In 2018, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released for the first time prototype estimates of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for all counties in the United States. That initial release included data through 2015. Today the BEA released the first official county-level estimates for all counties in the United States for the years 2001-2018.

The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) compiles annual estimates of personal income for all counties and metropolitan areas in the United States. In November, the BEA released updated local area personal income estimates for 2018. For 2018, the annual per capita personal income for the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is estimated to...

Monday, November 11th is Veterans Day in the United States. This is just a short update of a post from last year compiling recent trends in the population of veterans who reside in the Pittsburgh Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).

Official poverty thresholds compiled annually by the Census Bureau are specific dollar amounts considered to be the minimum income levels to meet the basic needs of an individual or family unit. These income thresholds are based on pretax income and vary by family size and composition. Official poverty thresholds do not take into account regional...