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Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, DC. – 2000
This brief presents some U.S. Census figures on poverty and employment patterns for 1999. The percentage of U.S. citizens living in poverty declined to 11.8 percent in 1999, the lowest poverty rate since 1979, as poverty rates for people aged 65 and over, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and people living in the South fell to all-time lows.…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Children, Employment Patterns, Income
Spraggins, Renee E. – US Department of Commerce, 2005
This report provides a portrait of women in the United States and highlights comparisons with men at the national level. It is part of the Census 2000 Special Reports series that presents several demographic, social, and economic characteristics collected from Census 2000. The data contained in this report are based on the samples of households…
Descriptors: Females, Race, Census Figures, Gender Differences
Bridge, 1975
These highlights include information on the immigration and population, educational characteristics, employment characteristics, poverty characteristics, family characteristics, and income of Japanese Americans, Chinese Americans, Philipino Americans, Korean Americans, and Hawaiians from the 1970 census. (JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Census Figures, Demography
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Chapa, Jorge; De La Rosa, Belinda – Education and Urban Society, 2004
Data from the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Education Statistics indicate that Latinos lag behind non-Latinos in education and in other socioeconomic characteristics. Although there are some positive indications such as the decrease of individuals and children living in poverty and an increase in the number of individuals working…
Descriptors: Population Growth, Poverty, Family Income, Family Size
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
National Council of La Raza, Washington, DC. – 1998
This document consists of four separately-published fact sheets providing information, derived from U.S. government sources, about the condition of Hispanics in the United States. The first, "Hispanic Children, Poverty, and Federal Assistance Programs," describes the status of Hispanic American children and the federal programs designed…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Children, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns
Rochin, Refugio I. – Aztlan, 1973
The article discusses the literature dealing with Chicano poverty and the Chicano population in comparison to Whites and Blacks in the Southwest. It also identifies the Chicano poor, their population, and what is happening to them. (NQ)
Descriptors: Anglo Americans, Blacks, Census Figures, Economic Factors
Therrien, Melissa; Ramirez, Roberto R. – 2001
This report describes the United States' Hispanic population in 2000, profiling demographic and socioeconomic characteristics such as geographic distribution, age, educational attainment, earnings, and poverty status. These characteristics are compared with those of non-Hispanic whites, and because Hispanics are a heterogeneous group, variability…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Census Figures, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns
Aponte, Robert; Siles, Marcelo – 1994
This report provides a Latino-focused assessment of the changing demographic and economic landscape of the Midwest between 1980 and 1990. Over 56 percent of the region's population increase was accounted for by Latinos, of which persons of Mexican origin were the largest proportion. The White population decreased by over 300,000 persons, with the…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Economic Change, Educational Attainment
Hornor, Louise L., Ed. – 1996
This sourcebook is the third in a series of statistical sourcebooks covering significant topics in American life. The book attempts to provide, in one reference source, extensive material about the Hispanic population of the United States. The collection of tables displays information on a wide range of topics. With only a few exceptions, each…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Crime, Demography, Educational Attainment
Martinez-Brawley, Emilia E.; Durbin, Nancy – Human Services in the Rural Environment, 1987
Reviews historical patterns in the employment of rural women and explains the policy implications of their unique labor market experiences. Analyzes current differences between rural and urban female employment, emphasizing the narrow range of occupations open to rural women and their resulting employment deprivation and vulnerability to poverty.…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns
Women Work! The National Network for Women's Employment, Washington, DC. – 1994
For many single mothers and displaced homemakers (homemakers who must suddenly enter the workforce), jobs often do not signify escape from poverty. 1990 U.S. Census data indicate that the number of single mothers and displaced homemakers rose dramatically during the 1980s. Workforce participation for this group also rose during that decade, but…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Displaced Homemakers, Economic Status, Employment Patterns
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1974
This report begins with a demographic profile. Among the topics discussed are marital status and h ousehold composition, female heads of household, general income analysis, the earnings gap within occupations and industries, participation of women in the labor force and characteristics of women workers over the lifespan. The report then focuses on…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Child Care, Demography, Employed Women
RJ Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1974
Today, there are 827,000 American Indians and Alaskan Natives in the United States. Although found throughout the U.S., nearly two-thirds live in the states of Oklahoma, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Alaska (including Eskimos and Aleuts), North Carolina, South Dakota, and Washington. While in 1930 only 10 percent of the Indians lived in urban…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, American Indians, Census Figures
Effah, Kofi B.; Murdock, Steve H. – 1994
This paper examines patterns of change in the number of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients in nonmetropolitan and metropolitan Texas counties, 1980-1990. Specifically, the paper analyzes how changes in AFDC enrollment can be explained by demographic and socioeconomic characteristics and the extent to which factors explaining…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Child Welfare, Counties, Demography
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