Here’s How China & Canada Dominate the US
The United States economy is the largest in the world. International trade in each of the country’s 50 states is a large part of that thriving economy. Using data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Business Insider put together two maps illustrating each state’s biggest international trading partner based on the dollar value of goods. China […]
America’s Amazing Weather Photography
From tornadoes to hurricanes, the government agency known as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is the primary source of weather data, forecasts and warnings for the United States and its territories. NOAA recently held a “Weather in Focus” photography contest recognizing photographers who captured compelling images of weather or the science used to […]
What You Don’t Know About Fourth of July
On July 4, 1776, the U.S. Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, in which the 13 colonies broke from England and set on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the colonies and became the governing body of the United Stares during the American […]
California = Britain? US States Have Fiscal Muscle of Entire Countries
A new map shows just how massive the United States’ $17 trillion economy truly is. The graphic, made by Business Insider, shows how the economies of each of the 50 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., compare to other countries around the world. For example, Texas’ $1.65 trillion GDP (the monetary value of all the finished […]
Americans Like Military, Unsure About Religion
Americans still have faith in the U.S. military even though they have lost confidence in many of the other institutions that are central to U.S. society. Americans also feel good about small businesses, which are often the cornerstones of their communities. The military and small business are actually rated higher than their historical norms, with […]
No Apple? Map Shows Richest Company in Each US State
A new map shows which company in each state pulls in the most revenue. Budget retailer Walmart tops the list overall, taking in $485.65 billion in revenue for the 2015 fiscal year, an increase of $9 billion from 2014. Walmart’s headquarters is in Bentonville, Arkansas. Gasoline giant Exxon-Mobil, based in Irving, Texas, is the next […]
US States Where Women Work for Free
American women essentially work for free for part of the year. Everyone knows they earn less than their male colleagues. Even the White House has weighed in on this inequality, calculating that, on average, full-time working women earn 77 cents for every dollar a man earns. President Barack Obama has thrown his support behind the […]
Here’s Your Chance to Live in a Deserted Shopping Mall
There was a time in the United States when the enclosed shopping mall was the place to go. These commercial centers were community gathering places for people of all ages — a de facto Main Street and town center that the suburbs never had. But now many of these vast shopping arenas are dead or dying, […]
Guess Who America’s Minimum Wage Workers Are?
The majority of minimum-wage earners in the United States are women, and those at the very bottom of the wage scale tend to be young, single, part-time restaurant workers without a high school degree who live in the South. According to a Bureau of Labor Statistics study, 62.8 percent of all workers who earned the […]
Pop-Up Parks Take Over Big City Parking Spaces
People in the big city sometimes yearn for a little green space to break up all of that concrete. Temporary “parklets” might be just the thing to satisfy that craving. Many parking spots in big cities such as Washington D.C., Seattle and Los Angeles are being transformed into these miniature parks. Based on a concept […]