Solutions to Gerrymandering
Many people think gerrymandering is a significant problem. How do we go about identifying and preventing it? Here are a few solutions.
A Deeper Look at Gerrymandering
With political tension running high it is useful to understand the different types of gerrymandering and some possible solutions.
Gini Index of Inequality: Now on PolicyMap
Explore income inequality at the local level using the Gini Index data now on PolicyMap.
HOLC Lending Boundaries: Features and Functionality
Learn how HOLC historic lending boundaries can be used with current data on PolicyMap to examine neighborhoods today.
HOLC Historic Lending Guideline Maps on PolicyMap
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation neighborhood risk maps, created between 1935-1940, are now available on PolicyMap.
Why I Love the Bureau of Labor Statistics
The BLS regularly goes above and beyond the call of data. Here they explain why county unemployment is lower in Colorado than in adjacent states’ counties.
ACS Data Comes in Five-Year Ranges, Legend Has It
PolicyMap has a small but important improvement: ACS estimates, which come in five-year ranges, now show up as five-year ranges in the legend on our maps.
Five Takeaways from the 2017 ACS Data Users Conference
Talk at this year’s ACS Data Users Conference ranged from margins of error to the survey’s mailing envelope. Here are the hot topics from the conference.
New Markets Tax Credit Eligibility Data Updated
New Markets Tax Credit eligibility data is on PolicyMap, along with supporting data on higher distress areas, to help complete the NMTC application.