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No Commute? Americans Who Work at Home
Written by: Peter Mateyka Have you noticed more of your colleagues, friends, and family have been working from home? Well, a Census Bureau report released last week titled “Home-Based Workers in the...
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Faster vs. Bigger: Size and Growth of the Foreign-Born from Asia and Latin...
Rapid Growth Doesn’t Necessarily Trump a Big Population Base Written by: Elizabeth M. Grieco and Christine Gambino The foreign-born population from Asia increased over the last decade – from 8.2...
View ArticleMeasuring Workforce Diversity
Written by: Jennifer Cheeseman Day Have you ever wondered about the diversity of your occupation? What is its demographic composition, age distribution, educational attainment, earnings ranges,...
View ArticleA Look at Workforce Statistics from the EEO Tabulation
Written by: Jennifer Cheeseman Day Last week, an important milestone marked the maturity of the American Community Survey as an extension of the decennial census program. We released the Equal...
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Easy Exploration into Your Community’s Statistics
Easy Stats: Your Source for Easy-to-Use Data, At Your Fingertips Written By: Nancy Potok Yesterday we released Easy Stats, one of the latest web technology tools developed by the U.S. Census Bureau to...
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Men in Nursing Occupations
Written by: Liana Christin Landivar In 2011, there were 330,000 men employed as nurses in the United States – about 9 percent of all nurses. Though now seen as a predominately female occupation, men...
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The Occupations of Workers with Disabilities
Written by: Melissa Chiu Did you know that there are 7.9 million Americans who have a disability and are working? Also, another 1.5 million Americans with a disability are unemployed and looking for...
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Who is a STEM Worker?
Written by: Liana Christin Landivar Did you know that the most common science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) occupation is software developer? More than 80 percent of STEM workers today are...
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How the Census Bureau Measures Income and Poverty
Written by: David Johnson Note: This is an updated version of a blog that ran last year. It provides important information on when to use statistics from the Current Population Survey and when to use...
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How We Measure Health Insurance
Written by: Jonathan Rodean Next week, the Census Bureau is releasing two sources for health insurance statistics in the United States: the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current...
View ArticleAmerican Community Survey Statistics Give Communities Detailed Look at...
Written by: James B. Treat The American Community Survey statistics released today provide information for geographies with populations of 65,000 or more on many different topics, including income,...
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Where Do You Want to Dwell?
New Census Mobile App Showcases Local Statistics for People on the Go Written by: Stephen Buckner America has always been a nation on the move. Whether you are looking for a career change or a new...
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Discover Your Neighborhood with Census Explorer
Written by: Michael Ratcliffe Our customers often want to explore neighborhood-level statistics and see how their communities have changed over time. Our new Census Explorer interactive mapping tool...
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Moving … County-to-County
Written by: William Koerber and Melanie Rapino Over the course of a year, how many Americans move to a new county? About 6 percent of the population age 1 and older, according to American Community...
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The “Second Great Wave” of Immigration: Growth of the Foreign-Born Population...
Written By: Elizabeth M. Grieco Many Americans can trace their ancestral roots to the “great wave” of immigration that occurred during the late 1800s and early 1900s. This is not surprising, as the...
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Older Workers Are Staying Longer in the Workforce
Written By: Loraine A. West Participation in the labor force has been rising for older adults for the past decade or longer. By 2010, the labor force participation rate for the population age 65 and...
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Where do STEM Graduates Work?
Written By: Liana Christin Landivar and Anthony Martinez In 2012, 14.8 million employed college graduates reported having a bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)....
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How the Census Bureau Measures Income and Poverty
Written by: Victoria Velkoff Income, poverty and health insurance statistics for 2013 from the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement (CPS ASEC) will be released Tuesday, Sept....
View ArticleHealth Insurance Coverage Measurement in Two Surveys
By Brett O’Hara Next week, the U.S. Census Bureau is releasing two sources for health insurance statistics in the United States: the Annual Social and Economic Supplement to the Current Population...
View ArticleContinuously Improving the Health Insurance Coverage Estimates from the...
By Jennifer Cheeseman Day In an ever-changing world, we must constantly work to enhance our ways of measurement. This year, the U.S. Census Bureau implemented a new set of questions in the Current...
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