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Evading Disasters: Targeting Preparation
09/04/2025

Evading Disasters: Targeting Preparation

September is National Preparedness Month, a time to remember that safety of our families and communities during emergencies and disasters hinges on preparing for them. Where within the Atlanta region do vulnerable populations reside? How does our region's potential for resilience to natural disaster...

Is Atlanta Area Student Learning more Absent than we'd Like?
08/29/2025

Is Atlanta Area Student Learning more Absent than we'd Like?

In a previous blog post examining 3rd grade English Language Arts (ELA) scores, we noted that a rise in chronic absenteeism has likely obstructed post-pandemic recovery of student performance. The Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) initiated a campaign to address such absenteeism in January of....

Atlanta Single-Family Housing: Let's See the Sales (Hexagonally)
08/25/2025

Atlanta Single-Family Housing: Let's See the Sales (Hexagonally)

Last week's blog post chronicled the Atlanta housing market, focusing on sales numbers through the first half of 2025. We analyzed key housing statistics at a county-wide level. This week, we'll continue our focus on the housing market, but through a different lens. We'll be looking at single-family...

An ATTOM(ic)-data look at Atlanta home sales
08/15/2025

An ATTOM(ic)-data look at Atlanta home sales

The Atlanta housing market is already painting a vivid picture just halfway through 2025, and the story emerging from ATTOM Data Solutions (and Parcl Labs in our next post) reveals both familiar patterns and fresh insights across our 11-county metro region. Dive into the interactive visualization be...

The Atlanta (ARC) Region: Growing (Faster than Last Year) but Slowing (Compared to Previous Decades)
08/13/2025

The Atlanta (ARC) Region: Growing (Faster than Last Year) but Slowing (Compared to Previous Decades)

The Atlanta Regional Commission has done population estimates, for its (varying) member counties and the City of Atlanta, for seven decades now--since 1955. The estimates are done primarily as a base to assess member government dues for the next calendar year, but they also serve as a key benchmark....

School Students Stats Shifting? enrollment trends for startup week
08/08/2025

School Students Stats Shifting? enrollment trends for startup week

In recent two recent blog posts, we explored the aging of the Atlanta area at the regional and local levels. This demographic shift "older" mirrors a broader nationwide trend, and the shift has a myriad of policy implications. As the new school year kicks off, let's examine how these changes have be...

The "Balance" of Old(er) and Young (er)...a closer, county look
08/04/2025

The "Balance" of Old(er) and Young (er)...a closer, county look

In a recent blog post, we examined the demographic shift in states and counties whereby seniors have overtaken children residing in those areas. While no county within the Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) 11-county region has crossed that threshold yet, the balance between young and old is shifting...

Diverging Demographic Distributions: Old(er) vs. Young(er)
07/18/2025

Diverging Demographic Distributions: Old(er) vs. Young(er)

We're getting older as a nation. In fact, the median age in the United States has increased steadily from 30.0 in 1980 to 39.1 in 2024. The shift is striking: a recent Census press release reported that seniors outnumber children in eleven states-- up from just three in 2020-- and nearly half

Counting the Comings from Caribbean Countries
06/24/2025

Counting the Comings from Caribbean Countries

To close out Caribbean Heritage Month, we share some numeric trends, in six tables below, that trace the very rapid growth (over the last near quarter-century), of the foreign-born Caribbean population (i) on the whole as well (ii) for those born in key countries of origin (Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba, the...

Housing: A Tale of Headwinds
06/20/2025

Housing: A Tale of Headwinds

June is National Homeownership Month, so we are taking a moment to recognize this significant step towards building generational wealth. But as many metro Atlantans know, that journey isn't always easy. Across the region (and country) homeownership has faced some serious headwinds. Today, we'll dive...

An initial cruise through Caribbean demographics (in Atlanta)
06/09/2025

An initial cruise through Caribbean demographics (in Atlanta)

In recent blog posts, we've examined noted the importance of international migration for the growth of metro areas and dug into its impact on population change specifically in the Atlanta region. Atlanta's diversity is shaped by many communities, and few have made as vibrant an impact as Caribbean-b...

Asian-Americans: Trend Tracking the Numbers
06/01/2025

Asian-Americans: Trend Tracking the Numbers

To close out Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month, we share some "hard numbers" below, in five tables, that trace the startlingly rapid growth (over the last near quarter-century), of the foreign-born Asian population on the whole as well as for those born in key countries of origin...

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