The COVID-19 pandemic transformed many parents’ home and work lives, with some changes like shuttered schools and remote learning leading to a drop in enrollment of children ages 3 and 4. But new data show enrollment has started to bounce…
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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…
Veterans Day 2023
Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on Nov. 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 making it an annual observance, and it became a national holiday in 1938. Sixteen…
Tracking Supply Disruptions, Impact of Inflation on Small Business
The volatile and complex nature of the challenges businesses faced during the Covid-19 pandemic presented multiple dilemmas for business owners, but two challenges emerged as paramount: supply chain disruptions and Inflation, which started to rise in the spring of 2021…
Manufacturing Faces Potential Labor Shortage Due to Skills Gap
About 1.4 million manufacturing jobs were lost during the COVID-19 pandemic but the industry was already facing a potential labor crisis — a projected 2.1 million unfulfilled jobs by 2030 resulting from a lack of skilled labor, according to a study by…
Impact of COVID-19 on Passenger and Freight Transportation
When the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a global pandemic on March 11, 2020, countries struggled to stop its spread: sports teams canceled entire seasons, schools closed, workers began working from home and countries sealed their borders. In contrast to the…
Supplemental Poverty Measure in 2022 Higher Than Pre-Pandemic Level
The Supplemental Poverty Measure (SPM), which includes government assistance, increased to 12.4% in 2022 from 7.8% in 2021, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released today. The 2022 poverty rate was also 0.6 percentage points higher than the pre-pandemic rate…
Health Insurance Coverage of U.S. Workers Increased in 2022
Health Insurance Rates for Working-Age Adults Higher by Race, Hispanic Origin, Region The percentage of working-age adults ages 19 to 64 with health insurance coverage increased from 2021 to 2022, primarily driven by an increase in employment-based coverage. This resulted in…