This layer displays household income figures as compiled by Opportunity Insights at Harvard University. Data is available at the county, tract, and communing zone level.
Retirement Destination Counties
Retirement destination counties are those where the number of residents age 60 and older grew by 15% or more between the 2000 and 2010 censuses due to net migration.
Incarceration Rate, Hispanic Female
This layer displays incarceration rate figures as compiled by Opportunity Insights at Harvard University. Data is available at the county, tract, and communing zone level.
Persistent Child Poverty Counties
Persistent child poverty counties are those where 20% or more of county related children under 18 were poor, measured in the 1980, 1990, 2000 censuses, and the 2007-11 American Community Survey.
Incarceration Rate, Black Female
This layer displays incarceration rate figures as compiled by Opportunity Insights at Harvard University. Data is available at the county, tract, and communing zone level.
American Communities Project
The 15 community types identified in the American Communities Project (ACP) were derived from a standard clustering method of analysis, conducted by political scientist Iris Hui, PhD, where a set of 36 different indicators – everything from population density to military service members – were sorted using an algorithm that identified like places.
The majority of the data used to define the types in the ACP came from the U.S. Census American Community Survey, 2008-2012. Data on religious adherence and faith came from the Religious Congregations and Membership Study, 2010.
On-Time Graduation Rates, 2016-2017
This layer displays information about the adjusted four-year cohort graduation rate for school-districts and counties in the United States.
New maps from the Washington Post’s analysis of the DEA’s pain pill database are now available!
This map layer displays the number of prescription opioid pain pills (total and per capita) purchased for sale in counties across the United States. Data are based on CARES of analysis data made available by the Washington Post.
Data from the 2019 County Health Rankings are here!
Data and maps from the 2019 County Health Rankings are now available! Click the map below to view the rank and underlying data for Premature Death, or search for additional updates by searching the Map Room for the term “CHR 2019”.
High-strength formula opioid pills per capita, 2006-2012
This layer displays the average annual number of high-strength (>30 MME) prescription opioid pain pills purchased for sale in counties across the United States. Data are based on CARES of analysis data made available by the Washington Post.