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Greenspace Assessment for Marion County
A special thank you to Keep Indianapolis Beautiful (KIB) and the Environmental Resilience Institute (ERI) at IU Bloomington for their ...
Academic Standardized Test Scores for the Hearing Aid Assistance Program of Indiana (HAAPI) Participants and Applicants
This research was funded and produced in partnership with Hear Indiana, whose mission is to create equal opportunities for children ...
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How is Indianapolis Doing?
A monthly look at how the Indianapolis metro area is recovering and emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic
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2022 Midterm Election Voter Turnout in Marion County
Key points Voter turnout in Marion County is low relative to Indiana and the U.S. Within Marion County, there is great variation in voter...
The Good Jobs Gap
There are one million jobs in Central Indiana, but only 43 percent are “good jobs” that pay at least $40,000 per year and provide health insurance. Understand who has good jobs and what is being done to create more.
Equity and Criminal Justice: The Cradle to Prison Pipeline in Indianapolis
Black Hoosiers are twice as likely to be jailed and 4.5 times as likely to be imprisoned as their white peers. However, these disparities exist long before an individual is imprisoned. From the place and situation into which a child is born, to the discipline and juvenile justice policies in their school and community, a person’s childhood experience influences their likelihood of being involved in the criminal justice system.
Equity in Economic Opportunity: How Race, Place, and Class Impact Economic Mobility in Indianapolis
For children of low-income families, your race, your parents' income, and the neighborhood you grow up in can lead tens of thousands of dollars in lost income each year.
Worlds Further Apart
Read the Report In our updated analysis of 104 ZIP Codes in the metro area (2014-2018), we identified the ...
Modern Redlining in Indianapolis?
Our analysis of one million loan applications since 2007 shows that, even when income and debt are the same, having a Black applicant on the loan increases the odds of being denied by 2-3X, and applying for a loan in a historically redlined neighborhood increases the odds of denial by 50 percent.
A Deep Dive into Affordable Rental Housing
New data shows the number of subsidized rental homes in Marion County is stagnant, while the need for units affordable to extremely low-income households is large.
Mortgage denial rate by race
Marion County
Earnings by Gender
Marion County
Health and Economic Impact of COVID-19 on Neighborhoods
We developed an index to quantify the pandemic's health impacts and economic impacts on neighborhoods, as underlying vulnerabilities in those areas.
How is Indianapolis Doing?
A monthly look at how the Indianapolis metro area is recovering and emerging from the Covid-19 pandemic
Animated Map of New U.S. COVID-19 Cases Over Time
The incidence of new COVID-19 cases has not been the same over time throughout the country. This animated map shows the 7-day average ...
