California Jobs First, formerly known as the California Economic Resilience Fund (CERF), is a $600 million fund created by the State of California to support community investments that promote inclusive economic development and climate resilience.

This data portrait of the Eastern Sierra region is one of seven regional equity profiles developed by the National Equity Atlas to support community and labor groups engaged in the California Jobs First program. It provides data and insights on racial equity, economic inclusivity, and environmental justice. It also demonstrates how local organizations and community advocates can leverage available data to explore equity issues and identify opportunities to address regional disparities.

California Jobs First, formerly known as the California Economic Resilience Fund (CERF), is a $600 million fund created by the State of California to support community investments that promote inclusive economic development and climate resilience.

This data portrait of the North State region is one of seven regional equity profiles developed by the National Equity Atlas to support community and labor groups engaged in the California Jobs First program. It provides data and insights on racial equity, economic inclusivity, and environmental justice. It also demonstrates how local organizations and community advocates can leverage available data to explore equity issues and identify opportunities to address regional disparities.

California Jobs First, formerly known as the California Economic Resilience Fund (CERF), is a $600 million fund created by the State of California to support community investments that promote inclusive economic development and climate resilience.

This data portrait of the Redwood Coast region is one of seven regional equity profiles developed by the National Equity Atlas to support community and labor groups engaged in the California Jobs First program. It provides data and insights on racial equity, economic inclusivity, and environmental justice. It also demonstrates how local organizations and community advocates can leverage available data to explore equity issues and identify opportunities to address regional disparities.

California Jobs First, formerly known as the California Economic Resilience Fund (CERF), is a $600 million fund created by the State of California to support community investments that promote inclusive economic development and climate resilience.

This data portrait of the Sacramento region is one of seven regional equity profiles developed by the National Equity Atlas to support community and labor groups engaged in the California Jobs First program. It provides data and insights on racial equity, economic inclusivity, and environmental justice. It also demonstrates how local organizations and community advocates can leverage available data to explore equity issues and identify opportunities to address regional disparities.

California Jobs First, formerly known as the California Economic Resilience Fund (CERF), is a $600 million fund created by the State of California to support community investments that promote inclusive economic development and climate resilience.

This data portrait of the Central Coast region is one of seven regional equity profiles developed by the National Equity Atlas to support community and labor groups engaged in the California Jobs First program. It provides data and insights on racial equity, economic inclusivity, and environmental justice. It also demonstrates how local organizations and community advocates can leverage available data to explore equity issues and identify opportunities to address regional disparities.

California Jobs First, formerly known as the California Economic Resilience Fund (CERF), is a $600 million fund created by the State of California to support community investments that promote inclusive economic development and climate resilience.

This data portrait of the Inland Empire region is one of seven regional equity profiles developed by the National Equity Atlas to support community and labor groups engaged in the California Jobs First program. It provides data and insights on racial equity, economic inclusivity, and environmental justice. It also demonstrates how local organizations and community advocates can leverage available data to explore equity issues and identify opportunities to address regional disparities.

California Jobs First, formerly known as the California Economic Resilience Fund (CERF), is a $600 million fund created by the State of California to support community investments that promote inclusive economic development and climate resilience.

This data portrait of the Southern Border region is one of seven regional equity profiles developed by the National Equity Atlas to support community and labor groups engaged in the California Jobs First program. It provides data and insights on racial equity, economic inclusivity, and environmental justice. It also demonstrates how local organizations and community advocates can leverage available data to explore equity issues and identify opportunities to address regional disparities.

Kalamazoo County, Michigan, is a place of abundance: it’s home to stunning natural landscapes, beautiful architecture, thriving industries, and growing small businesses. And the region is growing more diverse, mirroring national trends. But new data underscores the challenging truth that not everyone who lives in Kalamazoo can access all that the county has to offer. The first-of-its-kind equity profile — developed by the Kalamazoo Community Foundation in collaboration with local community leaders and the National Equity Atlas (a partnership between PolicyLink and the USC Equity Research Institute) — illustrates how a long history of racial discrimination and disinvestment in local communities of color has created entrenched and persistent racial inequities in employment, income, wealth, education, health, justice, housing, and transportation. These growing gaps are costing the county an estimated $1 billion in potential economic growth each year. The success and prosperity of Kalamazoo County will rely on dismantling these unjust barriers and ensuring that everyone can participate in and enjoy the benefits of a thriving economy. Explore the profile for additional data insights — and delve into the accompanying summary for solutions to create a more equitable and inclusive county

Already known as the refugee capital of the United States, Lancaster is steadily becoming more diverse as people of color increasingly move into the county for school and work. Over the next few decades, a larger share of the area’s residents will be people of color from a rich variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds. As a result, the success and prosperity of the county rely on dismantling unjust barriers and ensuring that everyone can participate in and enjoy the benefits of a thriving economy. This profile — developed by a coalition of the county’s civic organizations in partnership with the National Equity Atlas (a partnership between PolicyLink and the USC Equity Research Institute) — is the first of its kind in Pennsylvania. It illustrates how ongoing inequities in Lancaster have fueled racial disparities in income, housing, educational attainment, and many other areas. These growing gaps are costing the county billions of dollars in potential economic growth each year. In addition, the accompanying summary offers several policy solutions to bolster existing local efforts aimed at advancing racial equity and creating prosperity for generations to come. Read the profile and summary. To delve deeper into the state of equity and equitable growth in Lancaster County, explore equityprofilelancaster.com.

In partnership with E Pluribus Unum and to support a cohort of Southern state legislators working to advance racial and economic equity, the National Equity Atlas produced a series of data snapshots for six states in the South. In addition to key Atlas indicators on demographics, economic vitality, readiness, connectedness, and the economic benefits of equity, they also include additional customized indicators related to priority equity issues in the region:

• Extreme economic insecurity
• Student debt
• Youth incarceration
• Adverse childhood experiences
• Covid vaccination rates
• Voter registration and turnout
• Residential segregation

You can download data decks for Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, and Tennessee.

Learn more about the 2021 UNUM Fellows.