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Using the most current U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics release, five year unemployment rate data and maps have been updated to November 2016 – November 2020.

Using the most current U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics release, one month current unemployment data and maps have been updated to November 2020.

Housing affordability data for 2021 has been acquired from the National Low Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC) Out of Reach (OOR) annual report. Updates replace previous indicator data from 2020. Affected Indicators:

Hourly Wage Needed to Afford Housing

• Housing Affordability

New data on school characteristics from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) Public Elementary/Secondary School Universe Survey Data (2020-21) will show you all the public schools by grade level (i.e., elementary, middle, high, or other) in the selected area.

Data showing net change in establishment counts between 2019 and 2020 in US businesses are now available! These data are from the 2020 Business Dynamics Statistics (BDS) database, which provides annual measures of business dynamics (such as job creation and destruction, establishment births and deaths, and firm startups and shutdowns) for the economy overall and aggregated by establishment and firm characteristics.

New data for 2017-2021 acquired from the 2022-23 Area Health Resources File (AHRF). Affected indicators:

Health Outcomes

• Infant Mortality

New data for 2022 acquired from the 2022-23 Area Health Resources File (AHRF) (replacing data for 2015). Affected indicators:

Clinical Care

• Access to Dentists

New maps and data are now available for the Health Behaviors – No Physical Activity (Adult) indicator from the BRFSS PLACES dataset as released in 2024. Data have been updated for the 2022 reporting period, replacing data for 2021.

New maps and data are now available for the Prevention – Health Insurance (Adult) indicator from the BRFSS PLACES dataset as released in 2024. Data have been updated for the 2022 reporting period, replacing data for 2021.

An update is available for data on arrests for alcohol crimes and violations in the reporting platform! Data are obtained from the Missouri State Highway Patrol’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program.