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As this year comes to a close, we review some of the key demographic and economic trends and shifts that reshaped the nation in 2022.
This year, the country started rebounding from the health and economic upheaval caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. Census Bureau surveys continued to document the changes the country experienced. In addition to the 2020 Census results and more recent population estimates and surveys, we had several new experimental data products that provided near real-time statistics on households and businesses.
We revisit some of the stories census statistics told:
Over a Quarter of Children Lived With At Least One Foreign-Born Parent
Census Bureau Construction Data: From Stone Age to Space Age
U.S. Startups Create Jobs at Higher Rates, Older Large Firms Employ Most Workers
Increase in Number of U.S. Black-Owned Businesses From 2017 to 2019
Harder to Pay the Bills Now That Child Tax Credit Payments Have Ended
Famous People Who First Appeared in 1950 Census Records
Fertility Rates: Declined for Younger Women, Increased for Older Women
Why Study Aging in Africa, Region With World’s Youngest Population?
E-Commerce Sales Surged During the Pandemic
Less Hunger in At-Risk Households During Pandemic Expansion of School Meals Program
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