Employment – Unemployment Rate

This indicator reports the percentage of the civilian non-institutionalized population age 16 and older that is unemployed (non-seasonally adjusted). This indicator is relevant because unemployment creates financial instability and barriers to access including insurance coverage, health services, healthy food, and other necessities that contribute to poor health status. Source US Department of Labor, Bureau of…

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

Source US Department of Commerce, US Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2022. Source Description The Bureau of Economic Analysis is an agency of the Department of Commerce. BEA produces economic accounts statistics that enable government and business decision-makers, researchers, and the American public to follow and understand the performance of the Nation’s economy. To do this,…

Employment – Employment Change

This indicator reports the net rate of change in employment within the report area. Rates are calculated by dividing the net change in employment due to business births, deaths, expansions, and contractions by the total number of employees in the previous year. Source US Census Bureau, US Census Business Dynamics Statistics, 2022. Source Description The…