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A Detroit Data History Lesson with Kurt Metzger
As we enter into 2013, Data Driven Detroit’s new affiliation with the Michigan Nonprofit Association has inspired me to take a step back and reflect on my history and how Data Driven Detroit was born. The history of the organization and my own are inexorably...
Thank you, Graphic Design Intern Rob Anderson!
Graphic Design Intern Rob Anderson received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Arts from Wayne State University in 2009. Leading up to his internship at Data Driven Detroit, Rob has performed freelance graphic design jobs in addition to his position as an inventory...
New Partnership for a New Year
Data Driven Detroit (D3) is pleased to announce a new partnership with the Michigan Nonprofit Association (MNA). The new affiliation will provide the opportunity for D3 and MNA to effectively support the nonprofit, civic and business communities with research and...
Thank you, Data Intern Jessica McInchak!
Today, we bid farewell to Data Intern Jessica McInchak. Jessica is a senior at Kalamazoo College studying Anthropology and Sociology. During the summer of 2012, she interned with Data Driven Detroit and returned during an extended winter break after her fall semester....
Michigan Turns the Corner as Population Increases for the First Time Since 2005
The Census Bureau released State population estimates for 2012 (July 1, 2012) and Michigan is shown as gaining population between 2011 and 2012 – up 6,559 persons or 0.1 percent. While this pales when compared to Texas’s gain of 427,400 residents (#1 in number gained)...
The Economic Impact of the Recession on Birth Trends
by Kurt Metzger, Director According to new preliminary numbers from the National Center for Health Statistics, the U.S. birth rate dipped in 2011 to the lowest ever recorded, led by a plunge in births to immigrant women since the onset of the Great Recession. The...
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