Women who experienced childhood adversity are more likely to have their first child early or outside of marriage, face a greater risk of cancer than men, and are particularly vulnerable to health impacts when they are lower income.
(2019) More than 300 million people live in the United States and getting an accurate count of each and every one of them is no easy feat. As the U.
(2019) The ACS conference began with some Census Bureau updates on activities and operations. Steven Dillingham, the Census Bureau Director, expressed the importance the ACS and said “data users are the key to the continuous improvement” of the flagship survey.
Population Reference Bureau’s exclusive preview of the upcoming decennial census reveals population shifts with major implications for the nation’s political, social, and economic future.
Older women in the United States continue to live longer than men, on average, but they’re spending an increasing share of their later years living with a disability, research suggests.
82.2% of Appalachian households have access to a computer device. The U.S. average of 87.2%.
88.5% of Appalachian adults (ages 25-64) have earned a high school diploma, similar to the U.S. average of 88.6%.
Appalachia’s median household income is 83% of the U.S. figure.
Data suggest that Appalachia faces a digital divide—not just between the Region’s households and the rest of the nation but also between the Region’s rural and more urban areas, say the authors of a Population Reference Bureau (PRB) report for the Appalachian Regional Commission.