Rural Hospital Closures

This layer displays the location of hospitals that no longer provide in-patient care in rural settings since 2005. Hospitals may have closed completely or converted to provide some other healthcare services.

Fatal Motor Vehicle Crashes by County, 2014-2018

This layer displays the number and rate of fatalities from motor vehicle crashes occurring between 2015 and 2019, aggregated by county. Unlike typical mortality data, this data layer represents the location of the fatal crash, and not the county of … Continued

Medical Debt in Collections, 2020

This layer displays debt information at the state and county levels from the Urban Institute’s 2021 Debt in America. Data includes medical debt, student loan debt, automobile debt, retail debt and any debt in collections based on December 2020 credit … Continued

Presidential Election Results, 2020

2020 election results at the county-level are scraped from results published by Fox News, Politico, and the New York Times and made available on GitHub. Total votes cast were divided by the total citizen voting age population as reported by … Continued

Digital Divide Index

The Digital Divide Index or DDI ranges in value from 0 to 100, where 100 indicates the highest digital divide. It is composed of two scores, also ranging from 0 to 100: the infrastructure/adoption (INFA) score and

Ookla Internet Speed Test

This layer displays the median download speed for a county or tract as measured by the Ookla speed test, available at speedtest.net . Data was aggregated from January-June, 2020. Data was accessed via the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).

Low Food Access Population, 2019

This layer displays the percentage and total population with Limited Food Access across the US. A population is defined as having limited food access if they are living more than 1 mile from a supermarket or large grocery store if … Continued

Food Desert Census Tracts, Change 2015-2019

This layer displays the change in census tracts labeled as Food Deserts from 2015 to 2019. The Healthy Food Financing Initiative (HFFI) Working Group considers a food desert as a low-income census tract where a substantial number or share of … Continued