A new study has revealed the states with the most unsafe drinking water, with New York being number one. PFAS Water Experts analyzed data from the EPA on water quality violations in public water systems, PWS from 2019-2023. Any system…
Population Trends Across the Globe
Unprecedented fertility declines in South Korea. High immigration in Canada. An aging population in Cuba. A slow fertility decline in Côte d’Ivoire. The U.S. Census Bureau produces population estimates and projections for over 200 countries and areas with populations of…
Voulteerism Rebounding After COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S.
Over 75.7 million or 28.3% of the U.S. population age 16 and up formally volunteered through an organization between September 2022 and September 2023, approaching a return to pre-pandemic levels of volunteerism, according to joint research by the U.S. Census Bureau and…
How Do Policies and Expenses Affect Supplemental Poverty Rates?
Earlier this year, the U.S. Census Bureau released data which showed that the Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM) increased half a percentage point to 12.9% from 2022 to 2023. But how did anti-poverty programs and necessary expenses affect that rate? A data tool…
Share of Coupled Households With Children Declined in 2023
The share of both same-sex and opposite-sex households with children under 18 — married and unmarried — declined from 2019 to 2023, a reflection of drops in U.S. fertility rates. Married same-sex couples were more likely than their unmarried counterparts to…
A Look at Veteran-Owned Businesses
Veterans owned about 5.4% or 304,823 of the nation’s 5,681,118 employer businesses with at least one paid employee in 2021, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2022 Annual Business Survey (ABS). The largest share of veteran-owned employer businesses were in the Professional,…