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COVID-19
Individual Choices, Connected Lives
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Texas’  stay at home order in response to COVID-19 expires April 30 and a phased “reopen” begins. What happens now? Although the state’s edict overrules local policy on this issue, many community leaders across the state are likely to ask residents and businesses to observe some practices voluntarily. What leaders ask with regard to COVID-19 has varied across communities so far, and that’s unlikely to change. Any community leader’s ask may or may not be based on what we know about how to reopen more safely, like whether cases are steadily declining, whether we have enough testing and contact tracing, and whether hospitals can handle a spike in seriously ill patients.

Our lives are connected across county lines, though, including through our jobs. Right now no Texas county can do the level of testing and contact tracing it needs. Until every county can, infection in one community is certain to spread to another.

Our new infographic shows the number and percent of each county’s jobs that are filled by workers who live outside that county. A companion interactive map lets you explore jobs, worker counties, testing coverage, and cases identified to date. If you have any feedback, please let us know.
Partial image of COVID-19 Individual Choices, Connected Lives infographic
Image of COVID-19 Individual Choices, Connected Lives interactive map

2020 Census
Data to inform outreach strategies
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On behalf of the joint city-county Complete Count Committee (CCC), CI:Now has launched a new online data tool to help the CCC and others monitor local response rates and finely target outreach strategies. Place-based data has become even more critical as the CCC was forced to shift the initial “high-touch” strategy in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, meaning that community-based partners like nonprofits and churches could no longer rely on in-person interaction with participants.

The interactive 2020 Census Response Rates tool displays response rate trends for the county, area cities and towns, and census tracts, comparing current response rates to 2020 goals and to the 2010 mail return rate. The Tract Selector allows anyone to select and download data for census tracts meeting user-set criteria for jurisdiction (City Council District, County Commissioner Precinct, unincorporated areas, Texas House District, and Texas Senate District) and many indicators of risk of undercount.
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Image of 2020 Census Response Rates Tract Selector

  
And finally... a shiny new website!

  
While we've been cooped up at home we made time for a looong-overdue spring cleaning at CINow.info. We painted, cleaned out the digital closets, and rearranged the data furniture to make it easier for you to find what you're looking for. We welcome your feedback so let us know what you think!
 
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