April 5-11, 2025 is Week of the Young Child. We’re taking the opportunity to look at trends among our youngest Minnesotans, and ask the question “How are our littlest residents doing?”
We've divided the trends into two parts. First, we'll look at the demographics, and then at the overall well-being of our state's young children.
Minnesota Compass looked at Minnesota voter turnout data from the 2000s and came up with 9 voter trends to watch for the coming 2024 presidential election.
In part four of our four-part series on LGBTQ+ Minnesotans, we look at children and youth who self-identify as LGBTQ+ in the Minnesota Student Survey, which is administered every three years and surveyed nearly 100,000 8th, 9th, and 11th graders in 2022.
In part three of our four-part series on LGBTQ+ Minnesotans, we look at LGBTQ+ adults as self-identified in the U.S. Census Bureau's Household Pulse Survey.
In part two of our four-part series on LGBTQ+ Minnesotans, we look at same-sex couples as self-identified in the American Community Survey.
In part one of a four-part series on LGBTQ+ Minnesotans, Minnesota Compass looked into what current demographic tools can, and can’t, tell us about LGBTQ+ Minnesotans and their households. We also give some background on why accurate data are so hard to come by, and how that may change.
Last year, our annual Compass Points report unveiled a concerning trend: over 50% of our quality-of-life metrics were on a negative trajectory. In our latest analysis, although there are signs of improvement in certain areas, Minnesota continues to grapple with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated challenges. IT Analyst Megan Chmielewski explains in our latest Insights article.
We are facing a labor force shortage, but is it caused by workers opting out? Many people believe that the COVID-19 crisis and its aftermath have driven workers away from the labor market. Is this really the case?
For our 2023 Compass Points, we are seeing more Minnesota quality of life indicators than usual moving in the wrong direction, with 14 of our 27 featured measures flagged as trending worse. So how did we decide if an indicator measured the same, better, or worse than past years? IT Analyst Megan Chmielewski shares our staff's decision-making process, and our latest findings.