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Monday, October 30, 2006

Bet You Didn't Know

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Percentage of people aged 18 to 65 who have not been to a doctor or other health care professional in the past year, by health insurance sta...
Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Feeling Worse

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Why don't Americans feel as good as they once did? The percentage of adults aged 18 or older who say they are in "excellent" o...
Tuesday, October 17, 2006

Bet You Didn't Know

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Percentage of children in 4th through 8th grade who take part in organized activities (not including after-school programs) by family income...
Sunday, October 15, 2006

Married Couples a Minority

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The New York Times reports today that married couples are now a minority of households. The Times' analysis of the Census Bureau's ...
Monday, October 09, 2006

Bet You Didn't Know

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Percentage of homeowners with no public transportation available in their area: 50 percent. Source: Bureau of the Census, 2005 American Hou...
Friday, October 06, 2006

How Many Illegals are in the U.S.?

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According to a government report, 10.5 million unauthorized immigrants were living in the U.S. in 2005, up from 8.5 million in 2000—a 24 pe...
Thursday, September 28, 2006

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Percent moving between 2004 and 2005... All ages: 14 percent Aged 20 to 24: 30 percent Aged 62 to 64: 6 percent Percent moving out of sta...
Wednesday, September 27, 2006

If Cell Phones Could Talk

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Eighty-two percent of Americans say they have been annoyed by the cell phone use of others in public places, according to a survey by the P...
Sunday, September 24, 2006

Does Religion Influence Sexual Behavior?

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Does religious belief influence sexual attitudes and behavior? Most would call the question a no brainer--of course it does! But human natur...
Tuesday, September 12, 2006

Bet You Didn't Know

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Households with two or more earners, by household income quintile: lowest quintile (with incomes below $19,178): 5 percent highest quintil...
Monday, September 11, 2006

Comparing Crime

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Recently, the FBI released preliminary numbers from its 2005 Uniform Crime Reporting Program . According to the findings, violent crime in t...
Friday, September 01, 2006

Problems and Who Has Them

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Every now and then someone does a study that tells it like it is. This is the case with "Troubles in America: A Study of Negative Life ...
Wednesday, August 30, 2006

The Decade of Retreat

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If the 1990s is known as the Decade of Affluence because household incomes reached a peak, then these years may well be called the Decade of...
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Here Are the 2005 Numbers

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At 10:00 this morning, the Census Bureau unveiled the much anticipated snapshot of our economic wellbeing, the results of the Current Popula...
Friday, August 25, 2006

Few Are Trapped in the Housing Bubble

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The recent downturn in the housing market has everyone ringing the alarm bells in a frenzy of concern. Let's get real. The latest data f...
Thursday, August 24, 2006

Who Will Get Hurt by Housing?

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Yesterday the National Association of Realtors announced a decline in sales of previously owned homes for the month of July, and today the C...
Sunday, August 20, 2006

Back to School

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A Census Bureau press release notes the following astonishing facts about the nation's elementary and high school students: —41 percent ...
Saturday, August 12, 2006

How Much Elbow Room?

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Later this year, the U.S. population will top 300 million people. The last time we passed a 100 million mark was in 1967. The United States ...

Bet You Didn't Know

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Percentage of households owning dogs: 36 Percentage of households owning cats: 32 Number of dogs per household: 1.6 Number of cats per ho...
Saturday, July 29, 2006

A Father's Delight

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It is sometimes surprising what the government asks Americans to reveal about themselves. And lucky for us demographers, Americans seem will...
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Cheryl Russell
Demographer Cheryl Russell was the editorial director of New Strategist Press and the editor-in-chief of American Demographics magazine. She has written numerous books about demographic trends. Ms. Russell is a professional demographer with a degree from Cornell University.
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