Insights Archives

More than half a million Minnesotans experienced poverty last year. Guests, including Compass Project Director Allison Liuzzi, talk about financial insecurity and how guaranteed income programs are helping families obtain financial health and well-being.

In this article, we’ll look at ways individuals can gain and demonstrate leadership skills and influence without formal education or training. These skills and influence can be brought to bear in formal settings—like the workplace or in political office—but they are also powerful on the ground, in communities, and in informal settings.

 For our 2023 Compass Points, we are seeing more Minnesota quality of life indicators than usual moving in the wrong direction, with 14 of our 27 featured measures flagged as trending worse. So how did we decide if an indicator measured the same, better, or worse than past years? IT Analyst Megan Chmielewski shares our staff's decision-making process, and our latest findings.

The U.S. Census Bureau's Small Business Pulse Survey measured the pandemic's impact on the nation's small businesses. The survey was discontinued in April 2022, but we've pulled together a few final insights from the Minnesota data that we analyzed.

National Engineers Week each February offers us a great opportunity to learn more about the engineering workforce. Here are five facts you may not have known about Minnesota's engineers.

Minnesota Compass has retired its COVID-19 data section after nearly three years. We share where you can find current data, including on our website.

Our mncompass.org users frequently ask Compass staff if they can get more data on a specific demographic group not represented on our website. Research Associate Anne Li shares three things to know about our demographic data and why it can be difficult to retrieve specific data.

We're unveiling a new landing page to make it easier for people to access data, analysis, and resources to aid in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts.

Part two of looking at pathways for high school graduates includes paths like the military, apprenticeships, and work.