Monthly Archives: December 2009

Top 10: Zip Codes with Highest Average Amount of Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) in 2006

Posted on December 17, 2009 by Bernie Langer

The Brookings Institution uses data from the IRS to construct a broad database of tax return data, available by ZIP code, city, county, metropolitan area, state, state legislative district, and congressional district, for every year from 2000 to 2006. The … Continue reading →

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Community Central and PolicyMap

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Maggie McCullough

Maggie McCullough, along with Bill Goldsmith at Mercy Portfolio Services, demoed Community Central and PolicyMap for Neighborhood Stabilization Providers (NSP) Technical Assistance providers across the country yesterday. The demo, which was recorded, will be available for viewing on the blog … Continue reading →

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Top 10: School Districts with the Largest Percent of Students in Poverty in 2007

Posted on December 15, 2009 by Bernie Langer

The New America Foundation reports the percent of students in poverty by school district based on data from the US Census Bureau Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE). We have this data for 2004 and 2007, and it can … Continue reading →

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December 2009 Updates

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Phil Vu

All the data you need. All in one place. All online. | December 2009 PolicyMap Update: December 2009 It’s been a bustling month, with the launch of new ways to connect people with PolicyMap. We offered subscribers the ability to … Continue reading →

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A Closer Look: Preliminary county-level unemployment data for October 2009

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Katie Nelson

Preliminary county-level unemployment data for October 2009 is now available on PolicyMap. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment is higher than it was a year ago in all 372 metropolitan areas across the country. Nationally the average for … Continue reading →

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Top 10: CBSAs with Lowest Rates of People with a Bachelors Degree

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Bernie Langer

With such a highly educated workforce available now a days; what metro areas have the lowest percent of people with a bachelor’s degree? For subscribers, our Claritas data provides estimates for Census-type data at a metro area level. We also … Continue reading →

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A Closer Look: 2008 Increases in Manufactured Home Purchase Loans

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Elizabeth Nash

The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia works with PolicyMap to perform calculations on the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) data that they find particularly useful. We’ve chosen to share these numbers with all PolicyMap users in the Mortgage Originations tab … Continue reading →

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Top 10: Census Tracts with Most Mobile Homes in 2000

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Bernie Langer

The Census and Claritas provide data for housing types, with detail down to the blockgroup level. With PolicyMap, users can find concentration of types of homes like; mobile homes, various single family homes, and various multifamily homes. To find mobile … Continue reading →

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Top 10: Zip Codes with Largest Percent of Housing Units Built Before 1940

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Bernie Langer

To see where the nation’s aging housing stock is, we can look at Census and Claritas estimates, with detail down to the block group. Other age buckets include houses built in 1940-1969, 1970-1994, 1995-1998, and 1999-2014. You may wonder how … Continue reading →

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