Unemployment Falls in 305 of 372 Metropolitan Areas

Unemployment Falls in 305 of 372 Metropolitan Areas

Unemployment in America is slowly improving.  The Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly report on metropolitan area empl...

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Assets of State and Local Pensions Recover to Pre-Recession Levels

Assets of State and Local Pensions Recover to Pre-Recession Levels

The Census Bureau's report on the status of state and local government pensions shows that pension assets have recovered to levels ...

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Health Spending Represents 17.9% of GDP

Health Spending Represents 17.9% of GDP

The California Health Care Foundation recently released its 2012 report on health care costs.  The report illustrates how America...

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Population Density in the Early 20th Century

Population Density in the Early 20th Century

The Census Bureau's weekly data visualization shows the change in population density by county of the United States each decade from 1...

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55% of American Cell Phone Owners Have a Smartphone

55% of American Cell Phone Owners Have a Smartphone

From Nielen's Report on Mobile Consumers Nielsen reports that smartphones are most popular among the younger and higher income de...

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U.S. Drought Worst Since Dust Bowl

U.S. Drought Worst Since Dust Bowl

The drought currently overwhelming much of the U.S. ranks among the worst in American history and is the worst since the Dust Bowl.  Since...

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Two-Thirds of Americans Hold Favorable View of President Clinton

Two-Thirds of Americans Hold Favorable View of President Clinton

President Bill Clinton’s approval rating has reached its highest point yet.  According to Gallup , 66% of Americans hold a favorable vie...

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Most Efficient Country at the Olympics?

Most Efficient Country at the Olympics?

With the Games of the XXX Olympiad underway, this week’s edition of The Economist’s daily chart features an analysis of the Olympics’ mo...

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56.7 Million Americans Have a Disability

56.7 Million Americans Have a Disability

Last Friday, Matthew Brault from the Health and Disability Statistics Branch of the Census Bureau appeared on C-SPAN to discuss America...

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