>Data For Good<
Harness the power of geographic data to: - Illuminate the lived experiences of individuals and communities
- Expose social and economic inequality
- Support the development of equitable, sustainable, and resilient cities
Jason R. Jurjevich, PhD
School of Geography, Development & Environment
University of Arizona
Present
University of Arizona
2010
PhD in Geography, University of Arizona
2005
MA in Geography, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
2000
BBA in Accounting, University of Wisconsin—Whitewater
As a broadly trained human geographer, I use critical quantitative methods to expose social and economic inequality in cities. I have a particular interest in the census, migration, and housing, with recent work examining housing injustice in Baltimore and Tucson. Currently, I am an Assistant Professor in the School of Geography, Development & Environment at the University of Arizona.
Since 2010, my work has been cited in numerous media outlets, including National Public Radio (NPR), Univision, CityLab, Governing Magazine, New York Times Magazine, Atlantic Cities, and The Chronicle of Higher Education.
In 2018, I launched Census 20/20, a nationwide-focused project to foster community preparedness and inspire individual action to support a fair and accurate census in 2020.
In September 2022, I launched my most recent project, Mapping Racist Covenants. This project highlights the breadth of racist covenants, conditions, and restrictions (CCRs) across neighborhoods and subdivisions in Tucson between 1912 -1968 using interactive web-based mapping.
Articles, Datasets, Book Chapters, and Reports
Research Article
Summer 2026
Hannah K. Friedrich,Beth Tellman, Jason R. Jurjevich, Mark Kear, and Laura Bakkensen. “Do Battle With Insurance”: Post- Hurricane Insurance Litigation in Southwest Louisiana." The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences.
Research Article
February 2026
Jason R. Jurjevich. “Census Undercounts, Digital Displacement, and Data Justice: What Social Scientists and Data Users Need to Know About the 2020 US Census." International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (IJURR). DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.70069
Dataset
September 2025
Jason R. Jurjevich, Yoga Korgaonkar, Christine Kollen, Arden Holloway, and Liz Wilshin. “Data and Geographic Shapefiles for Mapping Racist Covenants in Tucson, AZ." University of Arizona Research Data Repository. DOI: 10.25422/azu.data.25447900
Work featured in Arizona Daily Star
Work featured in UA News
Research Article
March 2025
Jason R. Jurjevich, Katie Meehan, Nicholas M.J.W. Chun, and Greg Schrock. “Advancing Methods for Comparative Urban Research: A City-Centric Protocol and Longitudinal Dataset for US Metropolitan Statistical Areas.”
PLOS One. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0316750
Research Article
December 2024
Katie Meehan, Jason R. Jurjevich, Lucy Everitt, Nicholas M.J.W. Chun, and Justin Sherrill. “Water Access Worsens for Low-Income Households of Color in Elite US Metros.” Nature Cities. DOI: 10.1038/s44284-024-00180-z
Research Article
June 2024
Jason R. Jurjevich and Dillon Mahmoudi. “The Ground Rent Machine: The Story of Race, Housing Inequality, and Dispossession in Baltimore, Maryland.” Annals of the American Association of Geographers. 114(7): 1505-1525.
DOI: 10.1080/24694452.2024.2353172
Comprehensive Report
September 2021
Katie Meehan, Jason R. Jurjevich, Alison Griswold, Nicholas M.J.W. Chun, and Justin Sherrill. “Plumbing Poverty in US Cities: A Report on Gaps and Trends in Household Water Access, 2000 to 2017.” DOI: 10.18742/pub01-601
Work featured in The Guardian
Work featured in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
Work highlighted on Wisconsin Public Radio (WPR)
Research Article
November 2020
Katie Meehan, Jason R. Jurjevich, Nicholas M.J.W. Chun, and Justin Sherrill. “Geographies of Insecure Water Access and the Housing-Water Nexus in US CIties.” DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2007361117
Work featured in The Guardian
Work featured in CNN
Research Article
March 2019
Jennifer L. Rice, Daniel Aldana Cohen, Joshua Long, and Jason R. Jurjevich. “Contradictions of the Climate-Friendly City: New Perspectives on Eco-Gentrification and Housing Justice.” IJURR: International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. DOI: 10.1111/1468-2427.12740
Research Article
April 2019
Jason R. Jurjevich. “Confronting Statistical Uncertainty in Rural America: Toward More Certain Data-Driven Policymaking Using American Community Survey (ACS) Data,” in The Geographical Analysis of Population—Essays in Honor of David A. Plane. Rachel A. Franklin, editor. London: Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-9231-3_7
Research Article
April 2018
Jason R. Jurjevich, Amy L. Griffin, Seth E. Spielman, David C. Folch, Meg Merrick, and Nicholas N. Nagle. “Navigating Statistical Uncertainty: How Urban and Regional Planners Understand and Work with American Community Survey (ACS) Data.” Journal of the American Planning Association. DOI: 10.1080/01944363.2018.1440182
*Selected by JAPA editors as a finalist for 2018 Paper of the Year.
Research Article
September 2012
Jason R. Jurjevich and David A. Plane. “Voters on the Move: Compositional Effects of Migration on State Partisan Politics.” Political Geography. 31(7):429-443. DOI: 10.1016/j.polgeo.2012.08.003
Research Article
January 2009
David A. Plane and Jason R. Jurjevich. “Ties that No Longer Bind? The Patterns and Repercussions of Age-Articulated Migration Up and Down the US Urban Hierarchy.” Professional Geographer. 61(1): 4-20. DOI: 10.1080/00330120802577558
Census 2020 Research
Census 20/20 Report
2021. Effects of Differential Privacy Among Communities of Color in Southern Arizona
Census 20/20 Report
2020. Toward an Accurate Census: Projections of Arizona’s Hard-to-Count (HTC) Population in Census 2020
Census 20/20 Report
2019. Funding Community-Based Outreach for a Fair and Accurate Census 2020 Count in Oregon