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.
Building Bright Futures for Youth in Los Angeles
Report | November 17, 2022Building Bright Futures for Youth in Los Angeles: Spotlight on Young Women provides an in-depth look at youth disconnection in Los Angeles County. The report also has a special focus on young women.
Building Bright Futures for Youth in New Orleans
Report | 2022/11/17Building Bright Futures for Youth in New Orleans: Spotlight on Young Women provides an in-depth look at youth disconnection in Greater New Orleans (the New Orleans metropolitan area). The report also has a special focus on young women.
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.
A Portrait of Los Angeles County
Report | November 29, 2017A Portrait of Los Angeles County is an exploration of how LA County residents are faring in terms of well-being and equity.
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.
Connecting Youth and Strengthening Communities
Report | September 29, 2014This report explores the relationship between civic engagement and opportunity. It provides data and analysis that builds on previous studies that found associations between civic engagement and economic opportunity.
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.
Women’s Well-Being: Ranking America’s Top 25 Metro Areas
Report | April 25, 2012This analysis shows that the well-being of women living in metropolitan America varies tremendously by place as well as by race, ethnicity, age, and martial status.
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.
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.