Tip of the Week: Find Community Data
Quickly and easily find pertinent data on the health of Central Virginia — broken out by counties and cities — from poverty to unemployment to education to health. ConnectVA’s Community Vital Signs provides a centralized location for local data that can quickly provide you with an overall picture of our community’s health.
Data Features:
Demographic
Poverty
Unemployment
Employers
Education
Health
Opportunity Maps created by HOMES
US Census Bureau Easy Stats Tool
Local Agency Research
Vital Data Overviews
Find an overview of vital community data with for each county and city in Central Virginia. Here is a sample of data overviews for:
Easy Stats
Also on the page is the US Census Bureau?s Easy Stats Tool – which gives quick and easy access to selected statistics collected by the U.S. Census Bureau?s American Community Survey; collected each year by state, county, towns/cities and census designated places (CDP). With Easy Stats, you can view detailed racial, age and sex breakdowns and much more.
Community Data Resources:
The site also houses various local reports and data resources created by various agencies and organizations on issue areas, such as homelessness, veteran?s issues, poverty, regional socioeconomic data, county health rankings and transportation reports.
Here are a few local research and reports found on the site:
Virginia’s Nonprofit Sector Report 2012
Virginia Atlas of Community Health
Richmond Regional SocioEconomic Data Analysis
Mayor’s Anti-Poverty Commission Report
Greater Richmond Regional Age Wave Readiness Plan
Do you know of a community data resource that should be included in the ConnectVA Community Vital Signs page? If so, please email admin@connectva.org.
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ConnectVA continues its mission to empower individuals, advance organizations, and strengthen community by serving as an informational access point for pertinent community data that encourages data driven decision making by Central Virginia’s social sector.
