Who Are America’s Immigrants?
A century beyond the country’s strictest immigration law, here’s what the data tell us about who’s coming to the United States
A century beyond the country’s strictest immigration law, here’s what the data tell us about who’s coming to the United States
(2010) Family planning is one of the most cost-effective health interventions in the developing world.
(2006) The "fertility transition"—the shift from large to small families that demographers have observed throughout much of the world—has been remarkably rapid in Morocco, according to a recently released demographic and health survey on that country.
Carbon dioxide emissions have grown dramatically in the past century because of human activity, chiefly the use of fossil fuels such as oil and coal, as well as changes in land use such as cutting down forests.
(2008) Millions of people live in poverty in Latin America, and many young people often face few prospects for a bright future.
By law, the U.S. government is required to count the number of people living in the United States every 10 years.