by Polis Center | Sep 27, 2018 | Children & Families, Demographics
This analysis explores Marion County census tracts 3403, 3404, and 3407. This is roughly the area from 16th Street to 38th Street and from Tibbs Avenue to Moller Road. Explore this area's Community Profile Though they developed as all-white suburbs between 1940...
by Polis Center | Apr 14, 2018 | Demographics
The Indianapolis region’s population grew by over 18,000 people from 2015 to 2016, according to the newest American Community Survey (ACS) results, published to SAVI in April. The region is now home to 1.97 million people, based on the 2016 ACS 5-Year Average....
by Jim Dowling | Jul 14, 2017 | Health
There is one clue that speaks volumes about your health prospects but has nothing to do with your medical records. “We know now that one of the greatest predictors of health outcomes for almost any patient, undergoing any procedure, or with almost any disease, is one...
by Polis Center | Jul 14, 2017 | Health
About 45 percent of the U.S. population smoked in the mid-1960s. In the last half century, the rate has fallen by two-thirds, to about 15 percent. But the success is uneven, and the story is complicated. Smoking rates vary widely from state to state, city to city,...
by Jim Dowling | May 6, 2017 | Equity, Health
The USDA defines food deserts as a census tract where “at least 500 people and/or at least 33 percent of the census tract’s population reside more than one mile from a supermarket or large grocery store.” [usda.gov] This is a useful definition, but of...