- Area(s) of Focus: Community Health & Civic Life, Economy, Education
- Key Indicator(s): Grocery Stores and Produce Vendors (per 10,000 population), Group Membership (% of adults 18 and over involved in social, civic, sports, and religious groups), Primary Care Providers (per 100,000 population), Violent Crime (per 100,000 population), Volunteerism (% of adults ages 18 and older who did volunteer work any time in the previous year), Youth Not in School and Not Working (% ages 16 to 24), Unemployment Rate (%), Median Household Income ($), Poverty (% of population below poverty line), Income Inequality (Ratio of household income at the 80th percentile to that at the 20th percentile), Banking Institutions (commercial banks, savings institutions, and credit unions per 10,000 residents), Households Spending Less than 30% of Household Income on Housing (%), High-Speed Internet (% of households), Preschool (% ages 3 and 4 in school), On-Time High School Graduation (% of freshmen who graduate in four years), Associates Degree or Higher (% of adults 25 and over)
- State(s): New York
Measure of America provides easy-to-use yet methodologically sound tools for understanding the distribution of well-being and opportunity in America and stimulating fact-based dialogue about issues we all care about: health, education, and living standards.
