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Urban Markets Initiative Metropolitan Policy Program

The Brookings Institution. Urban Markets Initiative Metropolitan Policy Program. Innovative Secondary Data Sources for Outcomes Evaluation. All in Good Measure Symposium NeighborWorks America June 28, 2006 Kansas City, Missouri. Innovative Secondary Data Sources.

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Urban Markets Initiative Metropolitan Policy Program

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  1. The Brookings Institution Urban Markets Initiative Metropolitan Policy Program Innovative Secondary Data Sources for Outcomes Evaluation All in Good Measure Symposium NeighborWorks America June 28, 2006 Kansas City, Missouri

  2. Innovative Secondary Data Sources Neighborhood Change Database I American Community Survey II Local Employment Dynamics III

  3. Neighborhood Change Database I • Basic Features of the NCDB • Decennial census long form variables • About 1,000 variables for each year • Years – 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 • Multiple geographies, to census tract • Data normalized to 2000 • Easier to compare data across censuses • Vendor: GeoLytics (www.geolytics.com)

  4. 1980 1970 1990 2000 NCDB Example: Changing Population Density 1970 to 2000 - Atlanta, Georgia

  5. American Community Survey II • What is the ACS? • An annual survey • Replaces Decennial Census long form • Characteristics: demographic, housing, social, and economic estimates • Geography: same as the decennial census long form

  6. American Community Survey Updated Statistics • Statistics will be updated every year • Sample in every county • Annual averages – areas of 65K+ • 3-year averages – areas of 20K+ • 5- year averages – all areas, down to block group

  7. ACS Timetable for Release of Data (by population size)

  8. ACS Data Products • Data profiles • Multi-year profiles • Ranking tables • Subject tables • Detailed tables • Thematic Maps • Reference Maps

  9. ACS Data Issues • Pay attention to: • Confidence intervals • Multi-year averages • Statistical significance • Geographic boundary changes

  10. Local Employment Dynamics III • Voluntary partnership between state labor market information agencies and the U.S. Census Bureau • Develops new information about local labor market conditions Source: LED, US Census Bureau

  11. Surveys Administrative Records* Censuses Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamics Program (LEHD) Local Immigration Dynamics Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Local Transportation Dynamics LEHD Led to LED Source: US Census Bureau

  12. 42 LED Partner States

  13. Local Employment Dynamics:Provides Data from Just 9 Months Ago • Local • State, county, sub-county, workforce investment areas • Employment • Demographics (age and sex) • Industry • Earnings • Dynamics • Time, quarterly (as far back as 1990) • Job gains, losses and flows • Hires, turnover, and separations

  14. Kansas City is the 28th largest metro Local Employment Dynamics’ Tools and Features http://lehd.dsd.census.gov On the Map

  15. Kansas City is the 28th largest metro On The Map LED’s online dynamic mapping tool • Where do workers live? • Where do people work? • Origin-destination data structure • Overlay additional features • One-Stop Centers • Community Colleges • ZIP Codes • Military Installations • Soon to expand to 18 states, and then to 44 states • Funded in large part by ETA

  16. Using On The Map Type all or part of a city or county name Get a list of states, cities and counties that match

  17. Using On The Map • Select year, job type, live or work, and report type. • Layers can show location of OneStops or Community Colleges. • Draw a circle around the area of interest. U.S. census block groups within the circle are shown

  18. Kansas City: Poverty Rate by Census Tract, 2000

  19. Northwest Kansas City: Commute Shed

  20. Northwest Kansas City: Job Dynamics

  21. Contact Information Andrew Reamer Fellow and Deputy Director Urban Markets Initiative The Brookings Institution 202 797 4398 areamer@brookings.edu www.brookings.edu/metro/UMI.htm

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