Publication Date: October 2020 Author: Eshaan Vakil, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet reports the population density of congressional districts in the Mountain West states, and the party representation in the House of Representatives for both the 2016 and 2018 general elections. This fact sheet utilizes a model from Bloomberg CityLab, the…
Publication Date: October 2020 Author: Kelliann Beavers, Olivia K. Cheche, Vanessa Booth, Saha Salahi, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown Jr. Abstract: Between 2000 and 2019, Mountain West states and metros have mirrored a nationwide trend of white populations gradually making up a smaller percentage of the total population. As a result, various race-ethnic…
Publication Date: August 2020 Authors: Eshaan Vakil, Peter Grema, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This Fact Sheet summarizes and expands on the Urban Institute’s Debt in America: An Interactive Map online interactive dataset. The original data source offers statistics on the share of individuals in both white communities and communities of color with debt in…
Publication Date: August 2020 Author: Yanneli Llamas, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This Fact Sheet analyzes race-ethnic neighborhood segregation in the Southwest Megapolitan Triangle, which consists of the Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV; Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA; and Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs). Drawing from an…
Publication Date: July 2020 Author: Peter Grema, Eshaan Vakil, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: Summarizing data from Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program’s May 2020 research brief “big city downtowns are booming, but can their momentum outlast the coronavirus?,” this fact sheet includes an overview of population growth in downtown and metropolitan statistical areas (…
Publication Date: June 2020 Author: Marie A. Falcone, Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: On March 26, 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau released population estimates for the time period between July 2010 and July 2019. Brookings senior fellow, William H. Frey suggests that “Even before coronavirus, census shows U.S. cities’ growth was…
Publication Date: June 2020 Author: Yanneli Llamas, Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio, Caitlin Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This Fact Sheet analyzes population changes in three Mountain West metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs): Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA; Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ; and Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV. Collectively, these three major metropolitan…
Publication Date: June 2020 Author: Yanneli Llamas, Caitlin Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This Fact Sheet provides data on homelessness in the five Mountain West states: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. This information is adapted from the original U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness data, as reported in the Psy.D. Programs’ article, “The Places with the…
Publication Date: May 2020 Author: Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio, Caitlin Saladio, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This Fact Sheet presents the number of both documented and undocumented immigrants in Nevada, synthesizing data provided by New American Economy (NAE), a bipartisan research non-profit organization. To estimate the total number of immigrants in the U.S. and across each…
Publication Date: April 2020 Author: Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio, Caitlin Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This Fact Sheet presents projections of demographic change in Nevada’s political party coalitions using data provided in the report “States of Change: How Demographic Change is Transforming the Republican and Democratic Political Parties.” Using the composition of…
Publication Date: April 2020 Author: Ashley LeClair, Mary Blankenship, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This Fact Sheet examines trends in intraregional migration of millennials and seniors since the Great Recession, with a focus on the Mountain West. The data presented were originally published in a report by the Brookings Institution, titled “How migration of…
Publication Date: 2019 Author: Elia Del Carmen Solano- Patricio, Caitlin Saladino, William E. Brown Abstract: This Fact Sheet summarizes and adapts the findings of the Brookings Institution’s report on population growth and loss in the nation’s top 87 largest cities and top 53 metropolitan areas. For the purposes of this Fact Sheet, the focus of the report is narrowed to 14 cities and 5…