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NEWS ABOUT: Census data

Census data stories: 14 news summaries
life imitates art

 Most of 
 Manhattan 
 Is Single 

Census shows 50.3% live alone

Oct 30, 09 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Depending on your point of view, New York is either a very lonely city or a great place to get laid. The number of singles in the Big Apple, already at a historic high, keeps rising, according to new Census data. In Manhattan, a whopping 50.3% of people live... More »

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New York City • Manhattan • marriage • US Census • Census data • single people • singles • women's issues

 Most Stay-at-Home 
 Moms Aren't 
 'Opting Out': 
 Census 

Contrary to 'opt-out revolution' notion, most stay-at-home moms start that way

Oct 1, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The so-called opt-out revolution by stay-at-home moms “is not and never has been and will not be a revolution,” says one sociologist—and statistics from the most recent census support that point. The term was coined to describe well-educated women leaving high-powered careers to raise children, but census... More »

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education • motherhood • parenting • mothers • income • working mothers • US Census • Census data • career • mother

 US Poverty Rate 
 Hits 11-Year High 

First figures since recession reveal decline in incomes

Sep 30, 09 5:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The share of Americans living in poverty soared to 13.2% last year, its highest level since 1997, according to new census data. Median household income also fell, to $50,303 from $52,163 the previous year. Latinos have suffered the most from the recession. Their median income dropped by... More »

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recession • poverty • Latinos • poverty rate • Census data • median income

(Newser) - Many Asian American parents' strong bias for sons is beginning to emerge in US birth statistics, reports the New York Times.  Chinese, Korean and Indian immigrant families are more likely to abort female embryos and use in-vitro fertilization to have a treasured boy, particularly after the first or second... More »

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gender • abortion • parenting • in vitro fertilization • girls • Koreans • gender gap • gender bias • Census data • Chinese Americans • Asian immigrants • Indians • sex selection • boys

Next Year's Census Will Be Biggest, Most Costly Ever 

New methods, standards as expenses soar

May 25, 09 11:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - Next year’s US census will be the largest and costliest ever, requiring 140,000 workers and $15 billion, the Chicago Tribune reports. Thousands of employees have already hit the field to confirm addresses in an effort to ensure oft-underrepresented renters, minorities, and the homeless are accurately counted. Other census... More »

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demographics • US Census • Census data • 2010

(Newser) - The economy is doing a number on Americans' wanderlust. The number of people who switched residences last year dropped to 35.2 million, the lowest since 1962, the New York Times reports. The Census Bureau pegs the nation's mobility rate at 11.9%, down from 13.2% last year and... More »

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Census Bureau • Americans • demographics • Census data

 US Marriage Age Oldest Ever 

Women marrying at 26, men at 28

Nov 10, 08 7:28 AM CST
(Newser) - American couples are waiting longer than ever to get married, reports USA Today. The median age for a first marriage is almost 26 for women and 28 for men—the oldest since the US Census started keeping track in the 1890s. The increase holds true for all racial, ethnic, and... More »

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fertility • marriage • age • sex • family • love • Johns Hopkins University • University of Texas Austin • romance • Census data • matrimony • American Council on Education

OPINION

Big Families Bring Big Rewards

One (non-celebrity) mother writes of the joys of her hefty brood

Oct 21, 08 6:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Angelina Jolie and Sarah Palin in the parenting spotlight, could big families be back in vogue again? Meagan Francis wonders just that in the Christian Science Monitor, but the mother of 4—soon to be 5—doesn't particularly care about being hip. Instead she writes about the rewards that... More »

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Angelina Jolie • pregnancy • women • family • baby boom • Census data • trend

Immigration Cut in Half
in 2007, Census Shows

Economy may have been factor in slowdown

Sep 23, 08 9:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - The number of immigrants to the US dropped by half in 2007, with 511,000 new arrivals, compared with about a million every year since 2000, new Census data reveal. Foreign-born numbers fell in 14 states, including longtime entry points like New Jersey and areas newly popular among immigrants, the... More »

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immigration • global warming • population • driving • Carpoolers • Census data

Childless Women More Common Than Ever: Census

Those with children having fewer, later

Aug 19, 08 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - American women are choosing to have children later in life, and many are forgoing child-rearing altogether, according to new Census Bureau data. Among women ages 40-44, 20% have no children—double the number of 30 years ago, the New York Times reports. Those who do have children are having an... More »

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children • Hispanic • Census data

Minorities Becoming Majority
Across US

2007 census reveals dramatic trend

Aug 7, 08 8:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The white population has declined in more than half of US counties, marking a dramatic shift in America's human landscape, reports USA Today. The data from the 2007 census, released today, reveals a continuing trend of immigration and growth within minority populations, coupled with slow or no growth among... More »

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United States • population • demographics • US Census • minorities • Census data • white people

 New Orleans
 Is Fastest
 Growing City 

Population growing fast, but still way down from pre-Katrina levels

Jul 10, 08 12:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - New Orleans is the fastest-growing city in the US, the Census Bureau reports, but not fast enough to regain more than half of its size before Hurricane Katrina. Between July 2006 and July 2007, the Big Easy’s population jumped 13.8%, more than any other major city, the Times ... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • Census Bureau • population • cities • Census data

Hispanics Hit 15% of US Population

High birth rate a big
asset to the economy as workforce ages

May 1, 08 1:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - The US Hispanic population is booming, driven more by a high birth rate among those already in the country than immigration, the Census Bureau says. Since 2000, Latinos have jumped from 12.6% to more than 15% of the total population—swelling their numbers to 45.5 million from 35.... More »

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population • US Census • Hispanic • the Hispanic vote • Census data

Are We Getting More Zzzs? Experts Have to Sleep on It

Surveys differ on whether Americans get enough sleep

Mar 12, 08 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Americans slept more in 2005 than in 2000, according to a new study that counters claims of widespread sleep-deprivation. Yanks averaged 59 weekly hours of sleep in 2005, up from 56 hours in 2000, say University of Maryland researchers using Census data that account for every minute of the day.... More »

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sleep • University of Maryland • insomnia • sleep deprivation • survey • National Sleep Foundation • Census data

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