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Long Term Impacts of the Key Bridge Collapse on Baltimore-area Residents Daily Lives

On March 26, 2024, Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed as the result of a container ship striking one of its main supports. The collapse tragically killed six workers and shuttered the Port of Baltimore for months, which disrupted international trade and resulted in a loss of income for thousands of port workers and workers […]

Baltimore gained population for the first time in a decade, new data shows

Originally published in The Baltimore Banner. Bader, who is also the director of the 21st Century Cities Initiative at JHU, said there are numerous factors that drive population change. It’s hard to to say exactlywhy some residents might have left but didn’t or why new ones moved here, he said. Along with a growing population, […]

73% of Baltimore-area residents are concerned about the impact of climate change, JHU report says

Originally published in CBS News. Residents in the Baltimore area are concerned about the impacts of climate change, according to a report released by Johns Hopkins University Thursday. The report is based on a 2023 Baltimore area survey of 1,532 respondents. 818 of the respondents were from Baltimore City, and 534 were from Baltimore County.  The study […]

Black Baltimoreans feel more climate anxiety, new survey finds

Originally published in The Baltimore Banner. When Sarah Broadwater first started a rose garden across the street from her East Baltimore home, more than 30 years ago, she hoped it would lend the oft-littered neighborhood some charm. The 89-year-old Milton-Montford resident still tends that garden, but today she also appreciates the measure of resilience it […]

Who cares about climate change? JHU study claims to upend stereotypes

Originally published in WMAR2. Baltimoreans who are black and wealthy – or poor and white – are the ones most likely to be concerned about climate change. That’s according to a new Hopkins study, which found significant racial and economic differences in Baltimoreans’ views on climate concerns. Only 62 percent of white Baltimore-area households who earn […]

Baltimore-area residents worry about effects of climate change on their lives

Originally published in JHU’s HUB. For Baltimore, climate change feels personal: Nearly three-quarters of city and county residents worry that climate change will hurt them, with that concern highest among the wealthiest Black households and the poorest white ones, according to a new report from the Johns Hopkins University’s 21st Century Cities Initiative. The findings challenge […]

Expectations of Future Climate Change Harm and Costs in the Baltimore Area

As Baltimore-area communities face increasing threats from climate events such as flooding and extreme heat, knowing how people may form different assessments of the impact of climate change on their life and their perceptions about how it may affect them. For Baltimore to have a climate resilient future, solutions will need to be responsive to […]

Survey of Baltimore-area residents shows slight decline in food insecurity in 2024

Originally published in CBS News. The number of food-insecure Baltimore-area residents declined by 7.5 percentage points between 2023 and 2024, according to a survey by Johns Hopkins.  The Baltimore Area Survey (BAS) asked a group of 1,492 Baltimore City and County residents how they felt about food and transportation access, local government, schools and other aspects […]

Hopkins survey: Fewer Black residents were food insecure in 2024, but racial disparity remains

Originally published in the Baltimore Fishbowl Far fewer Baltimore-area residents experienced food insecurity in 2024 than in 2023, although food insecurity continues to disproportionately impact Black people, according to a new survey by Johns Hopkins University. The annual survey by Hopkins’ 21st Century Cities Initiative found that 28% of residents were food insecure in 2024, […]

Survey shows decline in Baltimore-area food insecurity, though disparities persist

Originally published in JHU’s the HUB Fewer Baltimore-area residents experienced food insecurity last year than in 2023 even though researchers found profound racial disparities with hunger and access to grocery stores, according to the latest results from an annual survey by Johns Hopkins University’s 21st Century Cities Initiative. One of the starkest findings of the Baltimore Area […]