Equity Considerations for Place-Based Advocacy and Decisions in the Twin Cities Region

This dataset provides equity-relevant characteristics for each census tract in the Twin Cities region. Formerly known as the Areas of Concentrated Poverty dataset, it has been greatly expanded to provide a more nuanced portrait of neighborhoods, with data on: demographic and socioeconomic characteristics (including multiple income levels); racial/ethnic/cultural groups; historical data on discriminatory practices; facets of housing markets; land use, environment/climate, amenities, and employment/commuting patterns. Our intention is to call attention to broader patterns of economic segregation and their root causes, and to show that census tracts are much more multifaceted than a narrow focus on poverty rates would imply.<br/><br/>For more background on this file, please see our website ( https://metrocouncil.org/research/place-basedequity ), particularly the linked StoryMap "Rethinking Areas of Concentrated Poverty."<br/><br/>Finally, we encourage consulting the User Guide and Methodology for this dataset, available at ( https://metrocouncil.org/Data-and-Maps/Research-and-Data/Place-based-Equity-Research/Equity-Considerations-Guide-and-Methodology-(Febru.aspx ).