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…
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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…
Honoring Martin Luther King Jr.’s Legacy With Census Data on Volunteerism, Voting Rights, Education and Economy
As the nation observes Martin Luther King Jr. National Day of Service January 15, we pay tribute through census data and resources showing the civil rights leader’s impact on everything from voting rights and volunteerism to educational and economic progress.…
Self-Storage Industry Withstands Economic Volatility Through COVID-19
The self-storage industry has demonstrated unique resilience to economic downturns, including the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to U.S. Census Bureau data. Census Bureau’s latest Service Annual Survey (SAS) shows increasing revenue trends from 2019 to 2021 for Lessors of Miniwarehouses…
Rising Cost of Childcare a Challenge for Working Parents
The rising cost of child care services in the United States has created a challenge for many working parents: Should they keep paying for child care, adjust their work schedules to reduce expenses, or leave the workforce? The Census Bureau’s County Business Patterns…
How Racially and Ethnically Diverse Is Your Neighborhood?
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…
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…
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…