Education and Workforce Development
Strong local economies require a strong local workforce. K-12 schools and higher education are a crucial factor in workforce preparation.
Issues
Understanding the Local Tax Base
The revenues that fund local governments come from a variety of sources which vary across the state geographically. But across Missouri, the tax base is shifting, creating potential budget shortfalls.
Labor Force Dynamics
Understanding the forces that drive workforce dynamics and population migration is important for community economic planning and development.
Rural Community Vitality
The vitality of rural communities is essential to the agricultural industry.
Broadband Infrastructure
There is wide inequity in access to broadband internet across Missouri. Lack of access is cited as a top concern in communities across the state, and the data provides evidence of the link between internet access and economic opportunity.
Maps
Broadband Starter Map
Are there differences between broadband access and utilization? Explore the data for your community with map layers from the American Community Survey and the Federal Communications Commission.
Business Starter Map
Get started with map layers related to the business environment, including the labor market engagement index, locations of airports, and public libraries.
Community Starter Map
Get started with layers related to the community, including home loan originations, foreclosure rates, and places of worship.
Food Access Starter Map
Get started with layers related to food access, including food deserts, population with limited food access, and locations of major supermarkets.
Missouri Map Room
Discover and access thousands of mappable data layers. Create maps of your community and easily share them with others.
Tools
Building Regional Resilience
Using a research-based index system, the Building Regional Resilience Hub helps communities easily identify and compare counties based on their relative resiliency and vulnerability to the country as a whole. The indexes rank all counties into four quadrants based on their relative resilience and vulnerability to the national median in four main categories: social, economic, infrastructure, and environmental.
Vulnerable Populations Footprint Tool
The vulnerable populations footprint tool is a compact mapping and reporting platform that identifies geographic areas with high rates of poverty and low educational attainment – the two indicators demonstrated to be the primary social determinants of population health. Thresholds for target area identification are adjustable, allowing the tool to be utilized in all geographic areas where regional rates may be higher or lower than the national average.
Presidential Engagement Fellows
The Presidential Engagement Fellows map highlights upcoming and past speaking engagements across the state.
District Explorer
Use the District Explorer to identify administrative, legislative and school districts that overlap with your community and find contact information for the official representatives of each district.
SNAP-Ed Tool
This is a dynamic, public portal that analyzes over 30 of the SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework indicators. These data can be assessed at a local, county, state, or multi-state level.
University of Missouri ENGAGE
The University of Missouri ENGAGE website provides a searchable inventory of MU programs, activities and educational opportunities occurring in Missouri communities.
Reports
Business & Community Report
This report provides a selected set of indicators related to businesses and communities. Maps and data are available for individual counties and groups of counties.