Census Migration Data Show the Value of Freedom
• https://thedailyeconomy.org, Jason SorensAmericans prefer to live where they can keep what they earn and be left alone -- even if the freebies are better elsewhere.
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Americans prefer to live where they can keep what they earn and be left alone -- even if the freebies are better elsewhere.
Across the U.S., age profiles vary widely by region.
Only 17 Percent Of Young Adults In The U.S. In The 25 To 34 Age Bracket Have Attained The 5 Major Milestones Of Adulthood
The birth rate in the United States just keeps setting one dismal record after another. In fact, according to the CDC it just dropped to the lowest level ever recorded.
A new report from the Census Bureau indicates older adults now outnumber children in 11 states and almost half of the counties in the United States.
U.S. Census data analyzed by Harvard University shows that a third of all U.S. households, whether they are buying or renting, spend more than the recommended one third of their income on housing and utilities and therefore qualify as cost-burdened.
According to the latest data released by the Census Bureau, most U.S. states have returned to population growth in 2024.
The number of children adopted from abroad is declining in the United States, according to data from the U.S. Department of State. As Statista's Anna Fleck details below, where more than 12,700 children were adopted internationally in 2009, that figu
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Between 2022 and 2023, the U.S. added approximately 1.58 million people, or grew its population by about 0.5%. However, not all states grew by the same proportion.
The median age is a single indicator of the age distribution of a population - where half the population is older and half is younger than the listed age.
In recent years, Americans have been fleeing our largest cities in unprecedented numbers, and many of them have decided to settle down in quiet little towns all over the country.
The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to pass a measure that would add a citizenship question to the next U.S. census, as part of the latest efforts by conservatives to "protect America's democracy and electoral integrity."
The virus pandemic, the rise of remote and hybrid work, and a surge in violent crime across progressive cities have significantly influenced the migration patterns of Americans over the past several years.
A prominent Senator involved in investigating the decline of banking services has backed a contentious Woolworths cash move as debate rages about the future of cash in Australia.
A quarter of 40-year-olds in the United States have never been married, according to an analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data by the Pew Research Center.
The U.S. birthrate languishes at its lowest level in history. So when our friend and colleague Herman Wong suggested running the numbers on only children,
Florida and Idaho are America's fastest-growing states, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Their populations increased by 1.9 percent and 1.8 percent, respectively, causing them to rise to 22.2 million and 1.9 million from July 202
According to a new analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Research Center, a record number of 40-year-old Americans who have never been married reached a record high in 2021.
"Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent."--Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis
About 100 million Americans weren't working in early October, according the Census Bureau, and some of the reasons may come as a surprise.
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The pattern here is clear. Americans are fleeing highly-regulated, highly taxed areas and flocking to freer states.
COVID is blamed for deaths soaring to 117,087 compared to 104,166 births
Despite a higher-than-expected 2020 population count, the U.S. Census Bureau estimates Illinoisans moving away was the sole reason for the state's record loss of the equivalent of nearly everyone in Springfield.
A new population report published by the U.S. Census Bureau showed the U.S. grew by a measly 392,665, or 0.1%, the slowest rate since the nation's founding.
The reason humans are dying out is simple and straightforward. It's best summarized in the famous line from Walt Kelly's 1970 Pogo cartoon: "We have met the enemy and he is us."
Rural America lost more population in the latest census, highlighting an already severe worker shortage in the nation's farming and ranching regions and drawing calls from those industries for immigration reform to help ease the problem.
The 2020 census results show that the total white population in the United States shrank for the first time in U.S. history, according to data released by the Census Bureau on Aug. 12.
Is China aging and losing people? Experts say low Chinese birth rate will eventually cost the country its labor force and that China is getting old fast. But will Beijing acknowledge its population crisis? Not from its published census data. Chinese