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DATA: The MSAs Where College Degrees Are Surging (and Shrinking)
CivMetrics collects key demographic data for the largest MSAs in the United States. We’re posting some of our insights here. In this installment, we look at college education by MSA. Which areas have the highest % of residents with a bachelor's degree? For questions...
DATA: The Least Educated MSAs
CivMetrics collects key demographic data for the largest MSAs in the United States. We’re posting some of our insights here. In this installment, we look at college education by MSA. Which areas have the lowest % of residents with a bachelor’s degree? For questions...
DATA: The Most Educated MSAs
CivMetrics collects key demographic data for the largest MSAs in the United States. We’re posting some of our insights here. In this installment, we look at college education by MSA. Which areas have the highest % of residents with a bachelor's degree? For questions...
DATA: The MSAs Where Poverty Is Lowest
CivMetrics collects key demographic data for the largest MSAs in the United States. We’re posting some of our insights here. In this installment, we look at poverty rate by MSA. Which areas have the lowest poverty rates among residents 25 years or older? For questions...
DATA: The MSAs Where Poverty Is Highest
CivMetrics collects key demographic data for the largest MSAs in the United States. We’re posting some of our insights here. In this installment, we look at poverty rate by MSA. Which areas have the highest poverty rates among residents 25 years or older? For...
DATA: The MSAs Where Populations Are Shrinking
CivMetrics collects key demographic data for the largest MSAs in the United States. We’re posting some of our insights here. In this installment, we look at population growth by MSA. Which areas have seen their population decline the most over the last 10 years? For...
DATA: The Fastest Growing MSAs
CivMetrics collects key demographic data for the largest MSAs in the United States. We’re posting some of our insights here. In this installment, we look at population growth by MSA. Which areas have grown the most over the last 10 years? For questions about our data,...
DATA: The Cities Where Restaurant Bookings Have (and Haven’t) Rebounded
CivMetrics collects economic and business conditions data for the largest MSAs in the United States. We’re posting some of our insights here. In this installment, we look at restaurant bookings data from OpenTable. Where have restaurant bookings rebounded from COVID,...
DATA: Where Retail Sales Are Recovering the Fastest (and the Slowest)
CivMetrics collects economic and business conditions data for the largest MSAs in the United States. We’re posting some of our insights here. In this installment, we look at retail sales. Where are retail sales bouncing back the fastest? For questions about our data,...
Most Resilient MSAs: The Places Where Jobs Have Roared Back From COVID
CivMetrics collects economic and business conditions data for the largest MSAs in the United States. We’re posting some of our insights here. In this installment, we look at unemployment and jobs. Which MSAs have roared back from the onset of COVID-19? For questions...
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