Sources & Methodological Information

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Charitable Giving

Total Charitable Giving

Charitable Giving as a Percent of GDP

Giving to Arts Organizations

Giving to Education-Related Organizations

Giving to Religious Organizations

Consumption and Savings

Index of Consumer Sentiment

Total Amount of Outstanding Consumer Credit

Personal Consumption Expenditures per Capita

Growth Rate of Consumption

Personal Consumption Expenditures as a Percent of Disposable Personal Income

Crime

Violent Crime Rate

Property Crime Rate

Victims of Violent Crimes per 1,000 Population

Arrests per 1,000 Population

Education

Percent of Adults who Completed High School

Percent of Adults who Completed Four Years of College or More

Number of People Enrolled in Educational Institutions

Percent of People Age 3 to 34 Enrolled in School

Percent of Public School Students Eligible for Free or Reduced-Price Lunch

Family and Lifecourse

Total Fertility Rate

General Fertility Rate

Percent of Births to Unmarried Women

Health and Mental Health

Health Insurance Coverage Rate

Percent of Poor Children without Health Insurance

Percent of Newborns with Low Birth Weight

Percent of Children with Asthma

Percent of Adults with Heart Disease

Housing

Homeownership Rate

Ratio of Median Sale Price of Existing Single-Family Homes to Median Family Income

Number of Foreclosure Filings

Percent of Households Experiencing Foreclosure

Ratio of Median Rent to Median Renter Income

Immigration

Percent of Population that is Foreign-Born

Percent of Population Born in Latin America

Percent of Workers that are Foreign-Born

Foreign-Born/Native Disparity in Unemployment Rate

Foreign-Born/Native Disparity in Poverty Rate

Income Wealth and Debt

Upper Limit of Bottom Family Income Quintile

Upper Limit of Second Family Income Quintile

Upper Limit of Middle Family Income Quintile

Upper Limit of Fourth Family Income Quintile

95th Percentile of Family Income

Labor Markets

Official Unemployment Rate

Labor Force Participation Rate

Employment to Population Ratio

Percent of Labor Force Unemployed 15 Weeks or Longer

Percent of Labor Force Looking for Work because of Job Loss

Political Attitudes and Public Opinion

Percent of Population Registered to Vote

Percent of Population Voting in National Elections

Percent of Population Identifying as Democrat

Percent of Population Identifying as Republican

Percent of Population Identifying as Independent

Poverty

Official Poverty Rate

Percent of People below 200% of Official Poverty Threshold

Percent of People below 75% of Official Poverty Threshold

Percent of Families in Poverty

Percent of Poor Population that is Employed

Social Safety Net

Unemployment Insurance Coverage Rate

Unemployment Insurance Recipiency Rate

Unemployment Insurance Exhaustion Rate

Number of Weeks Compensated by Unemployment Insurance

Number of First Unemployment Insurance Payments