New Mexico is a sparsely-populated, rural state with many older adults without means of transportation. I'm writing a grant proposal and asking for funding for older adults public transportation. To justify my ask, I'm using population data coupled with transportation data.
"In New Mexico 18,013 older adults aged 65 years or older do not have a vehicle (US Census, American Community Survey 2016-2020 5‐Year Estimates, Table B25045). Further, New Mexico has the 6th lowest population density among all U.S. States – 17 residents per square mile – therefore, making travel to resources difficult and lengthy."
Ideas for other ACS data sources to justify my funding request?
Thanks!
Food Desert data?
The Food Access Research Atlas:
Presents a spatial overview of food access indicators for low-income and other census tracts using different measures of supermarket accessibility; Provides food access data for populations within census tracts; and Offers census-tract-level data on food access that can be downloaded for community planning or research purposes.
Data Sources : Estimates in the Atlas for 2015 are based on a 2015 list of supermarkets, the 2010 Decennial Census, and the 2010-14 American Community Survey (ACS). The estimates for 2010 are based on a 2010 list of supermarkets, the 2010 Decennial Census, and the 2006-10 ACS.
In the 2017 report, a directory of supermarkets, supercenters, and large grocery stores within the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii, was derived from merging the 2015 STARS directory of stores authorized to accept SNAP benefits and the 2015 Trade Dimensions TDLinx directory of stores.
For more information, please refer to: www.ers.usda.gov/.../
Oh, yes, great ideas! Thank you!