Public Education Expenditures

This layer data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data (CCD) School District Finance Survey. The survey provides finance data for all local education agencies (LEAs) that provide free public elementary and secondary education in the United States. County-level data was generated by CARES by aggregating school-district level records with valid reported figures for total students and total expenditures.

Predominant Religion

This layer displays the predominant religion in each county according to the Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA). Adherents for each congregation were summarized according to broader categories with the category with the highest number of adherents displayed here. Categories include Evangelical Protestant, Mainline Protestant, Historically Black Protestant, Judaism, Orthodox, Latter Day Saints, Catholic, or Other.

Net Change in Number of Establishments, 2019-2020

Map layers from the 2021 Business Dynamics Statistics database are now available! This Census Bureau dataset contains information on establishment and employment changes between 2020 and 2021. The linked map layer displays the rate of change for total business establishments between 2020 and 2021 in counties across the United States. Rates are calculated per 100 ‘initial year’ business establishments.