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America Counts: Stories about Employment
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America Counts StoryEffects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Private and Public EmploymentNovember 20, 2024Private employment dropped by a smaller percentage and rebounded, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. State and local government employment has not fully recovered.
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America Counts StoryA Snapshot of Business Growth by County and IndustryOctober 30, 2024A new data visualization from the 2022 County Business Patterns shows the business landscape over 19 economic sectors in the United States and Puerto Rico.
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America Counts StoryA Look at the Growing Number of U.S. PharmacistsOctober 18, 2024Although the majority of pharmacists were women, their pay lagged that of their male counterparts.
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America Counts StoryEconomic Census Highlights Unique Characteristics of U.S. Island AreasSeptember 25, 2024Tourism-related industries dominate some island economies while manufacturing and construction are the leading industries on other islands.
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America Counts StoryHealth Coverage for Working-Age Adults Rose in Every State Since 2013September 12, 2024A brief, infographic and working paper from the American Community Survey estimates out today show changes in health coverage rates by age and state 2013-2023.
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America Counts StoryHow COVID-19 Changed Older Adults’ Work and LifestyleSeptember 04, 2024New data visualization shows differences in older adults’ work and lifestyle patterns from 2019 to 2022.
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America Counts StoryRethinking Urban and Rural DistinctionsAugust 27, 2024More people are moving away from city centers to the outer edges of metro areas but still work in urban centers, blurring the lines between rural and urban.
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America Counts StoryBracing for an Active 2024 Hurricane SeasonJune 12, 2024A look at Census Bureau data, maps and tools that can support emergency managers in disaster preparation and response.
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America Counts StoryExploring Two “First Look” Economic DatasetsJune 06, 2024Early data from the 2022 Economic Census and 2023 Annual Business Survey offer a glimpse of the number of employer businesses in the United States.
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America Counts StoryMore People Moved Farther Away From City Centers Since COVID-19May 16, 2024New July 1,2023 population estimates show that more of the nation’s fastest-growing places were exurban communities.
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America Counts StoryFrom Great Resignation to Great ReshufflingMay 13, 2024Newly released Census Bureau data show how workers changed jobs across industries during and after the pandemic.
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America Counts StoryWho Commuted on Baltimore’s Key Bridge?May 08, 2024Francis Scott Key Bridge commuters had long, early commutes and were concentrated in specific earnings and occupational categories.
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America Counts StoryDual Health Insurance Coverage Declining For Adults Age 65 and OverApril 18, 2024Rates of dual health coverage — private health insurance and Medicare — decreased from 2017 to 2022 for adults age 65 and older regardless of employment status.
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America Counts StoryBridge Collapse Could Affect Over a Million People in Baltimore AreaApril 10, 2024The Community Resilience Estimates show that 21.7% of residents in the combined areas of Baltimore city and County are considered socially vulnerable.
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America Counts StoryHow Many U.S. Businesses Offer Health Insurance to Employees?February 29, 2024Private-sector companies in seven states and District of Columbia offer health insurance to employees at a rate significantly above the national average.
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America Counts StoryNearly 327,000 in U.S. Lived in Emergency and Transitional SheltersFebruary 27, 2024The American Community Survey 5-year estimates provides a demographic profile of the population experiencing homelessness who lived in shelters.
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America Counts StoryRising Cost of Child Care Services a Challenge for Working ParentsJanuary 09, 2024Census Bureau data show that estimated revenue for Child Day Care Services increased all but one year from 2014 to 2021.
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America Counts StoryEconomic Backbone of Holiday Shopping Season: Retail WorkersDecember 20, 2023The number of retail workers remained over 9 million but their share of the total workforce declined from 2010 to 2022.
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America Counts StoryEducation Does Not Resolve Gender Wage GapDecember 13, 2023A new Census Bureau table package on men’s and women’s median annual earnings by detailed field of degree shows the gender pay gap in all fields of study.
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America Counts StoryMost Parents Don’t Have Any Formal Child Care ArrangementsNovember 29, 2023The Household Pulse Survey shows that 1 in 5 parents relied on a relative for child care.
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America Counts StoryPowering the Economy One Chip at a TimeSeptember 29, 2023The CHIPS Act was passed to provide funding for manufacturing, research and development, but industry faces an aging workforce and labor shortages.
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America Counts StoryHealth Insurance Coverage of U.S. Workers Increased in 2022September 12, 2023Health insurance coverage for working-age adults ages 19 to 64 improved in 2022 across race groups and Hispanic origin and in most regions.
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America Counts StoryPandemic’s Impact on Commuting and How It Changed U.S. CitiesJuly 05, 2023As more people worked from home in 2021, some U.S. counties experienced large drops in commuter-adjusted population.
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America Counts StorySharp Drop in On-Site/In-Person Work Since 2019June 27, 2023New Census Bureau data show detailed trends in home-based work, including the rise in mixed or hybrid work.
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America Counts StoryWomen Made Up Majority of Home-Based Workers During PandemicMay 16, 2023The spike in home-based workers during the pandemic slightly increased the share of women working from home.
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America Counts StoryMore People in All Race/Ethnic Groups Worked From Home 2019-2021April 06, 2023The number of White, Black, Asian and Hispanic home-based workers more than doubled.
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America Counts StoryWomen and Men Both Experienced Changes in Occupations During COVID-19March 13, 2023Women’s job losses were concentrated in service occupations 2019-2021. Job gains were mostly in management, business, science and arts occupations.
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America Counts StoryRemote Work During the Pandemic Shifted Daytime Population of CitiesFebruary 21, 2023U.S. Census Bureau tools show how the daytime population of urban job centers declined during the pandemic as more employees worked from home.
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America Counts StoryWhere in the United States Are the High-Tech Jobs?February 14, 2023Census Bureau’s new Business Dynamics Statistics of U.S. High Tech Industries shows where high-tech jobs are and where new high-tech companies are locating.
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America Counts StoryIn Time for the Grammy Awards, Statistics on the Recording IndustryFebruary 02, 2023Showcasing the 65th annual Grammy Awards on February 5 through Census Bureau data on the recording industry.
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America Counts StoryThe Stories U.S. Census Bureau Data Told in 2022December 27, 2022A look at some of the America Counts stories that revealed shifts in our population, from growing diversity and declining poverty to where and how we live.
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America Counts Story¿Qué idiomas hablamos en los Estados Unidos?December 06, 2022La población que hablaba en el hogar un idioma que no era inglés casi se triplicó de 1980 a 2019, pero también había más personas que solo hablaban inglés.
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America Counts StoryWhat Languages Do We Speak in the United States?December 06, 2022The number of people who spoke a language other than English at home nearly tripled from 1980 to 2019, but the number who spoke only English also increased.
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America Counts StoryWho Are the STEM Workers Under Age 25?November 08, 2022Employment in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) occupations is projected to grow at twice the rate of total employment through 2031.
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America Counts StoryHow Resilient Are Communities Along the U.S.-Mexico Border?October 18, 2022The Community Resilience Estimates show that more people living in the 44 counties along the U.S.-Mexico border are less resilient than the nation as a whole.
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America Counts StoryMore Women in Manufacturing Jobs in Every Age GroupOctober 03, 2022In the runup to Manufacturing Day on Oct. 7, we look at the growing role of women in manufacturing.
Page Last Revised - November 20, 2021
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