by Sean Coté | Aug 22, 2022 | Data Highlights, data literacy, Demographics, Detroit, Education, literacy
A persistent datapoint in conversations about Detroit is that nearly ½ of Detroit residents are illiterate. We’ve addressed the problematic methodology of that datapoint before, but we often receive many questions about literacy in the city and Metro Detroit region...
by d3wpadmin | Dec 22, 2015 | D3 Staff, Demographics, youth
Meghin has an undergraduate degree in Urban Studies from Wayne State University. She finds her studies were instrumental in expanding her passion for food. She strongly believes that where ever people choose to live there should be a reliable food source. For ten...
by d3wpadmin | Jul 15, 2015 | Demographics, MIchigan, Sabiha Zainulbhai
We’ve seen news articles and public officials publicizing Oakland County as one of “the wealthiest counties in the country,” But where does this statistic come from? Does Oakland County make it in the top ten? Does it even come close? As part of WDET and Data Driven...
by d3wpadmin | Dec 23, 2014 | Demographics, Motor City Mapping, Neighborhoods, Uncategorized
Partners/Funders Data Driven Detroit Michigan Nonprofit Association LOVELAND Technologies Rock Ventures, LLC Detroit Blight Removal Task Force The Detroit Land Bank Authority The Kresge Foundation The Skillman Foundation Data Driven Detroit’s (D3) Mini-Grant Program...
by d3wpadmin | Nov 11, 2013 | data literacy, Demographics, Economy, Neighborhoods
This is the first in a series of profiles of partner organizations using data from Data Driven Detroit to successfully support their work. Detroit’s neighborhoods have long struggled in the face of declining population and growing epidemics of vacancy and...
by d3wpadmin | Jan 3, 2013 | Demographics, Kurt Metzger
New population projections from the Census Bureau make it quite clear that the U.S. population will be considerably older and more racially and ethnically diverse by 2060. These projections of the nation’s population by age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, which cover...
