In conjunction with CTData’s analysis of eviction disparities statewide, 2024 Hartford Youth Data Fellows analyzed eviction filings data across Hartford neighborhoods, and brought in additional datasets on housing costs, rental assistance, and physical and mental health to better understand the impact of evictions across the city and within neighborhoods.
Read MoreThough our Data Helpline, CTData often receives questions about accessing data on immigration and languages spoken in Connecticut from organizations who want to better understand their communities and tailor their approaches to outreach and service provision. In this blog post, we introduce different datasets that include local immigration and language data and discuss how to access them.
Read MoreEvery five years, Northwest Hills Council of Governments (NHCOG) updates their Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy, which serves as a guide to the region’s 21 towns and economic development partners. Northwest Hills COG reached out to CTData to provide a data and analysis platform to be used in community presentations and meetings the kick of the first phase of the Comprehensive Economic Development Plan update.
Read MoreCensus Bureau data products continue to give insight into changes in mortality trends over the past few years and through the Covid-19 pandemic. Vintage 2022 Population Estimates, which are based on data from the National Center for Health Statistics, take into account final 2021 and provisional 2022 mortality data and allow data users to look at mortality by sex and by race and ethnicity.
Read MoreThe 2020 Census Detailed Demographic and Housing Characteristics-A (Detailed DHC-A) file, which provides population counts for 1,500 racial and ethnic groups, was released last week.
There are a few methodological changes to be aware of:
Read MoreThis week, the Census Bureau is releasing 2022 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-year estimates data for Connecticut’s new county-equivalent planning region geographies for the first time. Earlier this year, population estimates for planning regions were released – you can read more about those estimates and about planning regions in our blog post. This blog post provides a guide to resources for the new planning region geographies.
Read MoreAt CTData, we often receive questions about changes in migration patterns before and after 2020 and the COVID-19 pandemic. Using three data sources from the U.S. Census Bureau, this blog post will look at recent migration patterns in Connecticut.
Read MoreAt CTData, we are continuing to update our geographic resources following the changes to census tracts and census blocks for the 2020 Census. We’ve released three new crosswalks: one for census tracts, one for census blocks, and an updated 5 Connecticuts crosswalk.
Read MoreHealth insurance coverage in Connecticut has changed from 2010 to 2021, and in this post, we take a look at both state and town-level trends.
We used town-level data from the recently released 2017-2021 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, as well as the 2012-2016 ACS 5-year estimates, and the American Community Survey 1-year estimates for state-level trends.
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