• COVID-19: The Risk of Reopening Nevada Schools
    Publication Date: August 2020 Author: Caitlin J. Saladino, Madison Frazee-Bench, Yanneli Llamas, Magdalena Martinez, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet presents data on Nevada schools, drawing from the New York Times report, “The risk that students could arrive at school with the Coronavirus,” published on July 31, 2020. Various risk scenarios are presented based on…
  • Geography of Debt in Nevada Counties
    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…
  • Race-Ethnic Neighborhood Segregation in the Southwest Megapolitan Triangle
    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…
  • COVID-19: Payment Protection Program (PPP) Loan Impact in the Mountain West
    Publication Date: August 2020 Author: Eshaan Vakil, Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr.  Abstract: This fact sheet summarizes the impact of COVID-19 relief loans on small businesses in 5 Mountain West states: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. Using data reported by the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection…
  • Housing Affordability in Nevada Recreation Counties
    Publication Date: August 2020 Author: Yanneli Llamas, Vanessa Booth, Peter Grema, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr.  Abstract: Using 2019 data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis and the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, this Fact Sheet highlights housing affordability in Nevada’s four recreation counties: Clark, Douglas, Elko, and Washoe. This synthesis is…
  • COVID-19: Metro Recovery Index in the Mountain West
    Publication Date: July 2020 Author: Vanessa Booth, Katie M. Gilbertson, Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio, Caitlin J. Saladino, & William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic recession that is developing as a result, researchers at the Brookings Institution created the “Metro Recovery Index dashboard,” an interactive data set that tracks changes in labor,…
  • Park Access and Quality in the Mountain West
    Publication Date: July 2020 Author: Vanessa Booth, Olivia K. Cheche, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr.  Abstract: This Fact Sheet synthesizes data presented in The Trust for Public Land ParkScore® Index. This document presents data for urban parks in the 15 Mountain West municipalities that rank in the top 100 cities nationwide. This document also describes the park amenity…
  • Traffic-Related Pedestrian Deaths in the Sun Belt Region
    Publication Date: July 2020 Author: Madison Frazee-Bench, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This Fact Sheet presents data from Smart Growth America on the number of pedestrian fatalities in U.S. states and congressional districts. For the purpose of this fact sheet, the data included focus on the Sun Belt region between 2008 and 2017, highlighting areas with the…
  • Minority Owned Businesses in the Southwest Megapolitan Triangle
    Publication Date: July 2020 Author: Yanneli Llamas, Madison Frazee-Bench, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet presents the potential impact of COVID-19 on minority owned businesses, using data originally published by Brookings researchers Sifan Liu and Joseph Parilla in “Businesses owned by women and minorities have grown. Will COVID-19 undo that?” As noted…
  • Downtown Population Growth in Southwest and Mountain West Metros
    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 (…
  • Officer-Involved Deaths in Nevada, 2013-2019
    Publication Date: June 2020 Author: Madison Frazee-Bench, Yanneli Llamas, Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr.  Abstract: Between 2013 and 2019, 7,669 people were killed by police officers across the United States. Using data compiled by Mapping Police Violence, a non-profit research and advocacy project tracking incidents of police violence…
  • Higher Education & Economic Mobility in Nevada
    Publication Date: June 2020 Author: Ember Smith, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: Using methods from both the Opportunity Insights Project and the Brookings Opportunity Engines Project, this fact sheet examines Nevada’s public higher education system and attempts to measure the success of these institutions in creating economic mobility opportunities for lower- and…