When the office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning & Economic Development (DMPED) launched its Economic Intelligence Dashboard in January, spokesman Joaquin McPeek painted it as “a continued effort of the Bowser Administration’s goal to use data to respond to residents’ needs and improve the District.”

Over the months since then, this mission has been carried out through the publishing of various city data sets, but also through the platform’s “chart of the week” project. Previous charts of past weeks have explored unemployment by ward, affordable housing and the educational background of D.C.’s residents.

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