Over 75.7 million or 28.3% of the U.S. population age 16 and up formally volunteered through an organization between September 2022 and September 2023, approaching a return to pre-pandemic levels of volunteerism, according to joint research by the U.S. Census Bureau and…
Author: Anne Whitaker, Editor
How Do Policies and Expenses Affect Supplemental Poverty Rates?
Earlier this year, the U.S. Census Bureau released data which showed that the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) increased half a percentage point to 12.9% from 2022 to 2023. But how did anti-poverty programs and necessary expenses affect that rate? A data tool…
Share of Coupled Households With Children Declined in 2023
The share of both same-sex and opposite-sex households with children under 18 — married and unmarried — declined from 2019 to 2023, a reflection of drops in U.S. fertility rates. Married same-sex couples were more likely than their unmarried counterparts to…
A Look at Veteran-Owned Businesses
Veterans owned about 5.4% or 304,823 of the nation’s 5,681,118 employer businesses with at least one paid employee in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2022 Annual Business Survey (ABS). The largest share of veteran-owned employer businesses were in the Professional,…
Veterans Day 2024
Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 making it an annual observance, and it became a national holiday in 1938. Sixteen…
As Election Day Nears, So Do Fears about Trump’s Fitness for Office
Americans are becoming more likely to say that former President (and current republican nominee) Donald Trump, 78, is too old to be President. However, that number is still lower than the number who said the same thing about President Joe…
Child Supplemental Poverty Measure Below Official Rate in 46 States
The U.S. Census Bureau recently released its annual report, Poverty in the United States: 2023, which found the 2023 national official poverty rate of children under 18 was higher than the child Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM). But was that the case…
More Than 60% of U.S. Pharmacists are Women, but They’re Earning Less Than Their Male Counterparts
The role of pharmacists has undergone a profound transformation over the years, evolving from traditional medication dispensers to experts in drug information and medication management who play a pivotal role in patient care and safety. October is American Pharmacists Month, providing…
A Profile of the Nation’s Hispanic-Owned Businesses
About 7.1% of the nation’s 5,681,118 employer firms (businesses with at least one paid employee) in the United States were Hispanic-owned in 2021 and the construction sector had the largest number of Hispanic-owned businesses, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.…
Hurricane Helene’s Impact on the Socially Vulnerable in North Carolina
About 577,000 people (20.2%) living in the 27 counties in North Carolina under a major disaster declaration after Hurricane Helene had high social vulnerability to disasters, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Community Resilience Estimates (CRE). Those areas and one tribal area…