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Commerce Committee
Map Title:
Metro Area Job Automation Potential Map
Interactive: Yes
Printable: Yes
Description: This Governing.com map calculates the share of jobs that could potentially be automated within the 50 largest U.S. metropolitan areas. The Las Vegas, Nevada's metropolitan area had the highest susceptibility to automation and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California and Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina had the lowest. In Connecticut, 53.8% of Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford metropolitan area jobs were considered potentially automatable.
Map Title:
Where Nonprofits Are Mostly Prevalent in America
Interactive: No
Printable: Yes
Description: This 2019 Governing map shows the concentration of locally-focused nonprofit organizations across the country. In Connecticut, nonprofit organizations are generally concentrated in four metropolitan areas: (1) Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk (14.7 nonprofits per 10,000 residents), (2) Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford (13.1 nonprofits per 10,000 residents), (3) New Haven-Milford (12.6 nonprofits per 10,000 residents), and (4) Norwich-New London (11.9 nonprofits per 10,000 residents).
Map Title:
Born and Raised: The Parts of America With the Most Natives
Interactive: Yes
Printable: Yes
Description: Nationally, about half of adults age 25 and older live in the state where they were born, according to the most recent American Community Survey data from the Census Bureau. This data was mapped for all counties, showing where there are large concentrations of transplants or native-born residents. Connecticut is showing varying percentage rates of native- versus foreign-born adults.
Map Title:
Small Business Tax Index 2017
Interactive: No
Printable: Yes
Description: This Small Business Enterprise Counil map ranks states' tax environments for entrepreneurship and small business. Rankings are based on 26 tax measures, including income, capital gains, property, death, unemployment, and consumption taxes. Connecticut is ranked 41st among states.
Map Title:
Percent Change in Real GDP by State, 2018:Q4-2019:Q1
Interactive: No
Printable: Yes
Description: This Bureau of Economic Analysis map shows the percent change in gross domestic product (GDP) growth in each state from fourth quarter of 2018 to first quarter of 2019. GDP growth ranged from 5.2 percent in West Virginia to 1.2 percent in Hawaii. Connecticut's growth rate is 2.2 percent compared to the U.S. growth rate of 3.1 percent.
Map Title:
2019 United States Small Business Friendliness
Interactive: Yes
Printable: Yes
Description: Thumbtack.com's 2019 small business friendliness survey shows rankings of the best and worst cities and states in the country. The survey graded each state based on factors including licensing requirements, tax regulations, and labor and hiring regulations. (Connecticut earned a "C-.")
Map Title:
2018 Town Economic Profiles
Interactive: Yes
Printable: Yes
Description: The Connecticut Economic Resource Center produced a map showing economic profiles of each town for 2018.