For more than two centuries, the Census Bureau has plotted America's population center, mapping a steady progression of westward and southward growth. With a boom in Texas and busts on the coasts sending the center South, what does the new center say about the nation's future?
Divorce is a common affair in America today, but it hits some groups harder than others. Yes, race can be a factor -- but far more telling is financial status, among other things. For answers, 24/7 Wall Street digs into the Census Bureau%u2019s May report, Number, Timing, and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 2009.
The U.S. gained between 24 million and 31 million residents in the past decade, according to the Census Bureau's demographic analysis released Monday. And women outnumber men by 1.8 million.
U.S. housing starts unexpectedly plunged 11.7% in October to a 519,000-unit annual rate, weighed down by a 47.5% decline in apartment and condo construction. But building permits, a leading indicator of future housing construction, did inch 0.5% higher last month.
If stocks are rising, that should mean the economy is improving. Yet even though the S&P 500 has soared 80% from its March 2009 lows, 70% of Americans don't believe the recession is over. Which side has a firmer grasp of reality?
Despite government efforts to keep people in their homes and record-low interest rates, the homeownership rate remains stuck at 1999 levels, according to the latest figures from the Census Bureau.
Young single women are earning more than their male peers in metropolitan areas around the U.S., according to an analysis of Census Bureau data released Wednesday. Some hope that the trend could eventually eliminate the male-female pay gap.
The U.S. Census Bureau is pushing residents to mail Census 2010 forms back ahead of the April 1 deadline. Why is that so important? States could stand to lose an average of $1,400 for each person not counted.
