About the map The USC Price Center for Social Innovation showcases how the uninsured population changed before and after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) for large... read more →
7. Build Livable Communities
About the chart Los Angeles County has the highest level of income inequality, measured by the Gini index, in comparison to its adjacent counties. Income inequality is increasing in all... read more →
About the graph Total homeless counts in Los Angeles County have increased by more than 14,000 between the beginning of the Great Recession in 2009 and now in 2018. There... read more →
The quality of beach water in Los Angeles County varies with the weather. Given this fact, Heal the Bay reports on beach water quality in three distinct periods per year,... read more →
Open Interactive Chart In general, unemployment rates continued to decrease every year since 2012. However, there is a significant disparity between persons with disabilities and those without. From 2009 to... read more →
Open Interactive Chart Veteran unemployment rates were higher than the nonveteran rates between 2009 and 2013, except in 2011. However, the disparity began to close in 2014. From 2014 to... read more →
Graph interpretation: Within age groups, poverty rates in Los Angeles County were highest among children, who are defined as all persons under 18 years. Childhood poverty rate was higher... read more →
About half of the Los Angeles County population live within half a mile of a park per the Department of Parks and Recreation (May 2016). Why are parks so important?... read more →
What is ParkScore? ParkScore is an index that analyzes public access to existing parks and open space. Developed by the Trust for Public Land (TPL), ParkScore attributes each of the... read more →
The results of the annual L.A. Metro... read more →
