National Civic Health Report Card
The first national read on America's civic health in over a decade.
- 2026–
- Spearheaded
- in development
- 50+
- 4
The country has spent a decade arguing about civic decline without a current national measurement to argue from. The last comprehensive read on America’s civic health is more than ten years old.
The National Civic Health Report Card is the first new one.
How it gets built
It runs on the federated authorship model underneath the Civic Health Index platform: partners in each state work the data themselves and author their own state’s findings, which roll up into the national picture. Nearly all 50 states plus the District of Columbia are participating.
That structure matters for a reason beyond logistics. A national report about states, written centrally, is a document states can dismiss. A national report that states co-author is one they have standing in — and are far more likely to act on.
Reading the country more than one way
Alongside the state sections, four demographic partners lead sections on youth, Latinos, women, and veterans.
A single national average hides most of what matters about civic life. Participation, trust, and connection vary far more between groups than the headline number suggests, and a report that only produces one figure per state would flatten exactly the differences a reader needs in order to do anything useful.
Forthcoming. This page will link to the report when it publishes.