Publication Date: April 2022 Author: Katie M. Gilbertson, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet details how city and county governments within the Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah allocated funds from the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) portion of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Brookings Metro in…

Publication Date: April 2022 Author: Kristian Thymianos, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet highlights personal income growth in the Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The data are retrieved from The Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew) report, “Fiscal 50: State Trends and Analysis.” The compound annual growth rate in…

Publication Date: November 2021 Author: Ally M. Beckwith, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet highlights data on the tech innovation capacity in Mountain West metropolitan areas, as originally reported in 2019 by Robert D. Atkinson, Mark Muro, and Jacob Whiton from the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program. Tech innovation is defined as advanced industries…

Publication Date: October 2021 Author: Olivia K. Cheche, Ally M. Beckwith, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet highlights data on artificial intelligence (AI) growth in Mountain West metropolitan areas over the last several decades, as originally reported by Mark Muro and Sifan Liu from the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program. The Brookings report examines how…

Publication Date: September 2021 Author: Joshua Padilla, Katie M. Gilbertson, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet displays county-level employment data and unemployment rates for 17 counties in Nevada, as reported by The Daily Yonder article “Rural Employment Grew in May, but Fewer People Are Seeking Jobs” in July 2021. Bill Bishop and Tim Marema compiled data from the U.S.…

Publication Date: August 2021 Author: Ally M. Beckwith, Olivia K. Cheche, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet highlights data on minority and women-owned small businesses in Nevada in 2021, as originally reported by the Small Business Equity Tool. This tool examines the representation of Black, Asian, Latino, minority, and women-owned small businesses in the largest…

Publication Date: August 2021 Author: Kristian Thymianos, Saha Salhi, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: In a recent report, “From commitments to action: How CEOs can advance racial equity in their regional economies,” Amy Liu and Reniya Dinkins of the Brookings Institution Metropolitan Policy Program highlight racial equity issues in private sector management occupations…

Publication Date: August 2021 Author: Saha Salahi, Kristian Thymianos, Eshaan Vakil, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This factsheet highlights financial stressors facing 16 cities in four Mountain West states: Arizona, Colorado Nevada, and New Mexico. The data included are reported in the 2020 “SmartAsset Study” by Ben Geier. Read the Publication

Publication Date: August 2021 Author: Katie M. Gilbertson, Kelliann Beavers, Peter Grema, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet summarizes Mountain West data on creative economy job losses in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah, as reported in a recent Brookings report “Lost Art: Measuring COVID-19’s Devastating Impact on America’s Creative…

Publication Date: July 2021 Author: Peter Grema, Madison Frazee-Bench, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet summarizes a report by Mark Muro and Yang You of the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution titled, “In some cities, the pandemic’s economic pain may continue for a decade.” Using February 2021 Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)…

Publication Date: July 2021 Author: Eshaan Vakil, Katie M. Gilbertson, Emmanuel Berrelleza, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet measures changes in Nevada’s economic growth performance indicators using data provided by the Brookings Institution’s Metro Monitor analysis. Researchers at Brookings’ Metropolitan Policy Program measure various indicators of…

Publication Date: June 2021 Author: Olivia K. Cheche, Saha Salahi, Katie M. Gilbertson, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr., Eshaan Vakil Abstract: This fact sheet explores the number of domestic workers employed in the Mountain West (Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah), as originally reported in the Economic Policy Institute’s “Domestic Workers Chartbook.” Data for…