Key Finding: In 2025, an estimated 57.2% of scored eighth graders reached Proficient or Advanced in English Language Arts (ELA). This was 10.4 percentage points below the 2018 rate. The estimate cover...
Police funding rises as housing, Food Justice grants, and pension allocations fall. Key Finding: Pittsburgh’s preliminary 2027 budget raises the Police Bureau allocation while ending a new Housing Opp...
Key Finding: The proposed 2027 operating budget gives Human Services a smaller share of the total than in 2026, while a defined grouping of law enforcement, jail and juvenile placement spending gains ...
Key Finding: ADI identified 666 recorded ICE arrests and 100 ICE detainer requests in the Pittsburgh metro area from January through July 2026. The arrest count rose from 61 in January to 192 in July—...
Key Finding: This brief draws on an ADI report prepared for a housing advocacy group working in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh. It examines redevelopment and demographic change to inform ...
Key Finding: A refreshed public-data snapshot identifies 980 reported automated license plate reader (ALPR) records within Allegheny County. This is a fuller view than ADI’s August 27 extract of...
Key Finding: Pittsburgh had the highest estimated residential electricity price among the 11 metropolitan areas examined. In 2024, Pittsburgh’s estimated residential price was 19.46 cents per kilowatt...
Key Finding: The number of Allegheny County residents receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, commonly called SNAP, increased substantially between 1997 and 2023. This increase o...
Key Finding: From 2016 through 2025, 17,871 nonbusiness bankruptcy cases were filed in Allegheny County, according to U.S. Courts county-level statistics. Federal bankruptcy records do not identify th...
Key Finding: The Allegheny Data Institute’s first DeFlock-derived snapshot identifies 114 mapped automated license plate reader (ALPR) locations within Allegheny County. The locations are not an...
Key Finding: Today, it was announced that the national debt had exceeded $40 trillion dollars. From 2001 through 2025, the federal government accumulated about $24.2 trillion in net deficits. Over the...
Key Finding: In Allegheny County, income and home values are concentrated at the top. The top 20% bring in half of all income, and the top 20% of residential properties make up half of all housing val...
Key Finding: Median earnings increased for both men and women in Allegheny County between 2009 and 2024. During that time, the earnings gap between men and women became somewhat smaller when measured ...
Key Finding: Per-person income increased for every racial and ethnic group shown in Allegheny County between 2009 and 2024. However, the income gaps between groups remained large. The percentage diffe...
The Allegheny Data Institute aims to make public data about life in Allegheny County accessible and comprehensible for everyone. Focused on promoting equity and understanding systemic injustices, the ...
Key Finding: Health and Welfare spending declined by 10.32 percentage points as a share of the county operating budget from 2005 to 2025, while Public Safety spending increased by 4.14 percentage poin...