American Indian and Alaska Native Children
This report examines the geographic distribution and socioeconomic characteristics of American Indian and Alaska Native children, whose population virtually doubled between 1990 and 2000 because of changes to the 2000 Census. (August 2005)

Why Concentrated Poverty Fell in the United States in the 1990s
The number of neighborhoods with 40 percent or more of their residents in poverty had been growing since the 1960s. But an improved economy and suburbanization helped reverse a long-standing trend.(August 2005)

2005 World Population Data Sheet

 Extreme poverty and environmental and health disparities still plague many countries. The Data Sheet provides up-to-date demographic, health, and environment data for all the countries and major regions of the world. (August 2005)

U.S. Economic Inequality Through the Prisms of Income and Consumption
The consumption levels of children declined from 1981 to 2001 relative to the general population. (August 2005)

U.S. Attitudes Toward Interracial Dating Are Liberalizing
More than one-half of all Americans say they have interdated, and 83 percent approve of the practice. (July 2005)

The Future of Social Security
Syracuse University sociologist Christine Himes outlines the U.S. demographic trends fueling debates on reforming the Social Security system as well as the major reform proposals. (June 2005)

New Marriages, New Families: U.S. Racial and Hispanic Intermarriage (PDF: 593 KB)

 This Population Bulletin details the growing numbers of interracial marriages and children in the United States and their implications for future demographic and social trends. (BUL 60.2, June 2005).

The Transition to Adulthood: Young Adults Ages 18 to 24 in America (PDF: 1.35MB)
This report provides an overview of the status of young adult Americans ages 18 to 24, with particular attention to outcomes associated with the transition to adulthood including citizenship, educational achievement, disconnectedness, employment, and military service, as well as measures of family and household formation. (May 2005)

Clean Water's Historic Effect on U.S. Mortality Rates Provides Hope for Developing Countries
The U.S. introduced water filtration and chlorination in major cities between 1900 and 1940, and death rates declined. This experience is relevant in the developing world today. (May 2005)

Labor and Unauthorized U.S. Migration
The dramatic increase in the number of undocumented immigrants to the United States over the last four years highlights the ongoing policy debate about how these immigrants should best be incorporated into the U.S. labor force. (May 2005)