Captain_Kirk
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From today's WSJ; some numbers from the Census Bureau. There's ammo in here for lots of folks: Bush haters, women, anti--Clevelanders, nySportsJournalists.com. And any of you single ladies looking to trap find a man, loooks like Vegas or Reno might be prime spots, unless you're a big fan of North Dakota.
The Census Bureau yesterday released its annual snapshot of Americans---all 299,599,204 of us. Here are some highlights from that report.
-- The median family income of households rose 1.1% to $45,326 in 2005 after falling for five years in a row.
-- The median earnings of men working full-time last year declined 1.8% to $41,386.
-- The median woman's earnings declined 1.3% to $31,855.
-- Women earned less than men in every state and region. The gender wage gap was the widest in the finance/insurance/legal industries.
-- The gap between the richest and poorest American widened in the last year.
-- The top fifth of American households claimed 50.4% of all income.
-- About 37 million Americans, or 12.6% of the population, are living in poverty.
-- The average household income for a person living in poverty was $19,971.
-- Median income grew strongest in the Northeast (up 2.9%) but declined in the Midwest.
-- Americans at the top of the income ladder tended to live in metropolitan areas; people at the bottom tended to live in rural areas.
-- The three richest counties in the US were in the Washington DC area--Loudoun and Fairfax in Virginia and Howard in Maryland.
--The two cities with the highest poverty rate (44%) were Camden, NJ and College Station, TX. Cleveland had the highest poverty rate (32.4%) among big cities.
-- The number of uninsured Americans rose by 1.4 million to 46.6 million, or 15.9% of the population.
--The ratio of single men to single women was highest in Nevada and North Dakota; lowest in the District of Columbia and Louisiana.
-- New Yorkers were faced with the highest average daily commute times--31.2 minutes. North Dakotans could do it in 16.3 minutes.
The Census Bureau yesterday released its annual snapshot of Americans---all 299,599,204 of us. Here are some highlights from that report.
-- The median family income of households rose 1.1% to $45,326 in 2005 after falling for five years in a row.
-- The median earnings of men working full-time last year declined 1.8% to $41,386.
-- The median woman's earnings declined 1.3% to $31,855.
-- Women earned less than men in every state and region. The gender wage gap was the widest in the finance/insurance/legal industries.
-- The gap between the richest and poorest American widened in the last year.
-- The top fifth of American households claimed 50.4% of all income.
-- About 37 million Americans, or 12.6% of the population, are living in poverty.
-- The average household income for a person living in poverty was $19,971.
-- Median income grew strongest in the Northeast (up 2.9%) but declined in the Midwest.
-- Americans at the top of the income ladder tended to live in metropolitan areas; people at the bottom tended to live in rural areas.
-- The three richest counties in the US were in the Washington DC area--Loudoun and Fairfax in Virginia and Howard in Maryland.
--The two cities with the highest poverty rate (44%) were Camden, NJ and College Station, TX. Cleveland had the highest poverty rate (32.4%) among big cities.
-- The number of uninsured Americans rose by 1.4 million to 46.6 million, or 15.9% of the population.
--The ratio of single men to single women was highest in Nevada and North Dakota; lowest in the District of Columbia and Louisiana.
-- New Yorkers were faced with the highest average daily commute times--31.2 minutes. North Dakotans could do it in 16.3 minutes.
