State of Literacy

Population Data Sources

• U.S. Census Department

• Decennial Census-Comprehensive population and demographic counts (Population-wide count conducted every 10 years)

• American Community Survey -Annual Survey of economic, housing, education, population, demographic, and other data (based on a representative sample of the population)

• www.data.census.gov

MI School Data

• State, district, and county-level educational data from the Michigan Department of Education

• www.mischooldata.org

Kids Count Data Center

• Comprehensive database of national, state, and local youth data compiled and reported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation

• www.datacenter.kidscount.org

ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed)

Independent survey of economic vulnerability compiled by United for ALICE

www.unitedforalice.org

Distressed Communities Index

• National survey of community/zip code-level economic distress, independently calculated and reported by the Economic Innovation Group

• www.eig.org/distressed-communities