Publication Date: February 2022 Author: Ally M. Beckwith, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet highlights data on senior hunger in the Mountain West region in 2019 as originally reported in Feeding America’s The State of Senior Hunger annual series. This report focuses on the extent of food insecurity among seniors in the United States.…

Publication Date: February 2022 Author: Katie M. Gilbertson, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet presents National Science Foundation (NSF) funding data for 10 individual research universities in addition to the combined funding received by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) for the years…

Publication Date: February 2022 Author: Kristian Thymianos, Olivia K. Cheche, William E. Brown, Jr., Caitlin J. Saladino Abstract: This fact sheet presents vaccination rates in Nevada counties as originally reported by the Data Strategy and Execution Workgroup in the Joint Coordination Cell, under the White House COVID-19 Team in the December 30th “COVID-19 Community Profile Report.” Data…

Publication Date: February 2022 Author: Olivia K. Cheche, Kristian Thymianos, William E. Brown, Jr., Caitlin J. Saladino Abstract: This fact sheet presents rankings of the dirtiest cities in the Mountain West, as originally reported by LawnStarter in “2021’s Dirtiest Cities in the U.S.” The original report examines various measures for 200 major U.S. cities. Twenty-five Mountain West…

Publication Date: January 2022 Author: Kelliann Beavers, Joshua Padilla, Katie Gilbertson, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: In 2021 the United States Census Bureau identified the Desert Southwest as one of the fastest growing regions in the country. The Desert Southwest encompasses portions of five states (Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas) including forty counties and ten…

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: November 2021 Author: Olivia K. Cheche, Joshua Padilla, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet highlights data on the median household income, median home price, estimated monthly mortgage and taxes, and share of income used for homeownership in fifteen Mountain West housing markets, as originally outlined in the “RealtyHop Housing Affordability Index: November…

Publication Date: October 2021 Author: Dielle T. Telada, Katelin M. Gilbertson, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: On June 10, 2021, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center released the Spring 2021 Current Term Enrollment Estimates (CTTE) report. The report provides estimated postsecondary enrollment numbers based on the Clearinghouse universe of institutions.…

Publication Date: October 2021 Author: Dielle T. Telada, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: COVID-19 altered population growth trends within large cities and the relative growth of cities and suburbs within the nation’s largest metropolitan areas. Brookings senior fellow William H. Frey suggests “that most big cities with populations exceeding 250,000 experienced lower population growth in…

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: October 2021 Author: Kristian Thymianos, Olivia K. Cheche, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: In the 2020 election cycle, Nevada’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation fundraised a combined total of $9,994,636. This fact sheet summarizes the campaign donations and expenditures of these representatives. The data are collected from the Open Secrets website. Read the…

Publication Date: September 2021 Author: Kelliann Beavers, Madison Frazee-Bench, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet highlights estimated rates of vaccine hesitancy, vaccination rates, the index of social vulnerability, and the level of concern for 17 Nevada counties as of June, 2021. The data are reported in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary…