Posts Tagged ‘census’

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

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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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

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

Survey Depicts Latinos as Divided

Friday, December 11th, 2009

A new, comprehensive look at young Hispanics — two-thirds of whom are native-born Americans — paints a mixed picture of their footing in the United States.

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Survey Depicts Latinos as Divided

In Survey, Hard Times Before Slump

Friday, November 20th, 2009

One in five Americans needed help paying for basic needs, according to a 2005 census survey.

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In Survey, Hard Times Before Slump

Survey Highlights Conflicts for Working Mothers

Thursday, October 1st, 2009

More stay-at-home mothers give themselves better marks as parents than do mothers who work outside the home, according to an analysis from the Pew Research Center.

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Survey Highlights Conflicts for Working Mothers