June 25, 2009
World's Population Getting Older
The world's 65-and-older population is projected to triple by midcentury, from 516 million in 2009 to 1.53 billion in 2050, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. In the United States, the population 65 and older will more than double by...Read rest of entry
June 12, 2009
High-Speed More Prevelant Than Dial-Up!
New data from the U.S. Census Bureau show that 62 percent of households reported using Internet access in the home in 2007, an increase from 18 percent in 1997. The 2007 Internet and Computer Use Supplement to the Current Population...Read rest of entry
May 29, 2009
Disability Information From 2007 ACS
According to the 2007 American Community Survey, 41.2 million people have some level of disability. They represent 15 percent of the civilian noninstitutionalized population 5 and older. Six percent of children 5 to 15 have disabilities, 12 percent of people...Read rest of entry
May 15, 2009
Nation's Population Growing Older, More Diverse
The U.S. Census Bureau's newly released national population estimates show that our nation is becoming older and more racially and ethnically diverse. The estimates found that nearly half (47 percent) of the nation's children younger than five were a minority...Read rest of entry
May 01, 2009
Educational Attainment in the United States
Educational Attainment in the United States: 2008 is a series of tables containing data by characteristics such as age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, occupation, industry, nativity, citizenship status and period of entry. Highlights include: Workers with a high...Read rest of entry
April 16, 2009
And the Answer Is...
37.9 million. This is the number (based on 2007 Population Estimates) of people 65 and older in the United States on July 1, 2007, accounting for 13 percent of the total population. Between 2006 and 2007, this age group increased...Read rest of entry
April 03, 2009
Estimates Data
Raleigh-Cary, NC, and Austin-Round Rock, TX, were the nation’s fastest-growing metro areas between 2007 and 2008, according to July 1, 2008 population estimates for the nation’s metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas and counties. 94 of the 100 counties (with a...Read rest of entry
March 19, 2009
First Data Released From the 2007 Economic Census
Preliminary data from the 2007 Economic Census is now available! The advance report is the first in a series of industry and geographic area data, including information for more than 1,000 communities not available from previous censuses. The report is...Read rest of entry
March 06, 2009
School Enrollment in the United States
School Enrollment in the United States: 2007 contains eight detailed tables based on statistics collected in the October School Enrollment Supplement to the Current Population Survey. The national-level data are shown by characteristics such as age, sex, race, Hispanic origin,...Read rest of entry
February 20, 2009
38 Million Foreign-Born Live in the United States
According to a new analysis of data about the U.S. foreign-born population from the 2007 American Community Survey (ACS), there were an estimated 38 million people living in the United States who were born outside of the country. Mexico tops...Read rest of entry
February 10, 2009
New Educational Attainment Data Available
A larger percentage of foreign-born than native-born residents had a master's degree or higher in 2007, according to the report Educational Attainment in the United States: 2007. Nationally, 11 percent of foreign-born - people from another country now living in...Read rest of entry
January 23, 2009
Health Care and Social Assistance
Overall, health care and social assistance revenue increased 6.8 percent in 2007 to $1.66 trillion, up from $1.56 trillion in 2006. Revenue for continuing care retirement communities grew 10.1 percent to $20 billion. Revenue for hospitals grew 6.5 percent in...Read rest of entry
January 09, 2009
January 1, 2009 Population!
The U.S. Census Bureau projected the January 1, 2009, total U.S. population to be 305,529,237 — up 2,743,429 (0.9 percent), from New Year’s Day 2008. In January 2009, one birth is expected to occur every eight seconds in the United...Read rest of entry
December 23, 2008
2008 State Population Estimates Are Here!
Six of the 10 fastest-growing states from 2007 to 2008 were Rocky Mountain states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Utah (fastest growing state), and Wyoming. Three others lined the South Atlantic coast: Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The West was...Read rest of entry
December 12, 2008
Midsized Places
Nine midsized places (cities and towns with populations between 20,000 and 64,999) have median family income exceeding $150,000: Los Altos, California; Darien, Connecticut; Westport, Connecticut; Lake Forest, Illinois; Bethesda, Maryland; Potomac, Maryland; Southlake, Texas; University Park, Texas; and McLean, Virginia....Read rest of entry
November 28, 2008
North American Transportation Statistics Database
This on-line database presents information on transportation and transportation-related activities among Canada, the United States and Mexico, both within individual countries and between the countries. This database, presented in French, English, and Spanish, is accessible in table and time series...Read rest of entry
November 14, 2008
Holiday Rush
$30.5 billion - - Retail sales by the nation's department stores (including leased departments) in December 2007. This represented a 42 percent jump from the previous month (when retail sales, many holiday-related, registered $21.5 billion). No other month-to-month increase in...Read rest of entry
October 31, 2008
State and Local Employees
Local governments accounted for 12.1 million full-time equivalent employees, and state governments had 4.3 million. Most full-time equivalent state and local employees worked in education (8.8 million), hospitals (989,000), police protection (933,000) and corrections (731,000). These data, and much more,...Read rest of entry
October 16, 2008
Capital Expenditures By US Businesses
Capital spending by all US businesses rose 14.3 percent to a record high $1.31 trillion, in 2006. This represents a $165 billion increase from the $1.14 trillion in capital spending reported in 2005 and surpasses the previous high of $1.16...Read rest of entry
October 03, 2008
Federal Government Expenditures in 2007
Retirement and disability payments to individuals accounted for $783 billion (more than 30 percent) of total federal spending in 2007. Of that amount, 80 percent, or $623 billion, went to Social Security recipients. Social Security was composed of retirement insurance...Read rest of entry
September 19, 2008
Unmarried and Single Americans Week
In 2006 there were 86 unmarried men 18 and older for every 100 unmarried women in the United States. 54 percent of unmarried Americans 18 and older were women. There were 904 dating service establishments nationwide as of 2002. These...Read rest of entry
September 04, 2008
Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States
Based on information collected in the 2008 and earlier Annual Social and Economic Supplements (ASEC) to the Current Population Survey (CPS) conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau, real median household income increased between 2006 and 2007 (the third annual increase),...Read rest of entry
August 22, 2008
The 65 and older age group is projected to increase to 88.5 million in 2050, more than doubling the number in 2008 (38.7 million). The 85 and older population is expected to more than triple, from 5.4 million to 19...Read rest of entry
August 08, 2008
Nonemployers are Big Business
In 2006, more than 20.7 million U.S. businesses without a payroll (nonemployers) had a total revenue of more than $970 billion. Three economic sectors accounted for almost half of all nonemployer business receipts: real estate and rental and leasing ($193...Read rest of entry
July 24, 2008
Unmarried and Single Americans Week (September 21-27, 2008)
In 2006, there were 92 million unmarried Americans 18 and older - 42 percent of all US residents 18 and older. Of unmarried Americans 18 and older, 60 percent have never been married. For every 100 unmarried women in the...Read rest of entry
July 10, 2008
National Processing Center Turns 50
The National Processing Center opened its doors on July 1, 1958, as a temporary facility to prepare and process work for the censuses of business, manufacturers and minerals industry, and the 1960 Census. Fifty years later, NPC has grown into...Read rest of entry
June 26, 2008
World Population Approaches 7 Billion
World population is projected to reach 7 billion in 2012 says the Census Bureau's International Data Base (IDB). The latest projections show world population growing at a slower pace during the first half of the 21st century than the latter...Read rest of entry
June 13, 2008
Veterans Earn More
Women veterans had higher salaries than nonveterans in 2005, but they also worked more hours in a week and more weeks out of the year, according to a new analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Women veterans earned...Read rest of entry
May 29, 2008
Fewer Mothers With a Recent Birth Rely on Government Assistance Than in 1996
The report, Participation of Mothers in Government Assistance Programs: 2004 (PDF - 452 KB), analyzes the socioeconomic characteristics of mothers participating in six different public assistance programs. It shows that in 1996, 42 percent of mothers with a birth in...Read rest of entry
May 16, 2008
Support Not Just For Children
Support payments totaled $43.4 billion in 2005, an average of $5,600 per provider annually. Data from the Support Providers: 2005. This report shows that monetary support is primarily for children, although it also includes support for other non-household members, such...Read rest of entry
May 01, 2008
Money from Uncle Sam
The federal government disbursed $2.45 trillion in domestic spending in 2006, representing a 7.5 percent increase in federal spending over 2005. Per capita spending among states was highest for Louisiana ($16,263). Mississippi was second ($14,516), followed by Alaska ($13,805). The...Read rest of entry
April 17, 2008
Pollution is a Big Deal
In 2005, pollution abatement capital expenditures amounted to $5,907.8 million. Of this total, $3,112.7 million was attributed to treatment/capture, $372.6 million to recycling, $318.3 million to disposal, and $2,104.2 million to prevention. Pollution abatement operating costs amounted to $20,677.6 million....Read rest of entry
April 04, 2008
July 1, 2007 Population Estimates for Metropolitan and Micropolitan Areas
The 50 fastest-growing metro areas were concentrated in two regions - 27 in the South and 20 in the West. New York was the most populous metro area on July 1, 2007, with 18.8 million people, followed by Los Angeles...Read rest of entry
March 21, 2008
New Orleans' Parishes Top Nation in Population Growth Rate
St. Bernard and Orleans, two Louisiana parishes hit hard by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, were the nation's fastest-growing counties in 2007, according to the newest population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. St. Bernard, the nation's fastest-losing county from...Read rest of entry
March 06, 2008
Treasure Trove of Data on County and Cities!
For cities with populations of 25,000 or more, Redmond, WA was the rainiest with an annual average of 82.86 inches. Calexico, CA and El Centro, CA both had the distinction of having the lowest annual precipitation at 2.96 inches. On...Read rest of entry
February 22, 2008
Women's History Month Coming in March
Did you know there are about 84,000 female police officers, 9,000 women firefighters, 315,000 lawyers, 278,000 physicians and surgeons, and 37,000 pilots in the United States? March is Women’s History Month and to help celebrate, our Facts for Features site...Read rest of entry
February 08, 2008
New Estimates Released!
The Census Bureau has released July 1, 2007 estimates showing the total number of residents in each state, the total population age 18 and older, and the percentage of the total population 18 and older (the estimates do not reflect...Read rest of entry
January 25, 2008
Super Bowl - Super Cities
New York ranks first on the list of the nation's most populous cities with an estimated 8.3 million people. Boston ranks 23rd with 595,698 people, and Glendale ranks 16th with 6.3 million people. Super Bowl XLII will be played Feb....Read rest of entry
January 10, 2008
Ancestry
Thirty-six million US residents claim Irish ancestry. Irish is the second most reported ancestry, trailing only German. Twenty-four percent of Massachusetts residents are of Irish ancestry, compared to a corresponding rate of 12 percent for the nation as a whole....Read rest of entry
