Last month, the United States Census Bureau released the five-year 2018-2022 American Community Survey, also known as the ACS. This survey captures a variety of information on U.S. residents and households, including variables related to the digital divide. Fortunately, we…
Rural Indiana Stats (RIS) is always working to make information more accessible and insightful. We’re excited to introduce two new interactive maps in the Geographic Classification section that shed light on Indiana’s economic landscape. The first map, “Distressed Counties”, pulls…
Written by Roberto Gallardo and Angie Abbott. The COVID-19 pandemic shed a very bright light on homes and individuals that could not work from home, complete e-Learning, engage in telehealth, or do things online due to a lack of adequate…
The demand for artificial intelligence or AI-related skills is on the rise not only in the United States but also in the Midwest and Indiana. As per the Artificial Intelligence Index Report for 2023 published by Stanford University, the top…
Co-authors: Jon Myers, Rachel Armstrong, Mike Fulkerson, and Philip Roggow. The Southeast Indiana Small Business Development Center (SEISBDC) serves the 14-county region of Clark, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, Jackson, Jennings, Bartholomew, Jefferson, Ripley, Dearborn, Decatur, Ohio, Switzerland, and Franklin counties in…
For today’s post, we look at support networks among different groups in Indiana when it comes to internet and device help. This is another snippet of Indiana’s Digital Equity Landscape series. Indiana, like all other states and territories, is going…
This is the fourth post of our “Indiana’s Digital Equity Landscape” series. The previous posts looked at paid home internet among different groups, reasons why survey respondents did not pay for home internet, and ownership/reliability of home internet and devices.…
Before the steak sizzles on your grill, a lot happens behind the scenes of the meat counter – and most of it depends upon reliable communication. A newly awarded Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) from the United States Department of…