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Allegheny County is one of 182 study regions that participated in the Americans for the Arts’ Arts and Economic Prosperity IV project. The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council took regional findings …
Allegheny County is one of 182 study regions that participated in the Americans for the Arts’ Arts and Economic Prosperity IV project. The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council took regional findings …
Allegheny County is one of 182 study regions that participated in the Americans for the Arts’ Arts and Economic Prosperity IV project. The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council took regional findings …
Another view of arts vitality can be found below in arts revenue per capita, which includes total revenue for regional arts groups from all sources, including the government, donations and …
A key measure of arts vitality is charitable giving to the arts. According to The National Center for Charitable Statistics at the Urban Institute, the Pittsburgh MSA ranks below the …
If we add another layer of data onto the arts-giving picture, we can see how foundation giving to the arts compares with all other private giving. Below is the most …
Companies backed by venture capital play an important role in economic growth. Estimates attribute 16.6 percent of national Gross Domestic Product and 9 percent of national private sector employment to …
Companies backed by venture capital play an important role in economic growth. Estimates attribute 16.6 percent of national Gross Domestic Product and 9 percent of national private sector employment to …
The U.S. Department of Commerce publishes information on exports for major Metropolitan Statistical Areas of the United States. Data for 2012 show a slight decrease in exports from the Pittsburgh …
The U.S. Department of Commerce publishes information on exports for major Metropolitan Statistical Areas of the United States. Data for 2015 show an 8.8 percent decrease in exports from the …
The data here give a rough picture of how local educational achievement levels compare in seven separate categories with other regions on the basis of 2000 Census data. The categories …
The data here give a rough picture of how local educational achievement levels compare in seven separate categories with other regions on the basis of 2000 Census data. The categories …
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School enrollments are declining throughout the Pittsburgh region. The graph below shows enrollments for the Pittsburgh MSA vs. our benchmark regions.
School enrollments are declining throughout the Pittsburgh region. The graph below shows enrollments for the City of Pittsburgh vs. the counties that make up the region. The line is an …
The PA Department of Education (PDE) recently released high school graduation rates by school and district using a new methodology to calculate the rates for 2010 and 2011 as is …
PM 2.5 refers to airborne particles less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter. These microscopic particles can consist of several chemical compounds and are created by combustion sources, such as coal-fired …
Ground-level ozone, widely known as smog, is formed when sunlight triggers chemical reactions between nitrogen oxide and volatile organic compounds emitted from industrial plants, electric utilities, motor vehicles and other …
No subject has attracted the attention of the Pittsburgh region as has the explosion of interest in deep-well gas drilling into the Marcellus Formation; a shale formation thousands of feet …
No subject has attracted the attention of the Pittsburgh region as has the explosion of interest in deep-well gas drilling into the Marcellus Formation; a shale formation thousands of feet …
U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) evaluated the transparency of governments across the country in matters related to the spending of public funds. In general, PIRG evaluated how well city …
The Center for Metropolitan Studies at the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh provides the Metropolitan Power Diffusion Index (MPDI) for the 942 U.S. metropolitan and …
Data here are compiled from the U.S. Census of Governments. Local government includes general-purpose governments, such as counties, municipalities and boroughs; school districts; and special-purpose governments — public bodies like …
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