Our Work
Ensuring an Equitable Recovery: Addressing Covid-19’s Impact on Education
Report | October 3, 2023Ensuring an Equitable Recovery presents 2021 youth disconnection rates for the United States as a whole as well as by gender, race and ethnicity, region, state, metro area, and congressional district.
Spotlight on the Inland Empire
Report | December 8, 2021The Spotlight on the Inland Empire is an extensive study of well-being across race, place, and gender in Riverside County and San Bernardino County.
Mapping America Tool
Data Tool | June 17, 2021With over 100 indicators, Mapping America allows users to explore data like they never have before. Users can plug in their zip codes to locate human development levels within their own communities, compare places and indicators, and more.
Measuring America: 10 Years and Counting
Report | December 14, 2018“Measuring America: 10 Years and Counting” explores trends in American Human Development Index scores over the past decade by race and ethnicity, gender, and U.S. state, revealing the uneven nature of America’s rebound from the 2007 financial crisis.
Two Futures: The Economic Case for Keeping Youth on Track
Report | October 9, 2018Building on Measure of America’s Disconnected Youth Series, Two Futures: The Economic Case for Keeping Youth on Track finds that by the time they reach their thirties, those who had been working or in school as teens and young adults earn $31,000 more per year.
Measure of America at the Smithsonian
Short Read | September 30, 2017Measure of America work was featured in the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum's third exhibition in a series about socially responsible design, "By the People: Designing a Better America."
Geographies of Opportunity
Report | April 22, 2015Geographies of Opportunity: Ranking Well-Being by Congressional District is an in-depth look at how residents of America's 436 congressional districts are faring in three fundamental areas of life: health, access to knowledge, and living standards.
A Portrait of Sonoma County
Report | January 26, 2022A Portrait of Sonoma County: 2021 Update, a follow-up to our 2014 report, paints a picture of well-being and access to opportunity in Sonoma County today, identifies areas of positive change, and draws attention to both new and persistent challenges.
HALVE THE GAP BY 2030: Youth Disconnection in America’s Cities
Report | October 24, 2013In this report we imagine, in very specific terms, a different, better tomorrow. We lay out an ambitious but attainable goal: to halve the gaps between the most- and least-connected neighborhoods and between racial groups in half by 2030.
The Measure of America 2013–2014
Report | June 19, 2013This third volume in the Measure of America series measures well-being in three vital areas—health, education, and earnings—that shape the opportunities available to us and enable people to invest in their families and live to their full potential.
State of the Congress 2013
Short Read | January 28, 2013The 113th Congress is the most diverse group of representatives in history. Yet its members are still significantly more likely to be male, white, and over 65 than other Americans. And in terms of basic well-being and access to opportunity, members of Congress are far ahead of the average in earnings and education but lag in life expectancy.
The Measure of America 2010-2011: Mapping Risks and Resilience
Report | November 10, 2010The book contains American Human Development Index ranking for all 50 states, 435 congressional districts, major metropolitan areas, racial and ethnic groups, as well as men and women.
A Century Apart: New Measures of Well-being for U.S. Racial and Ethnic Groups
Report | April 27, 2010An entire century of human progress separates the worst-off from the best-off groups within the U.S., according to the latest update of the American Human Development (HD) Index.
Goals for the Common Good
Report | May 13, 2009This report is a companion piece to the online Common Good Forecaster,™ a joint product of United Way and Measure of America. It takes a closer look at the ten indicators featured on the Forecaster and makes the case for why education matters to each of these critical areas.
The Well-O-Meter™
Data Tool | 2008You have seen where your state and congressional district stack up in the American HD Index rankings, but what about you? Get a general sense of your own human development level by using The Well-O-Meter™.
The Measure of America 2008–2009
Report | July 2008The Measure of America is the first-ever human development report for a wealthy, developed nation. It introduces the American Human Development Index, which provides a single measure of well-being for all Americans, disaggregated by state and congressional district, as well as by gender, race, and ethnicity.