In 2022, the United States experienced an infant formula shortage [PDF 10.4 MB] due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a large voluntary recall, and related supply chain issues. Data show that ‘obtained formula at a different store than where they usually shopped’ was…
Author: Anne Whitaker, Editor
Baseball is Back!!
The national pastime comes to us courtesy of 29 teams from 25 metropolitan areas across the United States and one team from Canada. The American League and the National League each have five teams in three divisions: East, Central and…
More Counties Saw Population Gains in 2023
More U.S. counties experienced population gains than losses in 2023, as counties in the South saw faster growth and more Northeast and Midwest counties had population losses turn to gains, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2023 estimates of population and…
Where do the Main Party Candidates Rank on Some Major Issues for the American People?
In a YouGov poll from last month, Americans were asked if they believed former president Trump or current President Joe Biden would handle issues better than the other if elected this year. Biden comes out on top in health care,…
“Excess Mortality” during COVID-19 Varied by Race, Ethnicity, Geography
An additional 573,000 people died in the United States during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic but “excess mortality” at the national level masks substantial variations by state, age, sex, and race and ethnicity, according to new U.S. Census Bureau research recently published…
How Many U.S. Businesses Offer Health Insurance to Employees?
About 86% of U.S. private-sector employees worked for establishments that offered employer-sponsored health insurance, according to a 3-year average based on 2020-2022 data collected by the Insurance Component of the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS-IC). At the state level, the…
Nearly 327,000 in U.S. Lived in Emergency and Transitional Shelters
Nearly 327,000 people in the United States experiencing homelessness lived in shelters, a small proportion (0.1%) of the U.S. population from 2018 to 2022 but higher than from 2013 to 2017, according to American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates released…
Gender Pay Gap Similar Among Certificate Degree Graduates and Those from Highly Selective Bachelor Degree Programs But Reasons Why Differ
The gender wage gap — the difference between what men and women earn — is an often-cited marker of the progress women are making in the work force typically measured by comparing the average earnings of men and women. Previous…
Income Inequality Linked to Social Vulnerability to Disasters
The share of residents socially vulnerable to disasters is higher in counties where income inequality is the same as or greater than the national average, according to a U.S. Census Bureau analysis. The analysis of the Census Bureau’s Community Resilience Estimates…
Would a Trump Conviction Move His Voters?
Despite four pending criminal cases pending against former President Donald Trump, the Republican primary voters have rallied around him. But would him being convicted affect voter preferences come November? Yahoo News/YouGov surveys have tracked the preferences in the upcoming rematch…