You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at www.census.gov. Sources: Chase's Calendar of Events 2012, p. 136Statistical Abstract of the United States 2012, t. 821 Profile America is produced by the Public...

In 2009, a new destroyer was named after Samuel Gravely. Today, there are just over 1 million ready reservists in the military, 148,000 of them African-American. This special edition of Profile America is a public service of the U.S. Census Bureau. ...

Illinois' export growth increased just under 29 percent last year, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, the authority on American exports. That's almost double the rate of the country as a whole — 15.83 percent — and better than all but a couple of...

U.S. state increased exports last year, and economists caution that governors shouldn't take full credit for things like export growth, just as they can't take full blame for bad economic climates. Illinois' export growth increased just less than 29...

Mayor Rahm Emanuel has challenged the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 findings that the Windy City's population declined by some 200,000 over 10 years. The mayor announced Saturday that he has challenged the U.S. Census Bureau's count of the city's population...

CalculatedRisk on 2/19/2012 12:44:00 PM The Census Bureau will report new home sales on Friday, and the consensus is for sales of 315 thousand on a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) basis. This is up less than 2% from the 310 thousand SAAR sales...

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Labor said initial jobless claims unexpectedly fell to their lowest level since March 2008 last week, declining to 348,000, confounding expectations for an increase to 364,000. In a separate report, the U.S. Census...

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Labor said initial jobless claims unexpectedly fell to their lowest level since March 2008 last week, declining to 348,000, confounding expectations for an increase to 364,000. In a separate report, the U.S. Census...

Hamilton said rapid population growth in Northwest Arkansas likely kept the per capita personal income lower than that of Pulaski County. More people were moving into Northwest Arkansas and looking for jobs. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the...

On Thursday, the U.S. Department of Labor said initial jobless claims unexpectedly fell to their lowest level since March 2008 last week, declining to 348,000, confounding expectations for an increase to 364,000. In a separate report, the U.S. Census...

UT, February 19, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The need for an online store front is becoming more prevalent, and losing sales to the Internet will continue. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, online sales jumped 16 percent in 2011. HammerTap, an eBay...

“Those 1950s shows were templates for a middle-class life.” The current batch of nighttime soaps certainly doesn’t offer that kind of template. The Census Bureau puts the median household income in the U.S. at $49,445, which wouldn’t even cover the...

Jobs were a particular priority, he said, for the city's black residents, whose unemployment rate is almost four times that of whites. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey estimates for 2010, for city residents more than 16...

Even with the booming electronic publishing industry, there are just over 8,000 magazine and periodical publishers in the U.S. , producing paper products worth $46 billion a year. This special edition of Profile America is a public service of the U.S....

Americans are living longer, and employers are dealing with more retirements than ever before. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the ratio of employees to retirees nationwide was at 2.9 to one in 2010, the lowest in history, and is projected to dip...

It wasn't a big list — there were only 50 subscribers. A little later, a directory also came out in San Francisco, with about 170 names. Now, there are 76 million residential telephone lines and another 45 million business lines. While directory...

WSSP decided to launch its "Operation Restore Home" project in Columbus, Ohio, in part due to the fact that Columbus is home to one of the largest Somali populations in America, second only to the Twin Cities in Minnesota. According to the U.S. Census...

Marquette Neighborhood Health Center. "It is very time consuming." Doctors typically call colleagues to ask if they will see a patient. But even if the doctors agree, they may need approval from the health system where they work. Estimates on the number...

Merged families Blame better communication — or coddling — but you're almost twice as likely to have an adult child living with you today as you were in 1970, according to the Census Bureau. More than 18% of men between the ages of 25 and 34 and nearly...