World Population Highlights 2007: Migration
2007) In 2005, about 191 million people—3 percent of the world's population—were international migrants, according to UN estimates.
2007) In 2005, about 191 million people—3 percent of the world's population—were international migrants, according to UN estimates.
Census questions about race and ethnicity have evolved over time, as have Americans’ views about racial and ethnic identification.
(2010) Over the past several decades, the U.S. Census Bureau has used variations in its attempt to classify and enumerate Latinos.
(2002) Quality of care, a client-centered approach to providing high-quality health care as a basic human right, has emerged as a critical element of family planning and reproductive health programs.
The global population milestone of 8 billion represents nearly 7% of the total number of people who have ever lived on Earth.
(2004) As the 2000 election made clear, the presidential election actually is a series of 51 “winner take all” contests in each state and the District and Columbia. The candidate who wins a particular state is entitled to all of that state’s electoral votes—the equivalent of that state’s total number of senators and representatives.
(2002) According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), reproductive health care is among the crucial elements that give refugees the basic human welfare and dignity that is their right.1
(2006) The United States is set to reach a milestone in October. Joining China and India, it will become the third country to be home to at least 300 million people.
(2009) While the main function of the U.S. decennial census is to provide counts of people for the purpose of Congressional apportionment, the primary purpose of the ACS is to measure the changing social and economic characteristics of the U.S. population.