New interactive map improves County Explorer

Today we are launching a new tool with myFutureNC to help you visualize educational indicators at the county-level. The County Explorer map tool provides a bird’s eye view of county performance and uses data from the 2020 County Profiles.

To use the County Explorer tool, select an indicator from the drop-down menu in the left sidebar. Information about the county will be displayed in the right side bar, along with a link to the corresponding county profile.

You can select counties by using the drop-down menu in the left sidebar or by selecting a county from the map of North Carolina.

Information available in the County Explorer map tool currently includes outcomes for demographic groups (race/ethnicity, gender, economic status) when that information is available. Future releases will include trends over time.

The County Explorer works best on desktop devices.

Data Available through the County Explorer

Population-level numbers on the county explorer reflect the data used in the 2020 county-level attainment profiles. Data will be updated and refreshed on the site when the 2021/22 county attainment profiles are released.

Indicator choropleth maps and county information that can be selected from the indicator filter drop-down menu include:

• Demographic Context
  • Child Poverty
  • Median Household Income
  • Household Broadband Coverage
  • Postsecondary Attainment
• Academic Readiness
  • NC Pre-K Enrollment
  • College-and-Career Ready in Reading (including gender, race/ethnicity, economic status)
  • College-and-Career Ready in Math Reading (including gender, race/ethnicity, economic status)
• College and Career Access
  • Chronic Absenteeism
  • High School Graduation Rate Reading (including gender, race/ethnicity, economic status)
  • ACT Performance Reading (including gender, race/ethnicity, economic status)
  • FAFSA Completion
  • Postsecondary Enrollment
• Postsecondary Completion
  • First-Year Persistence
  • 6-Year Postsecondary Completion
• Workforce Alignment
  • Opportunity Youth (including gender)
  • Labor Force Participation Rate (including gender)

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