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Data Library Updates

The latest changes and enhancements to the mySidewalk data library. We strive to provide accurate, granular, and current data.

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Updates Week of January 13, 2025

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW). Annual.

  • Update Details: 2023 annual data update for average annual wages, employment, establishments, location quotient (wages & employment), and by industry.

  • Impact: Use the annual BLS data to better understand your community's economy, identify growth industries, assess wage disparities, and monitor economic health.

  • Geographic Availability: available for nation, state, county, some metropolitan and micropolitan areas.

  • Data Recalculation to Custom Boundary: No, data from this source will not automatically recalculate for your custom boundary.

Updates Week of January 6, 2025

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS). Monthly.

  • Update Details: November 2024 monthly data for unemployment rate, employment, unemployment, and labor force are now available.

  • Impact: Use the monthly BLS unemployment rate, employment, unemployment, and labor force data to understand your community's economy and make informed decisions about workforce development, policy advocacy, community planning, workforce training programs, infrastructure development, and local business support.

  • Geographic Availability: available for nation, state, county, most metropolitan and micropolitan areas, and select place.

  • Data Recalculation to Custom Boundary: No, data from this source will not automatically recalculate for your custom boundary.

Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Broadband. Semi-Annual.

  • Update Details: First update since 2022! 2024 data for number of internet providers, broadband technology types, and maximum/average upload and download speeds are now available.

  • Impact: Use the Broadband data to understand how the provision of internet technology impacts access to employment and educational opportunities. Digital equity is a salient issue for most communities, and this data plays a critical role in telling powerful stories in that space.

  • Geographic Availability: available for all geographies.

  • Data Recalculation to Custom Boundary: Yes, data from this source will automatically recalculate for your custom boundary.

US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Annual Homeless Assessment Report (AHAR)

  • Update Details: 2024 data on the number of people who are homeless along with demographic breakdowns by age, gender, ethnicity, and race.

  • Impact: Homelessness is a issue that affects millions of people across the country, but it's hard to get an accurate picture of just how many people are affected by it. Use the HUD AHAR data to better understand how many people are homeless in our community, and further explore the trends and the needs of the different groups impacted by homelessness.

  • Geographic Availability: Nation, State, CBSA (select), and County (select) geographies.

  • Data Recalculation to Custom Boundary: No, data from this source will not automatically recalculate for your custom boundary.

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