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…
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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…
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…
U.S. Population Projected to Begin Declining in Second Half of Century, Census says
The U.S. population is projected to reach a high of nearly 370 million in 2080 before edging downward to 366 million in 2100. By 2100, the total U.S. resident population is only projected to increase 9.7% from 2022, according to…
Native American and Alaska Native Heritage Month: November 2023
From the Census Bureau: The first American Indian Day was celebrated in May 1916 in New York. The event culminated an effort by Red Fox James, a member of the Blackfeet Nation, who rode across the nation on horseback seeking…
New Data on Minority-Owned, Veteran-Owned and Woman-Owned Businesses, Per Census
The U.S. Census Bureau on October 26, released new estimates on the characteristics of employer businesses. According to the 2022 Annual Business Survey(ABS), which covers reference year 2021, there were approximately 5.9 million employer firms in total, of which, 1.2 million (21%) were…