Data for a community provides a springboard for the projects we do.
Most of the data we use comes from published national and state sources:
U.S. Census Bureau for general demographic data
Bureau of Economic Analysis for economic data
Bureau of Labor Statistics for employment data
Georgia Department of Labor for local industry and occupational data
others
We also purchase data from EMSI, a respected provider of labor market data. That allows
us to very quickly include a variety of economic and demographic data for the state.
In partnership with UGA Extension, we publish the annual Georgia County Guide, with data by county for many topics.
Information can be presented in a variety of ways. We produce slides using
maps
graphs
other visualization methods for meetings
project reports that incorporate visual and tabular data
online, interactive visualizations of data, including animations
We use Qlik, an online tool, to allow clients to interact with data of interest to them.