image missing
HOME SN-BRIEFS SYSTEM
OVERVIEW
EFFECTIVE
MANAGEMENT
PROGRESS
PERFORMANCE
PROBLEMS
POSSIBILITIES
STATE
CAPITALS
FLOW
ACTIVITIES
FLOW
ACTORS
PETER
BURGESS
SiteNav SitNav (0) SitNav (1) SitNav (2) SitNav (3) SitNav (4) SitNav (5) SitNav (6) SitNav (7) SitNav (8)
Date: 2024-08-16 Page is: DBtxt001.php txt00002218

Metrics, Society and Economy
Community Indicator Projects

TO BE EDITED Some recent Community Indicator Projects around the United States compiled by The Institute for Innovation in Social Policy at Vassar College

COMMENTARY

Peter Burgess

SELECTED COMMUNITY INDICATOR PROJECTS

MULTI-STATE REGIONS PROJECT TITLE AND SPONSOR
New England 6 states Community Development Indicators,
Federal Reserve of Boston
http://www.bos.frb.org/commdev/Indicators/Indicators.htm
Northwestern U.S. 8 states Indicators Website, Northwest Area Foundation
http://www.indicators.nwaf.org
Southern U.S. 13 states Southern Community Index, Southern Growth Policies Board
http://www.southern.org/pubs/
pubs.shtml#community
Pacific Northwest 3 states and British Columbia Cascadia Scorecard Project, Sightline Institute
http://www.sightline.org/research
/cascadia_scorecard
INDIVIDUAL STATES GEOGRAPHIC FOCUS PROJECT TITLE AND SPONSOR
Alabama Statewide Southern Community Index—See Multi-State reports: Southern U.S.
Arizona Statewide Sustainability for Arizona, Morrison Institute for Public Policy
http://www.asu.edu/copp/morrison (See Recent Reports & Research)
Arkansas Statewide Southern Community Index—See Multi-State reports: Southern U.S.
California Bay Area Bay Area Indicators: Measuring Progress Toward Sustainability, Bay Area Alliance for Sustainable Communities  http://www.bayareaalliance.org/
sustainable.html#sustainable
  Los Angeles County Children’s Scorecard, LA County Children’s Planning Council http://www.lapublichealth.org/
childpc/publications.asp
  Los Angeles County Quality of Life in Los Angeles County, United Way of Greater Los Angeles http://www.unitedwayla.org/getinformed
/rr/Pages/default.aspx
  Nevada County Nevada County Economic and Social Indicator Review, Sierra Economic Development District
http://new.mynevadacounty.com/
BusEcDev/index.cfm
  Pasadena Quality of Life Index/Health Data, City of Pasadena Public Health Department 
http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/publichealth
  San Mateo County Indicators for a Sustainable San Mateo County, Sustainable San Mateo County
http://www.sustainablesanmateo.org/
  San Mateo/Santa Clara Counties Kids Data, Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health   http://www.kidsdata.org/index.jsp
  Santa Monica Sustainable City Progress Report, City of Santa Monica 
http://santa-monica.org/epd/scpr/index.htm
  Silicon Valley Index of Silicon Valley, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network http://www.jointventure.org/
publicatons/publicatons.html
Colorado Statewide Colorado: The State of Opportunity, Bell Policy Center   http://www.thebell.org/pubs.html
  Statewide Colorado Health Watch, Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment http://www.cdphe.state.co.us/hs/pubs/
  Boulder County Boulder County Trends, Boulder County Civic Forum
http://www.bococivicforum.org
  Denver neighborhoods Community Facts, The Piton Foundation
http://www.piton.org
  Roaring Fork/Colorado River Valleys Growth Scenarios Project, Healthy Mountain Communities http://www.hmcnews.org/growthscenarios.htm
  Yampa Valleys Community Indicators Project, Yampa Valley Partners
http://www.yampavalleypartners.com
Connecticut Statewide The Social State of Connecticut, CT State Legislature, William Caspar Graustein Memorial Fund, and The Tow Foundation http://www.cga.ct.gov/COC/order.htm
  Statewide Community Development Indicators—See Multi-State reports: New England
  Greater New Haven Region DataHaven, United Way of Greater New Haven and others  http://research.yale.edu/datainitiative/
  Norwalk Community Indicator Reports, Human Services Council
http://www.communityplanning.org/hsc/
Florida Jacksonville/Duval Counties Quality of Life Progress Report, Jacksonville Community Council, Inc. http://www.jcci.org/statistics/statistics.aspx
  Osceola County Community Report Card and Osceola Vision Report, Community Vision
http://www.communityvision.org (See Reports)
Georgia Statewide Southern Community Index—See Multi-State reports: Southern U.S.
  Statewide Georgia Community Indicators, Dept. of Community Affairs  http://www.dca.state.ga.us/commind/default.asp
  Statewide County Fact Sheets, Family Connection Partnership
http://www.gafcp.org/kidscount
/profiles/index.html
Hawaii Honolulu Quality of Life in Hawaii, Aloha United Way
http://www.auw.org/mediacenter/default.aspx
  Kaua'i Community Indicators Project, Kauai Planning & Action Alliance http://www.kauainetwork.org/
section.php?sub_cat_id=17
  North Hawaii Community Health Improvement Progress Reports, NorthHawaii––Our Healthy Community: North Hawaii Outcomes Project  http://www.nhop.org/progress_improvement.php
Idaho Statewide Indicators Website—See Multi-State Regions: Northwestern U.S.
  Statewide Cascadia Scorecard—See Multi-State Regions: Pacific Northwest
Illinois Statewide IPLAN (Illinois Project for Local Assessment of Needs), IL Dept. of Public Health     http://app.idph.state.il.us/
  Chicago Metro Area Chicago Metropolis Index, ChicagoMetropolis 2020: Commercial Club of Chicago
http://www.chicagometropolis
2020.org/25_3.htm
Indiana Statewide Stats Indiana, Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University
  http://www.stats.indiana.edu/
  Northwest Indiana Quality of Life Indicators Report, Northwest Indiana Quality of Life Council  http://www.nwiqlc.org/
Iowa Statewide Indicators Website—See Multi-State Regions: Northwestern U.S.
Kansas Johnson County Community Indicator Report, United Community Services of Johnson County http://www.ucsjoco.org/
trends/index.htm#indicators
  Kansas City Metro Area Metro Dataline, Mid-America Regional Council
http://www.metrodataline.org/
  Sedgwick County Community Indicators Database, United Way of the Plains
http://webs.wichita.edu/cid
Kentucky Statewide Southern Community Index—See Multi-State reports: Southern U.S.
  Statewide Kentucky Kids Count, Kentucky State  Data Center   http://ksdc.louisville.edu/1kidscount.htm
  Statewide Visioning Kentucky’s Future, Kentucky Long-Term Policy Research Center  http://www.kltprc.net/
Louisiana Statewide Southern Community Index—See Multi-State reports: Southern U.S.
  Greater New Orleans The New Orleans Index: Tracking Recovery in the Region, The Brookings Institute http://www.brookings.edu/metro/
pubs/200512_katrinaindex.htm
  Greater New Orleans Community Data Center, Greater New Orleans Nonprofit Knowledge Works   http://www.gnocdc.org/
Maine Statewide Measures of Growth in Focus, Maine Economic Growth Council (Maine Development Foundation  http://www.mdf.org
  Statewide Maine Marks, Governor’s Children’s Cabinet and Univ of Southern Maine   http://www.mainemarks.org/
  Statewide Community Development Indicator—See Multi-State reports: New England
Maryland Baltimore neighborhoods Vital Signs, Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance 
http://www.bnia.org
  Baltimore Metro Area Regional Economic Indicators and Community Profiles, Baltimore Metropolitan Council
http://www.baltometro.org/
content/view/76/136/
Massachusetts Statewide Community Development Indicator—See Multi-State reports: New England
  Boston The Boston Indicators Project, Boston Foundation, Boston Redevelopment Authority and Metropolitan Area Planning Council http://www.bostonindicators.org
/IndicatorsProject/
Michigan Northwest Michigan Benchmarks Northwest, NW Michigan Council of Governments http://www.nwm.org/publications.asp
Minnesota Statewide Indicators Website—See Multi-State Regions: Northwestern U.S.
  Minneapolis Sustainability Initiative, Minneapolis Sustainability http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/environment
/Sustainability-Initiatives.asp
  Twin Cities Metro Area Metro Trend Watch, Wilder Research Center   http://www.metrotrendwatch.org/
Mississippi Statewide Southern Community Index—See Multi-State reports: Southern U.S.
Missouri Statewide Southern Community Index—See Multi-State reports: Southern U.S.
  Boone County Boone County Indicators, Boone County Indicators Committee   http://booneindicators.org/
  Kansas City Metro Area Metro Dataline, Mid-America Regional Council
http://www.metrodataline.org/
Montana Statewide Indicators Website—See Multi-State Regions: Northwestern U.S.
  Missoula Missoula Measures, Missoula City/County Health Dept.
http://www.co.missoula.mt.us/measures/
Nebraska Statewide County Profiles and Highlights, Nebraska Health & Human Services System  http://www.hhs.state.ne.us/profiles/
Nevada Statewide Socioeconomic Conditions and Trends, Eureka County Nuclear Waste Office, Yucca Mountain Information Office  http://www.yuccamountain.org/sct03.htm
  Truckee Meadows Quality of Life Indicators, Truckee Meadows Tomorrow
http://www.truckeemeadows
tomorrow.org/indicators
New Hampshire Statewide Vital Signs: Economic and Social Indicators for New Hampshire, Economic and Labor Market Information Bureau http://www.nhes.state.nh.us/elmi/econanalys.htm
  Statewide Community Development Indicator—See Multi-State reports: New England
New Jersey Statewide Goals and Indicators, NJ Sustainable State Institute http://njssi.org/goals.asp?Level2ItemID=9
New Mexico Statewide New Mexico Annual Social and Economic Indicators, New Mexico Dept. of Workforce Solutions
http://www.workforceconnection.
state.nm.us/dws-lmi.html
New York Long Island The Long Island Index, Rauch Foundation  http://www.longislandindex.org/index.html
  Long Island Vital Signs: Measuring Long Island’s Social Health Adelphi University  http://www.adelphi.edu/vitalsigns/
  New York City Annual Report on Social Indicators, NYC Dept. of City Planning
http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/
html/pub/publist.shtml
North Carolina Statewide Southern Community Index—See Multi-State reports: Southern U.S.
  Statewide North Carolina Scorecard  and  North Carolina 2020 Update Report, North Carolina Progress Board    http://www.ncprogress.org/
  Statewide Rural Data Bank, NC Rural Economic Development Center, Inc. http://www.ncruralcenter.org/databank/           
  Beaufort County Together for Beaufort, Community Foundation of the Lowcountry, Inc.
http://www.cf-lowcountry.org/
  Cabarrus County Cabarrus County Community Needs Assessment, Healthy Cabarrus http://www.cabarrushealth.org/healthycabarrus
/datareportsassessments.htm
North Dakota Statewide Indicators Website—See Multi-State Regions: Northwestern U.S.
Ohio Northeast Ohio Social Indicators, Center for Community Solutions http://www.communitysolutions.com/
store/index.asp?department_id=34
Oklahoma Statewide Southern Community Index—See Multi-State reports: Southern U.S.
  Oklahoma County Vital Signs, United Way of Central Oklahoma City http://www.unitedwayokc.org/
  Greater Tulsa Data Resource for Human Service Planning and Action, Community Service Council of Greater Tulsa
http://www.csctulsa.org/data.htm
Oregon Statewide Indicators Website—See Multi-State Regions: Northwestern U.S.
  Statewide Cascadia Scorecard—See Multi-State Regions: Pacific Northwest
  Statewide Oregon Benchmarks, Oregon Progress Board
http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/OPB/obm.shtml
  Portland/
Multnomah
County
Community Benchmarks, Portland Multnomah Progress Board  http://www.portlandonline.com
/auditor/index.cfm?c=27358
Pennsylvania Southwestern PA Southwestern Pennsylvania Regional Indicators Report, Sustainable Pittsburgh   http://www.sustainablepittsburgh.org
/NewFrontPage/Publications.html
  Canonsburg Canonsburg Sustainability Indicators Report, Borough of Canonsburg and Canonsburg Renaissance Group  http://www.sustainablepittsburgh.org
/NewFrontPage/Publications.html
Rhode Island Statewide Community Development Indicators—See Multi-State reports: New England
  Providence Providence Neighborhood Profiles, The Providence Plan http://www.provplan.org/matriarch/default.asp 
South Carolina Statewide Southern Community Index—See Multi-State reports: Southern U.S.
  Spartanburg County Community Indicators, Spartanburg County Foundation and United Way of the Piedmont https://www.spcf.org/CommInit_Indicators.htm
South Dakota Statewide Indicators Website—See Multi-State Regions: Northwestern U.S.
Tennessee Statewide Southern Community Index—See Multi-State reports: Southern U.S.
  Hamilton County State of Chattanooga Region Report, Community Research Council
http://www.researchcouncil.net/socrr.html
Texas Austin/Travis Counties Community Conditions Overview, Community Action Network  http://www.caction.org  
  Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project, Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project
 http://www.centex-indicators.org/index.html
  Dallas Metro Area Dallas Indicators, The Dallas Foundation and the Foundation for Community Empowerment   http://dallasindicators.org/
Vermont Statewide Community Development Indicators—See Multi-State reports: New England
  Statewide Vermont Well-Being, Vermont Agency of Human Services
http://humanservices.vermont.gov/
publications/publications-by-title
  Statewide Vermont Indicators Online, Center for Rural Studies, VCGI, Inc. http://maps.vcgi.org/indicators
Virginia Statewide Southern Community Index—See Multi-State reports: Southern U.S.
  Fairfax County Anticipating the Future, Fairfax County http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/aboutfairfax/
Washington Statewide Indicators Website—See Multi-State Regions: Northwestern U.S.
  Statewide Cascadia Scorecard—See Multi-State Regions: Pacific Northwest
  King County King County Benchmark Report, Budget Office of King County http://www.metrokc.gov/budget/benchmrk/
  King County Communities Count, Public Health––Seattle & King County, and King County Children & Family Commission http://www.communitiescount.org/
  South Puget Sound State of the Community Report, Sustainable Community Roundtable http://www.sustainsouthsound.org/projects
Washington, D.C. City neighborhoods Neighborhoodinfo DC, Urban Institute and the Washington DC Local Initiatives
http://www.neighborhoodinfodc.org/index.html
West Virginia Statewide Southern Community Index - See Multi-State reports: Southern U.S.



The text being discussed is available at
http://iisp.vassar.edu/usindicator.html
SITE COUNT<
Amazing and shiny stats
Blog Counters Reset to zero January 20, 2015
TrueValueMetrics (TVM) is an Open Source / Open Knowledge initiative. It has been funded by family and friends. TVM is a 'big idea' that has the potential to be a game changer. The goal is for it to remain an open access initiative.
WE WANT TO MAINTAIN AN OPEN KNOWLEDGE MODEL
A MODEST DONATION WILL HELP MAKE THAT HAPPEN
The information on this website may only be used for socio-enviro-economic performance analysis, education and limited low profit purposes
Copyright © 2005-2021 Peter Burgess. All rights reserved.