The 2020 Census reveals that Baltimore’s population is at its lowest point in a century. How to reverse the shrinking trend? Seema Iyer oversees the Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance, which collects community-level data on hundreds of factors--like income, education, and employment. Iyer blames the slump on lack of access--access to transit, access to the internet, even access to capital. Check out BNIA's latest report - Vital Signs 19 - as well as videos on that data.Then, what do the Census numbers mean for the state’s electoral maps? Josh Kurtz of Maryland Matterspreviews the political shake-up to come. Find more of Maryland Matters reporting on redistricting here.

The 2020 Census reveals that Baltimore&rsquo;s population is at its lowest point in a century. How to reverse the shrinking trend? Seema Iyer oversees the <a href="https://bniajfi.org/">Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance</a>, which collects community-level data on hundreds of factors--like income, education, and employment. Iyer blames the slump on lack of access--access to transit, access to the internet, even access to capital. Check out BNIA's latest report - <a href="https://bniajfi.org/vital_signs/fullreport/">Vital Signs 19</a> - as well as videos on that data.Then, what do the Census numbers mean for the state&rsquo;s electoral maps? Josh Kurtz of <a href="https://www.marylandmatters.org/">Maryland Matters</a> previews <a href="https://www.marylandmatters.org/2021/08/13/analysis-the-census-data-and-the-political-reordering-to-come-in-md/">the political shake-up to come</a>. Find more of Maryland Matters reporting on redistricting <a href="https://www.marylandmatters.org/category/politics/">here</a>.

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Baltimore City Shrinks, Maryland Redistricts. The 2020 Census Numbers In Play.

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