Where are the most racially and ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the United States? In 2020, Anchorage, Alaska had the top four most diverse census tracts (small county subdivisions used to represent neighborhoods) and Indiana the nation’s two least diverse, according to an interactive tool and supplemental tables from…
Author: Anne Whitaker, Editor
Cashiers Among Lowest Paid Retail Workers
From assisting customers to ringing up sales, retail workers are the economic backbone of the nation’s retail industry, especially during the busy holiday shopping season. In 2022, 9.2 million workers were employed as retail salespersons, cashiers or first-line supervisors of…
Men Earned More Than Women, Even When They Had Bachelors Degrees In The Same Field
Even among bachelor’s degree holders in the same field of study, women generally earned significantly less than men in 2022, according to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. A recently released table package shows that men with a bachelor’s…
Most Americans Speak Only English at Home or Speak English “Very Well”
Over three-quarters (78.3%) of the nation age 5 and older spoke only English at home, according to newly released 2018-2022 American Community Survey (ACS), 5-year estimates. This is a decrease from 78.7% in 2013-2017, the most recent nonoverlapping five-year period. Among those…
Americans Say Rising Antisemitism Is A Serious Problem
Americans believe in increasing numbers that there has been an increase in hate crimes across the country and many think that antisemitism is becoming a serious problem. Few adults agree with the extreme statements that say things such as “The…
About 1 in 5 Parents Relied on a Relative for Childcare
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the lives of the nation’s estimated 62.7 million parents with children under age 18 as access to paid, unpaid or subsidized child care and school supervision ended for many. The recent end of pandemic relief funds…
More Than One-Third of U.S. Counties Had Declining Poverty Rates in 2018-2022
The U.S. national poverty rate declined significantly to 12.5% during the 5-year period from 2018 to 2022, according to American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates released today. The rate was down from 14.6% during 2013-2017, the most recent nonoverlapping 5-year…
Half of Americans Back Israel’s Military Action in Gaza
Half of Americans approve of the Israeli Military’s actions in Gaza, and 45% disapprove, according to polling from Gallup conducted several weeks after Hamas launched an attack on Israel leading to the military operation. Views on the war seem to…
New Study Ranks Maryland Second as the State Most Likely to Suffer From Sleep Disorders
New data has revealed the states most likely to suffer from sleep disorders. The study, conducted by sleep experts Eachnight, analyzed online search data for keywords, including ‘insomnia’ and ‘narcolepsy’, per 100,000 people to determine the top ten states with…
About 8.2 Million People Moved States in 2022
The number of people who moved between states rose from nearly 7.9 million people in 2021 to approximately 8.2 million people in 2022, according to newly released U.S. Census Bureau estimates. The American Community Survey (ACS) shows state-to-state movers also…