census Bureau uses a set of dollar income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who is in poverty. If the total income for a family or unrelated individual falls below the relevant poverty threshold, then the family (and every individual in it) or unrelated individual is considered in poverty.
Family Poverty Rate in State
Family Poverty Rate by Demographic Over Time
Median Family Income
To analyze median family income, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.
About this Indicator
A family is defined as a household where two or more people are related by birth, marriage, or adoption. Income for a family is summed over all family members.
Median Family Income in State
Median Family Income by Demographic Over Time
Median Household Income
To analyze median household income, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.
About this Indicator
A household includes all the people who occupy a housing unit (such as a house or apartment) as their usual place of residence.
Median Household Income in State
Median Household Income by Demographic Over Time
Housing
Data are current as of 9/20/2023
Most recent dashboard update: 9/20/2023
Rent Burden
To analyze rent burden, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.
About this Indicator
The proportion of households that spend 30% of their total income on rent; this value is pulled directly from available census data
Rent Burden in State
Percent Renters
To analyze percent renters, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.
About this Indicator
Percent of individuals who report living in a renter-occupied unit
Percent Renters in State
Percent Renters by Demographic Over Time
Percent Households with a Broadband Subscription
To analyze percent households with a broadband subscription, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.
About this Indicator
Percent of households reporting having a computer broadband internet subscription cable, fiber-optic, or DSL service.
Percent Households with a Broadband Subscription in State
Percent Households with a Broadband Subscription by Demographic Over Time
Benefits
Data are current as of 9/20/2023
Most recent dashboard update: 9/20/2023
Percent Households receiving SNAP Benefits
To analyze percent households receiving snap benefits, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.
About this Indicator
Percent of households reporting receiving benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
Percent Households receiving SNAP Benefits in State
Percent Households receiving SNAP Benefits by Demographic Over Time
Deprivation
Data are current as of 9/20/2023
Most recent dashboard update: 9/20/2023
State Area Deprivation Index
To analyze state area deprivation index, the mean and standard deviation of the values were calculated. Using these, the minimum and maximum for the color scale were established. This scaling is intended to make it easier to interpret the data at an initial glance.
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