Most Common Jobs Held by Immigrants in each US State
MORE ABOUT AMERICA Past Immigrants Had It Easier than Today’s This US Ethnic Group Makes the Most Money What It Takes to Be a Real American There are 41 million foreign-born people living in the United States and a new map illustrates the most common jobs held by those immigrants. Business Insider used information from […]
Vice Presidents Face Uphill Battle to Become President
You’d think a sitting vice president would have an advantage while running for president, particularly in a crowded field, but history suggests otherwise. MORE ABOUT AMERICA Wild West Ghost Town Emerges from Watery Grave Confederacy Loses New Fight Did Secret Agent Priest Infiltrate Colonial Jamestown? Since 1789, a sitting vice president has won only […]
1 in 5 Americans Has a Disability; Here’s the Most Common One
One in five Americans has at least one disability, with that number rising dramatically — to almost 1 in 3 — in some Southern states. MORE ABOUT AMERICA Wild West Ghost Town Emerges from Watery Grave What Happens When Americans Tweet What They Eat Why Small US Towns Embrace Their Weirdness The report, released by […]
What Happens When Americans Eat What They Tweet
If Americans eat what they tweet, a new series of maps explains why certain U.S. states have a higher percentage of obese people than others. WHAT THE MOST OBESE US STATES TWEET ABOUT MOST Mississippi: cake, eating West Virginia: cookies, watching TV Louisiana: chocolate, eating Arkansas: chocolate, eating Oklahoma: chocolate, running For eight months, University […]
Here’s Where US Women Are Beating Men
A new map shows the American landscape gets pinker and pinker as we age, with women outliving men in most parts of the country. Using data from the U.S. Census, Dadaviz’s Jishai Evers created a map that starts off more blue (for males) than pink (for females). Statistics show the chances of being born male in […]
Swimmers Attempt ‘Scary Bridge’ Challenge
In 1990, I joined a masters swimming team in Washington, DC., a group of adults who gathered several times a week to work out. While some on the team were excellent competitive swimmers, others merely swam with the group for fitness and had never swum competitively before. One day, a member of the team suggested […]
Here’s Why Minorities Could be US Majority Sooner than Expected
New information released by the U.S. Census Bureau suggests minorities will become the majority in the United States within a generation, possibly sooner than had previously been expected. “What stands out is the aging of the white population,” said demographer William Frey of the Brookings Institute and author of Diversity Explosion. “There’s a white loss […]
America Has a Weight Problem, But We’re Working on it
Many Americans kicked off 2015 with a pledge to lose weight over the next 12 months and U.S. obesity statistics suggest that’s a worthy goal for residents in every U.S. state. The fattest states in America, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), are Mississippi–where 35.1 percent of adults are obese–and West Virginia (35.1%) […]
People of German Ancestry Dominate US Melting Pot
America is a melting pot of immigrants from across the globe and people of German ancestry make up the biggest chunk of that mix. There are more than 49 million people with German ancestry in the United States, a number that accounts for 16 percent of the American population. “This includes people reporting multiple ancestries,” […]
Americans’ Definition of Success Might Surprise You
America’s traditional definition of success is often thought to be associated with wealth, power and position. But when I posed the question of what defines success to family, friends and former colleagues on social media, the answers I received had little to do with any of those things. “Having loving family and friends,” said one. […]