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Last Updated: May 12, 2008 - 8:21:33 AM |
Family and Children Related
Married parents, household activities, and childcare
Married mothers employed full time are more likely to do household activities and provide childcare on an average day than are married fathers employed full time.
May 12, 2008 - 8:17:44 AM
Census Bureau Announcements
Update: Monthly Child Support Averaged $425 in 2005
Monthly child support payments averaged $425 in 2005, according to new U.S. Census Bureau data. Across the nation, nearly 8 million people provided $43 billion in monetary support to people living in other households in 2005.
May 6, 2008 - 12:17:45 PM
Census Bureau Announcements
Dallas-Fort Worth Leads Metro Areas in Numerical Growth
Dallas-Fort Worth had the largest numeric gain of any metro area between 2006 and 2007, increasing by 162,250, according to July 1, 2007, estimates of metro area population size and growth released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Atlanta (151,063), Phoenix (132,513) and Houston (120,544) rounded out the metro areas with a gain of at least 100,000.
Mar 27, 2008 - 11:52:27 PM
Census Bureau Announcements
Majority of Children Live With Two Biological Parents
Nearly 45 million (61 percent) of the nation’s 73 million children younger than 18 lived with their biological mother and father in 2004 regardless of the parents’ marital status, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report released today.
Feb 21, 2008 - 6:21:46 AM
Census Bureau Announcements
Black History Month:February 2008 - The Census Bureau Reports
To commemorate and celebrate the contributions to our nation made by people of African descent, American historian Carter G. Woodson established Black History Week. The first celebration occurred on Feb. 12, 1926. For many years, the second week of February was set aside for this celebration to coincide with the birthdays of abolitionist/editor Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln. In 1976, as part of the nation’s bicentennial, the week was expanded into Black History Month. In 2000, President Clinton proclaimed February as National African American History Month.
Feb 4, 2008 - 9:57:12 PM
Census Bureau Announcements
Super Bowl XLII Fun Facts & Statistcs
Super Bowl XLII will be played Feb. 3 at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Ariz. To commemorate this occasion, the Census Bureau has compiled a collection of facts examining the demographics of the host area, as well as the cities represented by the contenders, in this year’s edition of our nation’s most celebrated sporting event.
Feb 3, 2008 - 9:19:41 AM
Census Bureau Announcements
2008 Elections: The Census Bureau Reports
A look at the population, selected characteristics and 2004 voting percentage of each state as it approaches its 2008 primary or caucus.
Jan 31, 2008 - 10:02:13 AM
Census Bureau Announcements
One-Third of Young Women Have Bachelor's Degrees
About 33 percent of young women 25 to 29 had a bachelor’s degree or more education in 2007, compared with 26 percent of their male counterparts, according to tabulations released today by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Jan 10, 2008 - 7:47:29 AM
Census Bureau Announcements
St. Patricks Day 2008: Irish Facts & Statistics
Originally a religious holiday to honor St. Patrick, who introduced Christianity to Ireland in the fifth century, St. Patrick’s Day has evolved into a celebration for all things Irish. The world’s first St. Patrick’s Day parade occurred on March 17, 1762, in New York City, featuring Irish soldiers serving in the English military. President Truman attended the parade in 1948, a proud moment for the many Irish whose ancestors had to fight stereotypes and prejudice to find acceptance in America. Congress proclaimed March as Irish-American Heritage Month in 1995, and the president issues a proclamation each year.
Jan 2, 2008 - 12:49:00 PM
Census Bureau Announcements
Census Bureau Projects U.S. Population of 303.1 Million as of Jan 1, 2008
As our nation prepares to ring in the new year, the U.S. Census Bureau today projected the Jan. 1, 2008, population will be 303,146,284 -- up 2,842,103 or 0.9 percent from New Year’s Day 2007.
Dec 27, 2007 - 12:09:13 PM
Census Bureau Announcements
Nevada Once Again Fastest-Growing State; Louisiana Rebounds
Nevada returned to the top as the nation's fastest-growing state, with a population increase of 2.9 percent between July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, according to estimates released today by the U.S. Census Bureau
Dec 27, 2007 - 12:06:42 PM
Census Bureau Announcements
U.S. Businesses Invest Trillions in the Future
Annual capital spending by all U.S. nonfarm businesses on structures and equipment varied cyclically, but went from about $1.05 trillion in 1999 to about $1.15 trillion in 2005, according to the Census Bureau’s
Dec 13, 2007 - 7:14:04 AM
Census Bureau Announcements
Foreign Films Translate Into Growing Revenue Stream
Foreign film admissions revenue increased 18.7 percent to $216 million in 2006, according to new data released from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Dec 13, 2007 - 7:10:48 AM
Census Bureau Announcements
The 2007 Holiday Season: Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Years Fun Facts & Statistics
The holiday season is a time for gathering and celebrating with friends and family, gift-giving, reflection and thanks. To commemorate this time of year, the U.S. Census Bureau presents the following holiday-related facts and figures from its data collection.
Nov 7, 2007 - 6:56:02 AM
Census Bureau Announcements
Parents More Active in Raising Their Children;Children Get Less Television Time
Parents are taking a more active role in the lives of their children than they did 10 years ago, according to data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. For example, in 2004, 47 percent of teenagers had restrictions on what they watched on television, when they watched, and for how long, up from 40 percent in 1994 (Table 11).
Oct 31, 2007 - 5:44:43 PM
Census Bureau Announcements
Thanksgiving Day 2007
272 million are the
preliminary estimate of turkeys raised in the United States in 2007
Oct 18, 2007 - 7:31:34 AM
Housing and Mortgage News
Renters Four Times More Likely to Move Than Homeowners
The U.S. Census Bureau has released a series of 34 tables on the 40 million Americans who moved between 2005 and 2006, including characteristics of movers by type of move.
Oct 16, 2007 - 6:59:58 AM
Census Bureau Announcements
Veterans Day 2007: Nov. 11
There are 23.7 million military veterans in the United States in 2006. There are 1.7 million female veterans in 2006.
Oct 12, 2007 - 7:53:41 AM
Announcements
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid Account for Half of Federal Spending
Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid accounted for more than $1 trillion of the $2.3 trillion the federal government spent in 2005, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, which publishes the only consolidated source of data on the geographic distribution of federal expenditures.
Oct 9, 2007 - 8:08:11 AM
Census Bureau Announcements
The 2008 Presidential Election: The Census Bureau Reports
Every four years, voters head to the polls to elect our nation’s president. The process begins with a series of primaries and caucuses in the winter and spring, and ends with the November general election. To mark the start of the 2008 presidential election season, the Census Bureau has culled the following facts from previously released statistical reports.
Oct 1, 2007 - 7:26:08 AM
Census Bureau Announcements
Adult Correctional Facilities, Nursing Homes and Other Group Quarters, Census Bureau Releases New Data
New data released today from the U.S. Census Bureau provide the first social and economic characteristic profiles of the people living in group quarters — such as adult correctional facilities, college dorms and nursing homes — in nearly three decades.
Sep 27, 2007 - 8:21:07 AM
Credit Cards | Credit Reports | Credit Ratings
Home Equity Lines of Credit - Who Uses This Source of Credit?
This report profiles single-family homeowners who used home equity lines of credit in 2001 and compares them to their counterparts from 10 years earlier, including age, home value, mortgage, age of home, number of loans for home improvements and proportion of people using home equity for debt consolidation.
Sep 26, 2007 - 10:57:26 AM
Census Bureau Announcements
New Census Bureau Data Reveal More Older Workers, Homeowners, Non-English Speakers
Nationally, nearly one in four people between the ages of 65 and 74 (23.2 percent) were in the labor force (either working or looking for work) in 2006, an increase from 19.6 percent in 2000. States with some of the lowest rates of older workers in the labor force include West Virginia (15.7 percent), Michigan (18.8 percent) and Arizona (19.4 percent). (Michigan and Arizona were not statistically different.)
Sep 12, 2007 - 10:17:26 PM
Census Bureau Announcements
More Than 300 Counties Now "Majority-Minority
Nearly one in every 10 of the nation’s 3,141 counties has a population that is more than 50 percent minority. In 2006, eight counties that had not previously been majority-minority pushed the national total to 303, the U.S. Census Bureau reported today.
Aug 9, 2007 - 9:06:05 PM
Census Bureau Announcements
Unmarried and Single Americans Week, Sept. 16-22, 2007
There are 92 million unmarried and single Americans 18 and older in 2006. This group comprised 42 percent of all U.S. residents 18 and older..
Jul 16, 2007 - 4:58:17 AM
