More than a million people who live in Baltimore City (565,239) and Baltimore County (844,703) and thousands more tourists and commuters could be impacted in the coming months by the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge on March 26. U.S. Census…
Author: Anne Whitaker, Editor
U.S Capital Expenditures in Robotic Equipment totaled $12,960 million
U.S. capital expenditures for robotic equipment totaled $12,960 million (not statistically different than 2021 spending) and accounted for 1.1% of total equipment expenditures in 2022, according to new Annual Capital Expenditures Survey (ACES) estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau today. ACES…
Half of Americans Plan to View Today’s Eclipse
About half of Americans plan to view todays total solar eclipse, those in the direct path are more likely to have concrete plans for their participation. According to a survey from YouGov that talked to about 37,000 adults last week,…
Southern States Had Higher Than Average Share of Adults Age 30 and Over Who Lived With Grandchildren in 2021
About 6.7 million people or 3.3% of adults age 30 and over lived with their grandchildren in 2021, according to a recently released U.S. Census Bureau report on the characteristics and geography of grandparents living with grandchildren under the age of 18…
Most Wine Drinkers Can’t Tell a $10 bottle from a $100 One
A new survey by YouGov asked Americans about their wine-drinking habits: how healthy it is, what they look for. Most only drink occasionally and say they consider it healthy when they do. They’re more likely to believe it’s beneficial than…
About 20% of Parents Reported Difficulty Getting Infant Formula in Summer 2023, Down 35% from Fall 2022
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…
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…