This report and its accompanying interactive map show the vulnerability of every U.S. neighborhood to the economic impact of the COVID-19 crisis. Using data from the American Community Survey, they show that:• High-Poverty Communities Are the Most Economically Vulnerable. About 78 percent of...

Using the panel feature of the Current Population Survey, we examine how the employment status of people who were self-employed business owners (working at least 15 hours per week in the business) in February 2020 changed over the following year, the first year of the coronavirus pandemic. We...

Coping with Adversity addresses the question of why some metropolitan-area regional economies are resilient in the face of economic shocks and chronic distress while others are not. It is particularly concerned with what public policies make a difference in whether a region is resilient. The...