A national research initiative
The U.S. Local Economic Resilience Index
A new methodology grading every U.S. county — and every state — on its capacity to withstand, absorb and recover from an economic downturn. We're developing it in the open and inviting founding research partners to help validate, refine and publish it.
State scores are ranked within the 50 states + D.C. — a national overview, not the county grade. Hover a state; click to open the full index.
3,222
counties graded A–F
50 + DC
states, same methodology
2020–22
out-of-time validation
Universities, think tanks, municipal organizations and foundations: we're inviting a small group of founding research partners to help validate the methodology. Sponsors support the research — they do not influence the methodology or the findings.