Child Opportunity Index 3.0-2023

The 2023 update of the Child Opportunity Index (COI 3.0) expands neighborhood-level data on children’s access to opportunity through 2023, incorporating enhanced indicators and improved data sources. This release refines measurement across 14 subdomains and standardizes values using the 2023 child population, offering a clearer picture of disparities in resources that shape children’s development. Because of methodological updates, results are not directly comparable to the earlier 2021 version.

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Non-Specialized Counties

Non-specialized counties are those that did not have a high concentration of earnings or jobs in any one of farming, mining, manufacturing, or Federal and State Government and did not have a high concentration of economic activity (as measured using a weighted index) in recreation. Metropolitan and non metropolitan areas are based on the U.S. Office of Management and Budget 2023 delineation of core based statistical areas.

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Gross Domestic Product

This layer displays the 2021 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) produced within each U.S. county and the percent change in GDP from the previous year. GDP is the monetary value of all the goods and service produced within a county and is a measure of economic activity. The growth rate of GDP is the most popular indicator of overall economic health.

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Gross Domestic Product by County, 2023

New map and data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis display information about Gross domestic product (Real GDP by county and metropolitan area is an inflation-adjusted measure of each area’s gross product that is based on national prices for the goods and services produced within the area. The real estimates of gross domestic product (GDP) by county and metropolitan area are measured in chained (2017) dollars.). New breakouts display trend over the last 10 years. Affected Indicator:

Economy and Income

  • Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
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Manufacturing Dependent Counties

Manufacturing dependent counties are those where at least 25 percent of the county’s annual average earnings came from manufacturing or at least 17 percent of the annual average number of jobs in the county were in manufacturing over the 3-year average of 2019, 2021, and 2022.

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Government Dependent Counties

Government dependent counties are those where at least 13 percent of the county’s annual average earnings came from Federal and State Government or at least 8 percent of the annual average number of jobs in the county came from Federal and State Government over the 3-year average of 2019, 2021, and 2022. Federal earnings and jobs include (but are not limited to) those of civilian military, national park, and Federal correctional facility employees. State earnings and jobs include (but are not limited to) those of public State university, State correctional facility, and State legislature employees.

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