Numbers, Facts and Trends Shaping Your World
Ending a lull in coverage, the battle over health care reform returned as the No. 1 story last week as 23 senators cast votes on the issue. But the nation—and the media—were also captivated by a strange story about a six-year-old boy that began as breathless breaking cable news.
A total of 860,000 Hispanics of Guatemalan origin resided in the United States in 2007, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
A total of 797,000 Hispanics of Colombian origin resided in the United States in 2007, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
A total of 527,000 Hispanics of Honduran origin resided in the United States in 2007, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
A total of 523,000 Hispanics of Ecuadorian origin resided in the United States in 2007, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
Roll over a country bubble to see its estimated 2009 Muslim population, the percentage of its population that is Muslim and the percentage of the world Muslim population it represents. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/uploadedFiles/Topics/Religious_Affiliation/Muslim/I_africa_map.swf * Indicates the use of a source with a small enough sample size to make these estimates somewhat less reliable. Due to this greater […]
Summary of Findings As the first vials of swine flu vaccine make their way into American communities, public interest in news about the disease is increasing. Nearly as many people now cite swine flu as their top news story of the week as mention the health care debate – the first time in several months […]
A total of 471,000 Hispanics of Peruvian origin resided in the United States in 2007, according to the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey.
For much of the week, news of an email scam that compromised thousands of passwords animated the blogosphere. Late in the week, however, the focus shifted abruptly to Barack Obama’s surprising Nobel Peace Prize. On YouTube, meanwhile, a Letterman mea culpa drew the most hits.