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The latest Census Bureau data drop delves into the specifics of Americans’ racial and ethnic profiles Among white Americans, who comprise some 60 percent of the nation’s total population, nearly 50million identify their background as English Among the US black population, which has grown by more than five percent since 2010, only half identify as […]
Comment on this storyComment U.S. poverty spiked over the last year, with child poverty more than doubling, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday, while the proportion of people lacking health insurance in 2022 dropped to an uncommonly low level. The new figures reflect the uneven pace at which the government has . . .
The U.S. Census Bureau says there are more than 3.6 million Black-owned businesses in the U.S. today, a significant jump from pre-coronavirus levels. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, Black-owned businesses have generated $217 billion in revenue and are supporting more than 3.56 million jobs across the U.S. In 2019, the number of Black-owned businesses […]
By DaQuan LawrenceAFRO International WriterDLawrence@afro.com Black Futures Lab (BFL) and Black leaders recently commemorated a significant milestone, the 2023 Black Census Project, an undertaking and monumental effort that collected survey responses from Black Americans across all 50 states regarding their views on public policy. On Aug. 23, Angela Rye masterfully moderated a discussion that included […]
Comment on this storyComment U.S. companies are accelerating efforts to reduce their dependence upon Chinese suppliers, even as officials in Washington and Beijing labor to put a floor under their sour relationship. Through the first five months of this year, U.S. imports from China were down 24 percent from the same . . .
Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images The median age of the US population has increased by 3.5 years since 2000, according to the US Census Bureau. CNN — The United States population has been aging for decades and is now older than it has ever been. The median age of the US population reached a record […]
Overview of the study Using new data from the 2021 Census, this article provides a portrait of non-permanent residents (NPRs) living in Canada. More specifically, this article takes a closer look at the socio-demographic picture of NPRs, such as age, place of residence, place of birth, living arrangements, education and occupation. For the first time, […]
New census data shows that Motor City may not be the Blackest city in America anymore. There has been a population decline in Detroit, Detroit Free Press reports, and while the city’s Mayor, Mike Duggan, is unhappy with the new report, he may have to live with that reality. Last week, the U.S. Census Bureau […]
Tom Sawyer, an eight-term Democratic congressman from Ohio whose concern that the 1990 census had missed more than two million Black Americans spurred the federal government to improve its subsequent population counts, died on May 20 in a nursing facility in Akron. He was 77. His wife, Joyce (Handler) Sawyer, said the cause was Parkinson’s […]
More than 10 percent of U.S. counties are experiencing “persistent poverty,” according to U.S. Census data released this month. A recent census report found 10.9 percent of the country’s 3,142 counties — 341 of them — “experienced high poverty rates for an extended period.” More than 80 percent of the counties determined to have persistent […]