• ‘Brain Drain’: Net Gains and Losses of College- Educated Residents in the Mountain West, 2023
    Collection: Higher Education Author: Dre Boyd-Weatherly, Annie Vong, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet examines the number of college-educated individuals who moved to Mountain West states (Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah) and to selected metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in the Mountain West in 2023. The “2024 Study: ‘Brain Drain’?…
  • Gender Gaps in UNLV and UNR Graduate College Enrollment and Graduation, 2013-2022
    Collection: Higher Education Author: Miguel Soriano Ralston, Annie Vong, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr.  Abstract: This fact sheet explores gender gaps in enrollment numbers and graduation rates of students pursuing graduate degrees at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR). The original data was provided to The Lincy Institute…
  • Unaccompanied Migrant Children in the Mountain West, 2015-2023
    Collection: Demography Author: Annie Vong, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet examines data on the number of unaccompanied migrant children who obtained sponsors and relocated to 22 cities in five Mountain West states from 2015 to 2023. Data from Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah are included from a New York Times report which includes U.S.…
  • Unemployment, Weekly Earnings, and Cost of Living in Mountain West Metros, 2022
    Collection: Economic Development & Workforce Author: Annie Vong, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet examines data on unemployment, weekly earnings, and cost of living for five Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) in the Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah. The Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (LISEP). Local…
  • Projected Job Growth by 2031 in the Mountain West
    Collection: Economic Development & Workforce Author: Madison Dwyer, Annie Vong, Kristian Thymianos, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet examines job growth projections from 2021 to 2031 for the Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. This fact sheet also presents projected job growth data by educational level, and across…
  • COVID-19: Change in Adjusted Gross Income from Net Migration in Nevada, 2020-2021
    Collection: Economic Development & Workforce Author: Ayda Atici, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet examines data on changes in taxable income and net average income as a result of net migration for each county in Nevada during the COVID-19 pandemic (from 2020 to 2021). The data illustrate which Nevada counties experienced increases in taxable income…
  • American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Local Government Investments in Nevada
    Collection: Economic Development & Workforce Author: Sean Curry, Madison Dwyer, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet examines data from the Brooking Institution’s Local Government ARPA Investment Tracker, an online database that tracks the spending of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund dollars at the local government…
  • 2023 Transportation Electrification Scorecard: Mountain West States
    Collection: Transportation & Infrastructure Author: Ayda Atici, Kristian Thymianos, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet examines data on policies and actions to support electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure in five Mountain West states: Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah. The data are retrieved from the “2023 Transportation Electrification…
  • First Year Earnings and Debt in the Mountain West
    Collection: Higher Education Author: Mohit Pande, Ivan Sun, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet examines data from the Georgetown University report, “Buyer Beware: First-Year Earnings and Debt for 37,000 College Majors at 4,400 Institutions,” comparing and ranking the earnings, debt, and earnings net of debt based on post-secondary educational level. This…
  • Same-Sex Coupled Households in the Mountain West, 2020 Census
    Collection: Demography Author: Zachary Billot, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet examines same-sex partnership household data from the 2020 United States Decennial Census. This fact sheet analyzes married and unmarried same-sex households in relation to all partnered households in the five Mountain West states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and…
  • Graduates of Southern Nevada Public High Schools and UNLV, 2010-2022
    Collection: Higher Education Author: Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet reports data for individuals who earned both a diploma from a high school in Southern Nevada and a bachelor’s degree at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) between 2010 and 2022, as well as the race/ethnicity and gender of these graduates. Read the Publication
  • Nevada Medical Residencies, 2024
    Collection: Health Author: Annie Vong, Caitlin J. Saladino, William E. Brown, Jr. Abstract: This fact sheet highlights medical residency data for the 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 graduating classes of the Kirk Kerkorian School of Medicine at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) School of Medicine. This fact sheet presents data on residency…