Why the 2020 American Community Survey Is Different and Why It Matters
The COVID pandemic impeded data collection for the United States’ premier survey of local communities. How can we measure a changing America?
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U.S. Latino Children Fare Poorly on Many Social Indicators
(2009) Latinos make up a growing share of young Americans: Nationally their share reached 22 percent in 2008, but it already approaches or exceeds 50 percent in several states, including Arizona, California, New Mexico, and Texas.
Population and Food Security: Africa’s Challenge (Part 2)
(2012) Almost two of every three people in sub-Saharan Africa live in a rural area, relying principally on small-scale agriculture for their livelihood. Improving agriculture on small farms is critical to reducing hunger.
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Project: KIDS COUNT
Report. 2017 KIDS COUNT Data Book: How Are Children Faring?
(2017) The KIDS COUNT Data Book—now in its 28th year—provides an up-to-date and detailed picture of how children are faring in the United States, nationally and in each state.
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The U.S. Census Tradition
At the fractious Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, America's founders conceived the idea of a national census to determine the number of representatives each state would send to Congress.
Project: American Community Survey and Decennial Census Support Services
Children Are at the Forefront of U.S. Racial and Ethnic Change
(2020) The U.S. population is undergoing rapid racial and ethnic change, led by growth of the Hispanic/Latino and Asian American populations. For policymakers and others, keeping track of these changes is important because some racial and ethnic groups are faring worse than others.
Parents’ Imprisonment Linked to Children’s Health, Behavioral Problems
(2014) U.S. children of incarcerated parents are an extremely vulnerable group, and much more likely to have behavioral problems and physical and mental health conditions than their peers, reports Kristin Turney, a University of California-Irvine sociologist.