These Are America’s Richest & Poorest States
Mississippi is the nation’s poorest state while Maryland ranks as its richest, according to newly released information from the US Census Bureau. In addition to Mississippi, the three poorest states include West Virginia and Arkansas. Relatively low levels of education could be a factor in the poverty and lower incomes in all three states. At the […]
More Americans Do This Job Than Any Other
Many Americans celebrate Labor Day by getting together for a cookout, taking a final road trip before the kids go back to school, or going to the beach. While Memorial Day — observed the last Monday in May — marks the unofficial start of summer in the United States, Labor Day — observed the first […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
How US Has Defined Black Americans Since 1820
Issues of race and ethnicity can be complicated in the United States, and nowhere is that more evident than in the U.S. Census. The census, which counts every resident in the United States every 10 years, has classified black Americans as a separate race since 1820. But the way the census has referred to Africans […]