Prior to COVID-19, child poverty rates had reached record lows in U.S.
In 2019, the share of American children living in poverty was on a downward trajectory, reaching record lows across racial and ethnic groups.
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In 2019, the share of American children living in poverty was on a downward trajectory, reaching record lows across racial and ethnic groups.
The higher education pipeline suggests a long path is ahead for increasing diversity, especially in fields like computing and engineering.
The number of U.S. households renting their home increased significantly between 2006 and 2016, as did the share.
The share of Americans who live in middle-income households has held steady since 2010 – a flat trend that might actually be good news.
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.
From 1996 to 2012, college enrollment among Hispanics ages 18 to 24 more than tripled (240% increase), outpacing increases among blacks (72%) and whites (12%).
On Tuesday the Census Bureau released its annual trove of data on income, poverty and health insurance in 2012. Here were some of the key findings on household income: New data show that median household income has stagnated for the longest period since the government began collecting such data in 1967. In 2012 the median […]
The recession-era boom in the size of freshman classes at four-year colleges, community colleges and trade schools has been driven largely by a sharp increase in minority student enrollment.
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