Connecticut home values have climbed steadily since the emergence of Covid-19 in early 2020. For over a decade, the state’s housing market has been recovering from the Great Recession, and many were uncertain about the pandemic’s impact on this market.
Read MoreIt has been over one year since the emergence of Covid-19 in Connecticut. CTData has released a report which provides a detailed snapshot of Covid-19 in Connecticut over the past year.
Read MoreNational Invest in Veterans Week is observed from March 1 through March 7 each year and provides an opportunity to celebrate and honor our veterans and their contributions to our community and economy. We put together a blog post with some facts about veterans in Connecticut based on data from the 2019 American Community Survey.
Read MoreCongress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act in March 2020 to provide financial support to residents struggling with the costs of Covid-19. On average, eligible Connecticut residents received $1,616 in the first round of the CARES Act stimulus, compared to $1,676 nationally.
Read MoreCovid-19 has revealed the inequities and injustices that perpetuate the systems in Connecticut. This blog post highlights the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on women and girls (particularly, women and girls of color). We urge policymakers, government officials, philanthropists, non-profit service providers, corporations, and community members to use this information to work towards equity through relief and recovery efforts.
Read MoreHow has Connecticut changed in the last five years? According to our analysis on the newly released 2015-2019 American Community Survey (ACS) data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the total population of Connecticut has declined slightly. However, the share of the population that identifies as a person of color has increased by 3%, and the share of the population that has health insurance has increased as well.
Read MoreAs communities and businesses across Connecticut continue their ongoing battle with the Covid-19 pandemic, an initial look at excess deaths underscores the destruction this public health crisis has left in its wake. Excess deaths are deaths that occurred above and beyond what would be expected in an average year. In other words, the number of excess deaths is a measure of the temporary increase in the mortality rate of a population. To understand the relationship between Covid-19 and excess deaths, we compared the actual death toll in 2020 to the average of death tolls from the past 5 years, using data from the CT Department of Public Health (CT DPH). To learn more, continue reading or download a pdf version of our findings.
Read MoreCovid-19. Pandemic. Stimulus payment. Unemployment. Reopening.
These are some of the phrases echoed throughout conversations with friends, family, colleagues, doctors, scientists, and government officials since March. Our knowledge regarding Covid-19 has evolved over the past five months, yet uncertainty continues to linger.
Read MoreIn the United States, women must work an average of 3 extra months each year to earn the same as men. Equal Pay Day, March 31, 2020, commemorates this wage gap by marking “how far into the year women must additionally work to earn what men earned in the previous year.” In other words, women, on average, must work 15 months to earn the income men earn in 12 months.
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