2017
Good news and bad news, January 5, 2017 Positive trends in San Angelo included decreases in the elderly poverty level and the percent of persons under age 65 without health insurance. Several measures of violence such as crime, child abuse, and suicide, however, increased.
Too much violence, February 2, 2017 An important observation from the WTVI is that violence levels in this part of West Texas have generally exceeded state levels for quite some time.
Progress made in poverty fight, March 2, 2017 The realization that San Angelo’s standard of living increase diminishes any celebration of the reduced poverty level for the city.
The importance of equal distribution, April 6, 2017 ACS data shows that the top households in the San Angelo metro area averaged 12 times more income than those at the bottom during the recession period preceding the oil-boom years.
Rights for disabled improve, May 4, 2017 The poverty rate among individuals with disabilities plummeted by 25% from 2009 to 2015.
Opportunity varies by neighborhood, June 1, 2017 Certain qualities of the work people do contributes to economic separation in the city’s neighborhoods.
Boom and bust eras affect youth, July 6, 2017 Between the sluggish and the booming economic periods, young adult participation in San Angelo’s labor force plunged nearly 10 percentage points. from an average of 72.6 to the average 63.1 percent.
Gauging women’s health care, August 3, 2017 San Angelo residents experience a high risk of exposure to common STDs/STIs; higher risk than average for urban areas in West Texas, and higher risk than Texans in general.
Immigration, naturalization has changed the city, September 7, 2017 Naturalized citizenship in San Angelo increased by 76% from 2007 to 2013 while the number of unauthorized residents plummeted by 40 percent.
Where kids are at a disadvantage, October 5, 2017 Sharp differences separate the social and economic conditions that children experience in San Angelo neighborhoods
Income inequality growing, November 2, 2017 Changing household income patterns in San Angelo show that income differences between the city’s racial and ethnic groups are closing.
Children/elders areas see less crime, December 7, 2017. Children and seniors living in low dependency areas of San Angelo face nearly two-to-one odds of being exposed to crime compared to their peers in more age-dependent neighborhoods.