Demo Memo
Tuesday, August 31, 2021

69% of Small Businesses in Accommodation and Food Service Industries Are Having Trouble Hiring Workers

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More than one-third of the nation's small businesses reported difficulty hiring paid employees in the past seven days, according to the ...
Monday, August 30, 2021

Americans Want More Space

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The pandemic has given us a bad case of cabin fever. With many feeling like the walls were closing in because of lockdowns and social distan...
Thursday, August 26, 2021

Vaccination Status of Americans, August 4-16

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As of mid-August, the great majority of Americans aged 18 or older were fully vaccinated against Covid, according to the Census Bureau's...
Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Screen Time During the Pandemic

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During the pandemic, the nation's teenagers spent most of their leisure time in front of a screen, according to the latest data from the...
Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Most Favor Mask, Vaccine Mandates for Schools

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The 58 percent majority of the American public somewhat/strongly favors mask mandates for students attending K-12 schools, according to an A...
Monday, August 23, 2021

Household Spending is Highest in DC, Lowest in Miami

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Among the 22 metropolitan areas for which the Consumer Expenditure Survey collects spending data, average annual household spending is highe...
Thursday, August 19, 2021

49% of U.S. Adults Have Tried Marijuana

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Nearly half of U.S. adults have ever tried marijuana, according to a Gallup survey. Gallup has been tracking marijuana use for decades. A ha...
Wednesday, August 18, 2021

How Many Countries Have You Visited?

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The 71 percent majority of Americans aged 18 or older have ever visited a foreign country, according to a Pew Research Center survey. Only 4...
Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Teen Unemployment Rate Is below 10%

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Last month the unemployment rate among teenagers aged 16 to 19 was just 9.6 percent. This is a remarkably low rate. You would have to search...
Monday, August 16, 2021

It's Happening Again

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People who identify themselves as some "other race" besides Asian, Black, American Indian, Native Hawaiian, or white are the secon...
Thursday, August 12, 2021

55% of 12-17 Age Group Has Received a Covid Vaccine

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Just 55 percent of the nation's children aged 12 to 17 have received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine, according to the Census Burea...
Wednesday, August 11, 2021

It's Not Just You

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Most Americans are feeling the frustrations of supply chain problems, according to a Gallup survey. In the past two months, 60 percent of th...
Tuesday, August 10, 2021

The Worst States for Health Insurance

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Nationally, 14.5 percent of adults aged 18 to 64 did not have health insurance in 2019, according to the National Center for Health Statisti...
Monday, August 09, 2021

Gun Owners and Non-Owners Disagree about Policies

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Should the purchase of guns by the mentally ill be restricted? Fully 87 percent of Americans say yes, with gun owners and those who don'...
Thursday, August 05, 2021

Height and Weight of 18-Year-Olds

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The average 18-year-old female is overweight, according to measurements collected by the National Center for Health Statistics. A body mass ...
Wednesday, August 04, 2021

Americans Are Increasingly Pessimistic about Covid

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The percentage of Americans who think the coronavirus situation is getting better plummeted between June and July, according to a Gallup sur...
Tuesday, August 03, 2021

Does Intelligent Life Exist on Other Planets?

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The 65 percent majority of Americans aged 18 or older say "their best guess is that intelligent life does exist on other planets,"...
Monday, August 02, 2021

National Park System Visits Fell 28% in 2020

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Visits to the national park system plunged in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic temporarily closed parks across the country and kept many peo...
Thursday, July 29, 2021

Oh My Aching Back

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It's a common refrain and for good reason. Millions of Americans have back pain, according to the National Center for Health Statistics—...
Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Is Voting a Fundamental Right or a Privilege?

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It depends. Overall, 57 percent of Americans aged 18 or older say voting is a "fundamental right for every U.S. citizen and should not ...
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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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