Connecticut Children’s is leading a five year, multi-partner, cross-sector effort designed to improve the lives of children in North Hartford under a new $30 million dollar grant from the U.S. Department of Education. Among the partners is the Hartford Data Collaborative, an initiative within the Connecticut Data Collaborative (CTData).
The Connecticut Data Collaborative is proud to join with Connecticut Children’s and all the partners in this important work, and broaden the breadth and scope of the Hartford Data Collaborative initiative, an ongoing collaboration with Hartford agencies and community leaders that facilitates data sharing, integration, and analysis to optimize services and outcomes for Hartford residents.
CTData has joined The Opportunity Project as a data steward for the problem statement “Assisting Businesses, Community, and State/Local Government Leaders to Make Critical Decisions Using Decennial Data” where we will assist teams in finding relevant and accurate data from the Census Bureau and other public sources.
When looking at census data for Connecticut, the state-level population data can hide the diversity that lies within our state. The Census Bureau analyzed the national data by county to uncover the racial and ethnic diversity that lies underneath the top-line stats about which racial or ethnic identity is most common. We wondered what Connecticut looks like when we explore the second and third most common racial and ethnic identity by census tract.
Census 2020 has bumped up one of Connecticut’s cities from 4th to 2nd (Stamford), while a total of 100 of Connecticut’s towns have lost population. The share of people identifying as Black, Indigenous, or People of Color (BIPOC) continues to increase.
Diversity can often be difficult to quantify, especially when discussing race and ethnicity. The Census Bureau provides accurate and recent demographic data through the American Community Survey and Decennial Census, but how can we use this data to measure diversity in Connecticut towns?
The American Community Survey (ACS) is a survey administered by the Census Bureau covering topics such as social, economic, housing, and demographic characteristics. The ACS surveys around 3.5 million addresses and informs over $675 billion of federal government spending each year. Due to Covid-19, outreach and participation significantly decreased in 2020, and the data collected did not meet quality standards for the 2020 1-year estimates.
CTData has a new Assistant Director! Join us in congratulating our former Data Engagement Specialist Sarah Eisele-Dyrli on her promotion to Assistant Director of the Connecticut Data Collaborative!
A big win for data literacy! CTData has been awarded an 18-month, $122,793 grant from the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving to support four core data literacy initiatives: data capacity building for agencies in the Hartford region, civic engagement programming for youth, the Equity in Data Community of Practice, and implementation of the Hartford Data Collaborative, which includes nearly two dozen public and nonprofit agencies.
In 2020, CTData focused on ensuring a complete 2020 Census count in Connecticut through efforts such as tracking town and county response rates and providing resources to increase response rates in communities. Now that the data collection process has been completed, many of us are awaiting the release of 2020 Census data. Unfortunately, Covid-19 has pushed back many of the previously anticipated data product release dates.
The 2020 presidential election was unlike any in recent history. With political tensions, appalling injustice, and a global pandemic, people and organizations across the state navigated many challenges to promote a fair and accessible election. To learn more about the general election, absentee voting, and party affiliation, CTData analyzed election data from Connecticut’s Secretary of the State.
Do you work with PUMA boundaries? If so, CTData is interested in your feedback! Public Use Microdata Areas, PUMAs for short, are statistical geographical areas used by the Census Bureau that split the state into sections of 100,000 people or more. Every 10 years, State Data Centers (SDCs) across the country are tasked with adjusting PUMA boundaries based on the results of the decennial census.
Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau released the results of the 2020 Census apportionment, which is the process of allocating all 435 seats in the House of Representatives to the 50 states.
Partnerships and collaborations are a valued and important part of the work we do at CTData because any professional or organization, no matter the sector or industry, can benefit from using data to tell a story. Recently, we were thrilled to work with the Hartford Area Habitat for Humanity for their Reflective Report on the Impact of Homeownership, with generous funding from the Travelers Foundation.
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.
It 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.
Since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, Asian Americans across the nation have experienced an appalling rise of racist harassment and violence. Stop Asian Hate reported a staggering 3,975 hate incidents against Asian-Americans between March 19, 2020 and February 28, 2021.
