Description: Ratio of the share of local, elected officials of a racial or ethnic group to the share of residents of the same group
Additional notes:
This metric is intended to capture the extent to which groups are represented by their community’s elected leaders. Though we provide a community’s shares of residents by racial and ethnic group, we do not have data on the racial or ethnic makeup of local, elected officials. Communities will need to calculate these missing percentages to complete the descriptive representation metric. View our Planning Guide for Local Action to learn how to collect the information needed to complete this metric.
Learn more about the Mobility Metrics and how they were selected.
Years Available: 2021
Variable type: percentage
Files: 11_mobility-metrics_county_longitudinal.csv
61_mobility-metrics_place_longitudinal.csv