6 facts about America’s STEM workforce and those training for it
Black and Hispanic workers remain underrepresented in STEM jobs compared with their share of the U.S. workforce.
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Black and Hispanic workers remain underrepresented in STEM jobs compared with their share of the U.S. workforce.
Around a quarter of college faculty in the U.S. were nonwhite in fall 2017, compared with 45% of students.
The 30-year low reflects in part tight labor markets and falling unemployment, but also higher shares of young women at work or in school.
In the past 10 years, the share of U.S. adults living without a spouse or partner has climbed to 42%, up from 39% in 2007.
The number of U.S. households renting their home increased significantly between 2006 and 2016, as did the share.
As Obama’s time in office nears its end, the U.S. remains short of his goal to produce more college graduates by 2020.
Helped by the economic recovery, the share not working or enrolled in school dropped to a historic low of 16% by 2014, a Pew Research Center analysis found.
More Hispanics are already enrolled in college than ever before and, among those who are, nearly half (46%) attend a public two-year school, the highest share of any race or ethnicity.
Just 7% of the nation’s 18-to-24 year olds had dropped out of high school in 2013, continuing a steady decline in the nation’s dropout rate since 2000, when 12% of youth were dropouts.
A steady demographic change over the years has resulted in a decline in the number of whites in classrooms.
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