U.S. Economic Stability by Location

Public Data • Reproducible Metrics

Data Documentation

Public Data Sources

EconomicStabilityIQ relies on public, reproducible datasets. This page shows the current source snapshot behind the score model, including metric coverage, observed years, and cases where a release-lagged source is carried into a later scoring target year.

Snapshot generated Jul 10, 2026

Source Snapshot

Current Public Data Spine

Methodology

Locations

34,513

52 states, 3,207 counties, and 31,254 cities.

Core Metrics

7

Metrics mapped to Employment, Income, Industry, and Population stability.

Score Snapshot

2024

v1 across 34,513 locations.

Score Updated

Jul 8, 2026

34,531 stored snapshots.

Active Source Systems

ACS

American Community Survey

Official
Cadence
Annual
Target Years
2024
Latest Source Year
2024
Metrics
3
Last Write Rows
103,539
Last Write
Feb 16, 2026

Income stability and population-related inputs, including household income, poverty, and population change.

State and county inputs are loaded directly; city values can be projected from parent geography.

BLS

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Official
Cadence
Monthly source data, annualized for scoring
Target Years
2025
Latest Source Year
2025
Metrics
1
Last Write Rows
34,513
Last Write
Feb 16, 2026

Employment health inputs, especially unemployment behavior across complete annual windows.

State and county labor-market observations are loaded directly; city values can be projected from parent geography.

CENSUS

Census County Business Patterns and population inputs

Official
Cadence
Annual, with release lag by dataset
Target Years
2024
Latest Source Year
2024
Metrics
2
Last Write Rows
69,006
Last Write
Jul 8, 2026

Industry diversification and population stability inputs, including sector mix and population change.

State and county sector and population inputs are loaded directly; city values can be projected from parent geography.

IRS

IRS Migration Data

Official
Cadence
Annual, release-lagged
Target Years
2024
Latest Source Year
2023
Metrics
1
Last Write Rows
34,513
Last Write
Jul 8, 2026

Population stability inputs through net domestic migration rate calculations.

State and county migration flows are loaded directly; city values can be projected from parent geography.

Latest scoring target is 2024; latest source year visible in written source records is 2023.

Core Metric Inventory

Metric rows expose both the scoring target year and the underlying source year when those differ.

MetricSignalSourceDatasetTarget YearLatest SourceNotes

Labor Force Participation Rate

labor_force_participation_rate

Employment HealthACSCore source20242024Includes projected city rows

Unemployment Rate

unemployment_rate

Employment HealthBLSCore source20252025Includes projected city rows

Poverty Rate

poverty_rate

Income StabilityACSCore source20242024Includes projected city rows

Real Median Household Income

real_median_household_income

Income StabilityACSCore source20242024Includes projected city rows

Industry Diversity Index

industry_diversity_index

Industry DiversificationCENSUSCBP20242023Source 2023 carried into target 2024; Includes projected city rows

Net Domestic Migration Rate

net_domestic_migration_rate

Population StabilityIRSIRS_MIGRATION20242023Source 2023 carried into target 2024; Includes projected city rows

Population Change Rate

population_change_rate

Population StabilityCENSUSACS_POP_CHANGE20242024Includes projected city rows

Data Quality And Reproducibility

  • Source records keep original source keys and source URLs where the upstream dataset provides them.
  • City values are marked when projected from parent geography so users can distinguish direct and derived coverage.
  • Release-lagged sources are shown with separate source and target years instead of being hidden inside the score.
  • Operational ingestion runs remain available through the protected status monitor for deployment health checks.