Tracking Indicators of the Economic and Social Mobility of the Black Community in Hampton Roads

Overview

Hampton Roads is a coastal region of Virginia comprised of 10 cities and six counties. It represents most of the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News metropolitan statistical area, the 37th largest MSA in the United States. Black families represent 31% percentage of the area's population, and ~15% of them are below the poverty line – this is nearly double the general population of Hampton Roads, 8.1% of which is below the poverty line. This project uses publicly available Census data to analyze trends and statistics on key indicators of economic well-being of the black community in Hampton Roads. We compare these indicators across the Hampton Roads localities and the Virginia population. We visualize the data through a dashboard to provide insights to regional stakeholders to plan policies and activities to positively affect the community.