Our Work
Youth Disconnection Interactive Tool
Data Tool | October 31, 2024Millions of young people in the United States are neither working nor in school. Explore the latest youth disconnection data for yourself in this interactive tool.
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.
DATA2GOHEALTH.NYC
Data Tool | November 15, 2018DATA2GOHEALTH.NYC builds on DATA2GO.NYC, its sister tool, and provides reliable, up-to-date information on neighborhood assets and challenges across a broader range of health sectors.
Strengthening the Data Capacity of NYC Nonprofits
Short Read | July 27, 2020Measure of America launched Learning What Works (LWW), a free technical assistance program designed to increase nonprofit leaders’ capacity to use data.
OurHome.NYC
Data Tool | February 12, 2020OurHome.NYC is a free, easy-to-use online mapping and data tool that depicts the relationship between health, as measured by life expectancy, and housing across more than 300 New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments.
NYC Community Portraits
Short Read | June 21, 2018This site features the community portraits created by nearly 20 NYC-based human services organizations to illuminate important well-being challenges and unmet human needs in their neighborhoods or fields using the indicators found in DATA2GO.NYC.
Who Graduates?
Data Tool | May 5, 2017Beginning in 2016, Measure of America worked with the New York Times for nearly a year to develop a custom dataset that analyzes NYC high school graduation rates in a way that hasn’t been done before.
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."
Opportunity Index 2015
Data Tool | October 6, 2015Focusing on three main dimensions, the Opportunity Index provides rankings of states and counties, and is the centerpiece of a nationwide campaign to refocus priorities on access to opportunity for all Americans.
Opportunity Index 2014
Data Tool | October 15, 2014Focusing on three main dimensions, the Opportunity Index provides rankings of states and counties, and is the centerpiece of a nationwide campaign to refocus priorities on access to opportunity for all Americans.
DATA2GO.NYC
Data Tool | October 28, 2015Data2Go.NYC allows users to visualize where people in need are, what resources are available to assist them, where gaps exist, and how different factors interact to shape the choices and opportunities available to them.
Tales of Two Americas
Short Read | March 6, 2014America is the land of opportunity... or is it? The Measure of America series uses "tales of two": juxtapositions of community resources.
2013 Opportunity Index
Data Tool | January 28, 2014Focusing on three main dimensions, the Opportunity Index provides rankings of states and counties, and is the centerpiece of a nationwide campaign to refocus priorities on access to opportunity for all Americans.
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.
2012 Opportunity Index
Data Tool | September 12, 2012Focusing on three main dimensions, the Opportunity Index provides rankings of states and counties, and is the centerpiece of a nationwide campaign to refocus priorities on access to opportunity for all Americans.
A Day in the Life
Short Read | May 11, 2012A day in the life of a typical American woman reveals an array of public investments that help us build capabilities, decrease risks, and increase resilience.
2011 Opportunity Index
Data Tool | November 3, 2011Focusing on three main dimensions, the Opportunity Index provides rankings of states and counties, and is the centerpiece of a nationwide campaign to refocus priorities on access to opportunity for all Americans.
29 Reasons for Optimism on Health Care Spending
Short Read | March 10, 2010A report by American Human Development Project ranks the 50 states and Washington, D.C. against 80 countries in the world on life expectancy at birth, infant death rates, and annual per person spending on health care.
Common Good Forecaster
Data Tool | 2017The Common Good Forecaster is a tool that shows how vital economic and social issues in your community might change if educational outcomes were better.
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™.