Inequality data and analysis

Inequality is everywhere. It shows up in classrooms, in doctor's offices, in grocery stores, and in bank branches.

Our cross-cutting analysis makes sure to uncover the interconnected nature of different inequalities. We look at how teen pregnancy is linked education, how incarceration is connected to healthcare, and how internet access is tied to income. To date, our analysis has helped state and local policymakers get the evidence that they need to help America's most vulnerable communities.

We know that pulling data from government agency websites can be incredibly challenging. That's why we've made everything open source and freely available for download so that information is not the obstacle to success.

PRESS

Jeremy Ney: Americans Are Dying Younger—But Where You Live Makes a Big Difference

Paul Krugman: Understanding the Red State Death Trap

Mapping Inequality Can Drive Social Impact

6th graders in the richest counties read at 4-grade levels above their peers in the poorest counties.

America's Digital Divide

Life Expectancy Is Decreasing Across the U.S., But These 3 Areas Are Well Below the National Average

The Biden Administration Just Took Some Baby Steps On Child Care

Using data visualization to spotlight life expectancy divides across regions and understanding the tools that can help policymakers implement change

Michael Hiltzik: America's Decline in Life Expectancy Speaks Volumes about our Problems

David Wallace-Wells: It’s Not ‘Deaths of Despair.’ It’s Deaths of Children.

CityLab Spotlight: Gathering data on inequalities in America

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'Hidden flood risk' is everywhere, but especially in Eastern Kentucky

2021: Internet Access is not equally distributed in America

Helping others achieve the American Dream

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Minnesota Public Radio with Angela Davis: Americans die younger than others in wealthy nations. What can we do about it?

Bronx families spend more than 47% of income on childcare, the most of any U.S. county

The most expensive cities for childcare.
Why costs — and quality — vary so wildly

SPEAKING EVENTS

Where Inequality Means Life or Death | Jeremy Ney | TEDxBU

NOTE FROM TED: TEDx events are independently organized by volunteers. The guidelines we give TEDx organizers are described in more detail here: http://storage.ted.com/tedx/manuals/tedx_content_guidelines.pdf Jeremy is the author of American Inequality, a publication and data portal that analyzes the interconnected nature of US inequality. His research looks at the ways that inequalities in food deserts, incarceration, life expectancy, internet access and more are interwoven so that change-makers can develop policies that target the most critical issues in a community. His work has been featured in Bloomberg, The Economist, The Lexington Herald, and Cheddar News. He began his career at the Federal Reserve in New York, has founded two different startups aimed at reducing inequality in communities, and now works at Google focused on privacy policy. Jeremy received his MBA from MIT Sloan where he was the valedictorian, his MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, and his BA from the University of Pennsylvania. Jeremy grew up in Brooklyn, NY where he now lives with his wife. Jeremy is the author of American Inequality, a publication and data portal that analyzes the interconnected nature of US inequality. His research looks at the ways that inequalities in food deserts, incarceration, life expectancy, internet access and more are interwoven so that change-makers can develop policies that target the most critical issues in a community. His work has been featured in Bloomberg, The Economist, The Lexington Herald, and Cheddar News. He began his career at the Federal Reserve in New York, has founded two different startups aimed at reducing inequality in communities, and now works at Google focused on privacy policy. Jeremy received his MBA from MIT Sloan where he was the valedictorian, his MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School, and his BA from the University of Pennsylvania. Jeremy grew up in Brooklyn, NY where he now lives with his wife. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx

American Inequality

Jeremy Ney is the author of American Inequality, a publication that highlights US inequality topics that tend to get left in the dark (inequality in life expectancy, food deserts, credit availability, and more). In this discussion, Jeremy reviews over the uses of data visualizations and geospatial mapping to dig into US regional divides which change-makers can use to know where to focus their efforts to help turn the tide on massive social problems.

Jeremy Ney - Author of AMERICAN INEQUALITY

Jeremy launched AMERICAN INEQUALITY after nearly a decade of research at the Federal Reserve, MIT, and Harvard. His goal is to look across new metrics of inequality and tie them all together through maps and neighborhoods. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, where he now lives with his wife.

Steph Motta

Steph, a data analytics collaborator for American Inequality, is passionate about research and visualizations to help communicate complex topics. She is an MBA candidate at Presidio Graduate School and lives in upstate NY.

Emma Lee

Emma is a pre-Doctoral Fellow at Harvard University Opportunity Insights. She uses data analytics and computer programming to effectively inform stakeholders for a more equitable future.

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