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Adapting the American Community Survey Amid COVID-19
We adapted the American Community Survey amid the pandemic to keep both the nation informed, and our staff and the people who respond safe.
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Women in Manufacturing
Today we explore the role of women in the manufacturing industry using household data from the American Community Survey.
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The Role of Firm Age in the Dynamics of Job Creation and Destruction
The 2015 BDS provide annual statistics on job creation and destruction, establishment births and deaths, and firm startups and shutdowns.
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The Increasing Complexity of IT Occupations
Computers are all around us — from desktops at work and home to smartphones everywhere in between.
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Majority of Workers Take Health Insurance Offered by Their Employers
New statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau show that in 2015, 78.8 percent of employees worked for an employer who offered insurance to any of its employees, 71.0 percent of workers were eligible to take offered coverage, and 54.3 percent took the coverage offered by their employers.
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A Look at the Nearly 1 Million Who Ride Their Bikes to Work in the U.S.
The proportion of workers who commute by bicycle has remained small, but relatively steady over the last few decades.
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Labor Force Participation Rates for An Aging World - 2015
Today the U.S. Census Bureau released An Aging World-2015, a report that examines the older population’s demographic, health and economic characteristics in the United States and around the world. The Census Bureau regularly tracks trends in international aging and examines their significance. In the coming decades, almost all countries will see an increase in their older population because of expected improvements in health and falling fertility.
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Another View of the Gender Earnings Gap
In 2014, the female-to-male earnings ratio stood at 0.79 , indicating that the median earnings of women who worked full time, year-round was 79 percent of what their male counterparts earned.
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Working in America: New Tables Detail Demographics of Work Experience
More than seven in 10 people of traditional working age (16 to 64 years old) worked in 2014; for people 65 and over, at least one in five had worked in the past 12 months. In fact, 12.4 percent of people 70 and over continued to work.
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Statisticians: A Goodness of Fit Test
In honor of World Statistics Day, let’s talk about statisticians. While lots of people use statistics in their jobs every day (such as sports writers, stock analysts, weather reporters, biologists, engineers, economists, sociologists, epidemiologists, practicing physicians, nuclear physicists and lots more), only 45,145 or so (standard deviation 2,150) describe themselves as “statisticians” on the American Community Survey.
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Older Workers Are Staying Longer in the Workforce
Participation in the labor force has been rising for older adults for the past decade or longer. By 2010, the labor force participation rate for the population age 65 and older reached 22.1 percent for men and 13.8 percen t for women, up from 17.7 percent and 9.4 percent, respectively, in 2000. In contrast, labor force participation for the U.S. population 16 and older fell from 67.1 percent in 2000 to 64.7 percent in 2010.
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Get the LED Out! — Easier Access to Powerful Labor Force Information
Do you need information on the changing composition of the workforce through the recent recession? Or evidence of the job creation ability of young firms? Answer questions like these and many more with the Quarterly Workforce Indicators (QWI) dataset available through the new Local Employment Dynamics (LED) Extraction Tool.
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The Occupations of Workers with Disabilities
Experts from the Census Bureau describe the objectives of their work and explain census and survey results. The bureau conducts more than 100 surveys each year.
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Acquiring Work Experience with Age
In the workplace, we expect age to be an important factor in how much people are paid—as we get older, we gain experience and our value to employers increases. However, that expectation may not hold for those who leave the workforce for an extended period of time, for reasons including raising children or getting additional education.
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A Look at Workforce Statistics from the EEO Tabulation
Experts from the Census Bureau describe the objectives of their work and explain census and survey results. The bureau conducts more than 100 surveys each year.
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Measuring Workforce Diversity
Experts from the Census Bureau describe the objectives of their work and explain census and survey results. The bureau conducts more than 100 surveys each year.
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2011 Poverty - Stories Behind the Numbers
In 2011, 15.0 percent of the population had income below the official poverty thresholds. Between 2010 and 2011 there was no statistically significant change in the percent or number of people in poverty in the United States. This was the first time in four years that the poverty rate did not go up. End of story? Well, not quite. We can look beyond these broadest poverty estimates to understand some important things happening in the economy.
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OnTheMap Connects Where People Work and Where Workers Live
In a world of economic uncertainties, innovative products from the U.S. Census Bureau help job seekers, employers and economic planners get an in-depth look at their local job market. OnTheMap is an interactive mapping tool that allows both novice and experienced computer users to create, print and download workforce related maps, charts, profiles and reports.
Page Last Revised - December 5, 2023
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