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Sara Srygley; Nurfadila Khairunnisa; Diana Elliott – Appalachian Regional Commission, 2024
This chartbook is the 14th version to be produced for the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB). The Chartbook describes the diversity of the Appalachian Region on a host of demographic and economic measures and provides an important annual view of the area and its people. The data contained in the…
Descriptors: Demography, Geographic Location, Community Surveys, Data Analysis
Ryan, Camille L.; Bauman, Kurt – US Census Bureau, 2016
This report provides a portrait of educational attainment in the United States based on data collected from the Current Population Survey (CPS). The report examines educational attainment of the adult population by demographic and social characteristics such as age, sex, race and Hispanic origin, and disability status, as well as differences in…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, National Surveys, Adults, Gender Differences
William O'Hare – Annie E. Casey Foundation, 2011
This paper explores the nation's changing child population based on data from the 2010 census. While the number of U.S. children increased only slightly, the demographic shifts within the population were considerable. Some areas of the country (Nevada and Texas) and some demographic groups (including children of mixed race) grew significantly,…
Descriptors: Children, Population Growth, Population Trends, Census Figures
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, MD. – 1983
This document presents a statistical overview of current demographic and socioeconomic data on Hispanics, as well as on major demographic changes during the last decade. Brief textual interpretations accompany each of 23 tables. In summary, the data show a fast-growing, young, active and diverse population closing some gaps in social and economic…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Hispanic Americans, Population Trends, Social Characteristics
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U. S. Burea of the Census Ch – Integrated Education, 1983
Presents statistics, broken down by race and ethnic origin, on home ownership, housing costs, mortgage holders, and rent in the United States. (KH)
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Hispanic Americans, Homeowners
Williams, James D. – 1982
New Mexico, while small, is a state of great diversity in terms of size, growth, and Hispanic concentration of population. Data from the 1980 census indicate New Mexico is the 37th largest state with slightly more than 1.3 million persons and is ninth among the states in percentage of population growth. Growth comes from two demographic sources:…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Community Size, Hispanic Americans, Information Utilization
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Massey, Douglas S.; Denton, Nancy A. – Demography, 1989
Compares Blacks with Hispanics on five dimensions of segregation--evenness, exposure, clustering, centralization, and concentration--in order to show that Blacks occupy a unique and distinctly disadvantaged position in the U.S. urban environment. Finds that Blacks experience extreme segregation on all dimensions, a pattern called hypersegregation.…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Disadvantaged, Hispanic Americans
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Hernandez, Donald; Saluter, Arlene; O'Brien, Catherine – 1993
This report, based on the 1980 and 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Public Use Microdata Samples, presents statistics on America's U.S. children. The report focuses on family living arrangements and economic circumstances. Special attention is devoted to similarities and differences between non-Hispanic white children and non-Hispanic black…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Children, Demography
Wagenheim, Kal – Metas, 1979
Comments upon the 1978 Current Population Survey in relation to the education of Hispanics. Presents two data tables: (1) 1977 family income by type of Spanish origin, and (2) percent of the population 25 years and over by years of school completed, type of Spanish origin, and age. (GC)
Descriptors: Census Figures, Educational Attainment, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Income
Chicago Urban League, IL. Dept. of Research. – 1983
This report examines one subset of the 1980 U.S. Census to assess the socioeconomic status of Blacks and Hispanics relative to non-Hispanic Whites in Chicago, and to minorities in the 10 other Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSAs) in the United States with populations greater than 2.5 million. Eight indicators of socioeconomic disparity…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Family Income, Hispanic Americans
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, DC. – 1986
The gains of economic recovery have been unevenly distributed to benefit the rich much more than the poor. According to Census Bureau data, poverty, especially among children, is significantly higher than five years ago. Poverty has worsened despite decreased unemployment because of widening gaps between rich and poor. Even modest changes in…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Children, Demography, Employment Patterns
McNeil, John M.; And Others – 1989
This report examines the poverty status of persons in 1984 and 1985 using the complete panel file of the 1984 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) and compares those findings to poverty estimates based on the Current Population Survey (CPS). Although the CPS is used to obtain official estimates of persons in poverty, SIPP captures the…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Hispanic Americans
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Suitland, MD. – 1985
This report presents sample data from the 1980 Census on the social, economic, and housing characteristics of the population living in the 100 largest central cities in the United States, the Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas (SMSA's) of which they are a part, and the poverty areas of the SMSA's. The first four tables (S-1 through S-4)…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Employment Level, Family Income, Hispanic Americans
Current Population Reports, 1986
This statistical compilation looks at personal income at three levels: household, family, and individual. Within each of these categories, income figures for 1984 and 1983 are related to selected characteristics such as type of residence, geographic region, race, educational level, age, size of household or family, and number of wage earners in…
Descriptors: Blacks, Census Figures, Employment Statistics, Family Income
National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. – 1985
This paper gives a brief statistical survey of the demographics of Hispanic labor force participation in the years 1980-1985. The progress of Hispanics in the labor market is hindered by their low levels of education, and they have lower economic returns on their education than whites do. Hispanic males were found to have the highest labor force…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Educational Attainment, Employment Level
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