Summer 2016 New and Updated PolicyMap Data Roundup

Although summer is vacation season, here at PolicyMap, we’re hard at work updating data and adding new indicators. In case you missed any of our alerts when signing into PolicyMap, we’ve included the roll call of what we’ve been updating and adding this summer:

DEMOGRAPHICS
UPDATE Immigration, 2014, Department of Homeland Security

HOUSING
UPDATE Residential and Business Vacancy, 2015Q4, Valassis Lists
UPDATE USDA Rural Housing Service Multifamily Housing Locations, 2016, United States Department of Agriculture
NEW USDA Rural Housing Service Single Family Direct and Guaranteed Home Loans, 2016, United States Department of Agriculture
UPDATE New Building Permits, March 2016, US Census Residential Construction Branch

LENDING
UPDATE Bank Failures, 2016, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
UPDATE Credit Union Locations, 2016, National Credit Union Administration
UPDATE Certified Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), 2016, Community Development Financial Institutions Fund

QUALITY OF LIFE
UPDATE Residential and Commercial Broadband Coverage, 2015, Federal Communications Commission

ECONOMY
UPDATE Jobs by Subsector, 2014, Census County Business Patterns
UPDATE Jobs by Sector and Workforce Characteristics, 2014, Census Longitudinal Employer – Household Dynamics
UPDATE Unemployment Rates, June 2016, Bureau of Labor Statistics

EDUCATION
UPDATE School Performance and Distance to High-Performing Public Schools, 2016, GreatSchools

HEALTH
UPDATE Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2014, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
UPDATE Live Births and Prenatal Care, 2014, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
UPDATE Medically Underserved Areas, July 2016, Health Resources and Services Administration, US Department of Health and Human Services
UPDATE Seasonal Flu Activity, 2016, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

FEDERAL GUIDELINES
UPDATE CRA Eligibility, 2016, Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, US Census
UPDATE CRA Tract Income Levels: Low, Moderate, Middle Upper Income, 2016, US Department of Housing and Urban Development, US Census
UPDATE Historic Tax Credits, 2015, National Park Service
UPDATE Promise Zones, 2016, US Department of Housing and Urban Development
UPDATE Appalachian Regional Commission Distressed Areas, 2017, Appalachian Regional Commission
UPDATE Racially and Ethnically-Concentrated Areas of Poverty, 1990, 2000, 2010, US Department of Housing and Urban Development