Posts Tagged ‘census bureau’

Figures Look at Families in Recession

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

Unemployment rates for couples with children under 18 doubled from 2007 to 2009, the Census Bureau said.

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Figures Look at Families in Recession

For Antiterror Chief, a Rough Week Ahead as Hearings Begin

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

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For Antiterror Chief, a Rough Week Ahead as Hearings Begin

Half of States See Dip in Under-18 Population

Friday, January 8th, 2010

New York, Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania lost the most young people between 2000 and 2009, according to new Census Bureau data.

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Half of States See Dip in Under-18 Population

Balloon Boy Parents Get Jail Time, Tough Probation

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — The parents who carried out the balloon boy hoax were sentenced to jail Wednesday and given strict probation conditions that forbid them from earning any money from the spectacle for four years.

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Balloon Boy Parents Get Jail Time, Tough Probation

Recession Cuts Migration to Sun Belt, New Figures Show

Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009

The states that grew rapidly during the real estate boom are now experiencing sharp declines in population growth, the Census Bureau reported.

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Recession Cuts Migration to Sun Belt, New Figures Show

Counting Bits of U.S. Life

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

The 2010 Statistical Abstract of the United States is a gold mine of trivia about the country and its residents.

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Counting Bits of U.S. Life

Impeachment Evidence Grows Against U.S. Judge

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

Witnesses in the impeachment case of Judge G. Thomas Porteous Jr. painted a jarring portrait of the judge who was appointed to the federal bench in 1994

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Impeachment Evidence Grows Against U.S. Judge

Economists See a Lift in 2010 Census

Saturday, December 19th, 2009

Next year’s census will not only count people, it will also put money in millions of pockets and potentially create a well-timed economic spark.

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Economists See a Lift in 2010 Census

Projections Put Whites in Minority in U.S. by 2050

Thursday, December 17th, 2009

The Census Bureau estimate is based on a scenario in which immigration slows down but does not stop.

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Projections Put Whites in Minority in U.S. by 2050

Census Finds Rise in Foreign Workers

Tuesday, December 8th, 2009

The proportion of foreign-born workers is the highest since the 1920s.

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Census Finds Rise in Foreign Workers