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Latest Reports
How Alabama Taxes Compare, 2025
Each year, PARCA uses data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of State and Local Financesto compare Alabama’s tax Read the full release.
Mapping Alabama’s Public-Nonprofit Partnership
Mapping Alabama’s Public–Nonprofit Partnership examines how Alabama’s nonprofit sector functions as an essential partner in the delivery of public services. Read the full release.
Lower Fines and Fees Raise MORE Revenue than Higher Fines and Fees, Study Finds
New research indicates that lower fines and fees raise more revenue than higher ones, and that a “collections fee” that Read the full release.
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Latest Reports
Higher Expectations Set and Met
The Business Education Alliance of Alabama (BEA), with PARCA as its research partner, has released its 2026 report, HIGHER EXPECTATIONS Read the full release.
New Form Clouds Picture of Public School Enrollment Trends
A federally required change in reporting on student race and ethnicity in Alabama public schools has led to a precipitous Read the full release.
College-Going Patterns for Recent Alabama Public High School Graduates Shifting
More Alabama public high school graduates than ever are going to four-year colleges directly after graduation, according to the most Read the full release.
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Quality of LifeTopic
- 2020 Census
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Latest Reports
Mapping Alabama’s Public-Nonprofit Partnership
Mapping Alabama’s Public–Nonprofit Partnership examines how Alabama’s nonprofit sector functions as an essential partner in the delivery of public services. Read the full release.
Jefferson County Sees Lower Homicides and Drug Overdose Deaths So Far in 2025
Halfway through 2025, Birmingham’s homicide total is half what it was midyear 2024, a dramatic turnaround after a year of Read the full release.
New Data Shows Progress on Third Grade Reading Continues
Due to a new higher standard, the number and percentage of third graders who failed to meet the grade-level reading Read the full release.