Welcome to the Prosperity Now Scorecard, a comprehensive resource for data on household financial health, racial economic inequality and policy recommendations to help put everyone in our country on a path to prosperity.
The people of the United States have persevered in the face of a hostile political and economic environment over the past three years. The affirmative decisions to restrict access to health care, particularly for women; to no longer provide fair housing protections to renters, particularly Black renters; and to cut SNAP benefits for more than 3 million men, women, and children—among many other policy and administrative actions—have had overlapping and cascading effects on the economic well-being of many U.S. households. In response, there has been strong collective action in communities across the country regarding how to improve our social and legislative environments.
By highlighting national, state, and local data trends in outcomes and state policy responses, the 2020 Prosperity Now Scorecard reveals prospective steps we can take to improve the climate of our country. While some national economic indicators reflect the slow, consistent recovery that has marked the past 8 years—surging stock market values; unemployment rates below 4%; foreclosure rates below 1%; and household poverty rates returning to their pre-recession levels—there remains significant opportunity for legislators and policy advocates to address the drivers of economic inequality, and to develop a more comprehensive distribution of the recovery’s benefits among all U.S. residents.
We invite you to learn more about the Scorecard and read the 2020 findings at https://scorecard.prosperitynow.org/main-findings