Race Counts
Race Counts is an interactive web tool that analyzes the unequal burdens shouldered by different races throughout California. This project looks at seven key quality-of-life measures-economic opportunity, healthcare access, education, housing, democracy, crime and justice, and healthy built environments-and shows how minority communities fare on each. Race Counts maps out these variables in each of California's 58 counties. Click into Monterey County, for example, and you will learn that African American youth who live there are three times more likely to face truancy arrests than their white counterparts.
Stats
Dataset(s): Multiple including the American Community Survey, California Department of Education, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development; all indicators available here.
Visualization: Map
Jurisdiction: California counties
Developed by: Advancement Project California
Partners: California Calls, USC, Pico California. Race Counts was made possible by support from: The California Wellness Foundation, The California Endowment, Rosenberg Foundation, and Sierra Health Foundation.
