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Sign UpLong Term Impacts of the Key Bridge Collapse on Baltimore-area Residents Daily Lives
March 25, 2025
We examine longer-term impacts of the Key Bridge collapse on the daily lives of Baltimore area residents using data from the 2024 Baltimore Area Survey.
Expectations of Future Climate Change Harm and Costs in the Baltimore Area
March 6, 2025
In this research brief, we examine the extent to which Baltimore-area residents are concerned about the future impacts of climate change and how those concerns differ by race, income, age, and geography.
January 23, 2025
The 2024 Baltimore Area Survey asked 163 questions of a statistically representative sample of residents who live in Baltimore City and Baltimore County. The 2024 survey focused on four central topics: Neighborhoods and schools, local government services, food insecurity, and connectivity and mobility
Community Exposure to Drug Overdose and Addiction in Baltimore
September 17, 2024
Our new report, based on data from the 2023 Baltimore Area Survey, offers deeper understanding of the families touched by Baltimore’s growing drug addiction epidemic. Findings show the poorest and least educated are the most affected by fatal overdoses.
Finding the Next Nashville: The Importance of Good Governance
September 1, 2024
We examine the role of governance and policymaking on key factors that affect city vibrancy.
February 19, 2024
The Baltimore Music Census is an anonymous, voluntary survey designed to capture key information about the local music scene. The goal of this initiative is to support local musicians, educators, venues, promoters, industry personnel, and non-profits by giving them important, up-to-date data about the city’s music ecosystem.
It’s been one year since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. How did it change Baltimore?
March 26, 2025
Today, Midday a look at the past, present and future of the bridge and its surrounding communities.
March 25. 2025
Survey data released today by Johns Hopkins found continuing impacts on the daily lives of area residents as a result of the loss of the Key Bridge, which took out a stretch of the southeast part of the Baltimore Beltway, or I-695, that encircles the city.
Collapse of Baltimore’s Key Bridge impacted half of area residents, report finds
March 25, 2025
The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge continued to impact the lives of nearly half of Baltimore-area residents for almost a year, according to a report by Johns Hopkins University.
Survey finds Baltimore residents still feeling impacts of Key Bridge collapse
March 25, 2025
Baltimore-area residents are still feeling the impact of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse one year after the disaster, according to a new study from Johns Hopkins University.
Baltimore gained population for the first time in a decade, new data shows
March 13, 2025
For the first time in a decade, Baltimore gained population. The city halted nine straight years of population decline in 2024, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau. While the city’s population gain was marginal — only 0.1% — it could represent a turning point for a city where the population has declined by nearly 60,000 since 2010.
73% of Baltimore-area residents are concerned about the impact of climate change, JHU report says
March 7, 2025
Residents in the Baltimore area are concerned about the impacts of climate change, according to a report released by Johns Hopkins University Thursday.
