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Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the fight for equal pay, has died at 86

Former President Barack Obama signed into law the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act

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Indigenous voters could be crucial

Tim Walz is entrusted with outreach to Native Americans, a group that has tilted toward GOP in some states

Salon

Percentage of foreign-born people in the U.S. at its highest in over 100 years with Latinos leading the pack

The figure rose to 14.3% in 2023, according to figures from the Census Bureau

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Official US poverty rate declined in 2023, but more people faced economic hardship

The number of Americans living in poverty, according to the nation’s official definition, fell slightly to about 36.8 million in 2023, the Census Bureau announced on Sept. 10, 2024. The data released also indicated that the poverty rate declined a little. However, an alternative way to measure poverty ticked up,…

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US Household Incomes Rose In 2023: Census Bureau

Last year's median income was $80,610, up an inflation-adjusted 4% over 2022 and marked the first statistically significant increase since 2019.

International Business Times

U.S. Household Income Rebounds To Pre-COVID Levels In 2023

2023 Census Bureau data shows a 4% rise in median household income, nearing 2019 levels, with a slight drop in poverty rates.

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Americans' inflation-adjusted incomes rebounded to pre-pandemic levels last year

The inflation-adjusted median income of U.S. households rebounded last year to roughly its 2019 level, overcoming the biggest price spike in four decades to restore most Americans’ purchasing power

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It's official, the census says: Gay male couples like San Francisco. Lesbians like the Berkshires

Gay male couples tend to gravitate toward big cities, while lesbian couples prefer more pastoral smaller cities or towns

The Independent UK

Homeschooling Grows as an Escape from Failing Schools and Curriculum Fights

Turned off by fumbling public schools and curriculum wars, families teach their own kids.

Reason

Harris brought prosecutorial approach during time in Senate - Roll Call

Vice President Kamala Harris’ likely ballot matchup this fall against former President Donald Trump will echo her time in the Senate.

Roll Call

Noncitizens are less likely to participate in a census with citizenship question, study says

Adding a citizenship question to the census reduces the participation of people who aren’t U.S. citizens, particularly those from Latin American countries

The Independent UK

US census takers to conduct test runs in the South and West 4 years before 2030 count

Six places in the South and West will host practice runs for the next U.S. head count in 2030

The Independent UK

When was your state founded?

The oldest state in the United States is Delaware, established in 1787, and the youngest is Hawaii, established in 1959.

USAFacts

'This is break glass in case of emergency stuff': Analysts alarmed by threats to US data gathering

Statisticians and demographers are sounding the alarm about threats to official data gathering in the U.S. They warn that funding for the federal statistical agencies is inadequate and measures in a House appropriations bill could undermine what Americans know about themselves

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The Census Bureau failed to adequately monitor advertising contracts for 2020 census, watchdog says

The Office of Inspector General says the Census Bureau didn’t adequately monitor contract orders worth hundreds of millions of dollars dealing with advertising to promote participation in the 2020 census

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Armenians, Hmong and other groups feel US race and ethnicity categories don't represent them

The federal government recently reclassified race and ethnicity groups in an effort to better capture the diversity of the United States, but some groups feel the changes are still missing the mark

The Conversation

Some states’ populations are very much like the US overall – including 5 key states in the 2024 presidential election

Five of the seven states widely expected to be political battlegrounds in the 2024 presidential election have populations very much like that of the U.S. overall, in a range of demographic and socioeconomic measures.

Latin Times

Demographic warning sign: U.S. births in 2023 fell to the lowest level since 1979

The country recorded less than 3.6 million births last year, breaking two-year a growing trend that began after the pandemic

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U.S. Census Bureau Considers Adding Questions On Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity

The U.S. Census Bureau is considering adding questions about sexual orientation and gender identity to its American Community Survey. The proposed question...

USAFacts

What will America’s population look like by 2100?

The Census Bureau estimates there will be 1.2 million more deaths than births in the year 2100.

USAFacts

What does the Census mean by "Some Other Race"?

The Census Bureau categorizes nearly 50 million Americans as “some other race,” the majority of whom are ethnically Hispanic.

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Stock Market Today: Stocks Drop as Strong Retail Sales Lower Rate-Cut Hopes

Consumer spending remained surprisingly strong in December, data from the Census Bureau showed.

USAFacts

Which states bring in the most non-tax revenue?

Most states get a majority of their annual revenue from non-tax sources, such as federal funding, which increased during the pandemic.

The Independent UK

Several Midwestern cities are going to be counted again like it's 2020

Four years after the last census, almost a dozen small communities in the Midwest are going to be counted again in hopes of getting a new grocery store or more state funding to build roads, fire stations and parks

The Texas Tribune

Texas gained more people than any other state in the last year

Texas grew by nearly half a million people in the past year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. But it was South Carolina that led the nation with its rate of population growth.

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