Dear urban geographers, Today, using newly-released data from the 2009 ACS, the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program<http://www.brookings.edu/metro/> updated its interactive mapping tool<http://www.brookings.edu/metro/StateOfMetroAmerica/Map.aspx>, giving users the opportunity to rank metros, cities, suburbs, or states on socio-economic indicators such as education, age, race, wages, and the like, or to explore a particular metro area or state in depth. This site can be a highly useful tool for tracking and reporting on trends in our 100 largest metros, such as the relative growth in the Hispanic population, comparative levels of education, and the growth in the senior citizen population.
This report was made possible by the generous support of the Rockefeller Foundation. In addition, Brookings scholars are producing a series of brief reports (on topics like poverty<http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2010/1007_suburban_poverty_acs_kneebone.aspx>, the relationship between education and employment<http://www.brookings.edu/papers/2010/1105_metro_america_education_berube.aspx> during the Great Recession, immigration, and domestic migration) using the most recently available data from the Census Bureau. Jill H. Wilson | Senior Research Analyst The Brookings Institution | Metropolitan Policy Program 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036 202-797-6158 | 202-797-2965 Fax Visit us at www.brookings.edu/metro<http://www.brookings.edu/metro> Visit Metro's new blog, "The Avenue<http://www.tnr.com/blogs/the-avenue>," co-hosted by The New Republic
