- New York Times: “The counties with the three highest median household incomes are all in the Virginia suburbs of Washington. Falls Church led the pack with $113,313 per household, an increase of 17 percent since 2000. The county with the lowest median household income was Owsley, Ky., at $18,869.”
- Baltimore Sun: “Maryland’s median household income was nearly $70,000, ahead of Connecticut and New Jersey, and far above the nationwide median of about $51,400. Fewer than 10 percent of city households fit the “traditional” mold of a married couple with children. Both the average household size and family size in the city have increased since 2000. Marylanders continued to have some of the nation’s longest driving commutes about 31 minutes on average, virtually tied with New Yorkers.”
- U.S. Census Bureau Releases First Set of 5-Year American Community Survey Estimates
- Percent of People Below Poverty Level in the Past 12 Months – Maps
- Median Housing Value of Owner-Occupied Housing Units
- Mean Travel Time to Work of Workers 16 Years and Over Who Did Not Work at Home
- Percent of Households That are Married-Couple Families With Own Children Under 18 Years
- Percent of People 25 Years and Over Who Have Completed High School (includes Equivalency)
- Percent of People 5 Years and Over Who Speak Spanish at Home
- Median Household Income
- Percent of People Who Are Foreign Born
- U.S. Census Bureau Releases First Set of 5-Year American Community Survey Estimates
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Daily Archives: December 14, 2010
CBO: Federal Debt and Interest Costs
Federal Debt and Interest Costs, December 14, 2010 “Recently, the federal government has been recording the largest budget deficits, as a share of gross domestic product (GDP), since the end of World War II. As a result of those deficits, the amount of federal debt held by the public has soared–surpassing $9 trillion at the… Continue Reading
Leaders Pay Tribute to U.S. Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke
News release: “Defense Department leaders today joined the president, vice president, secretary of state and others in mourning the death of U.S. Ambassador Richard C. Holbrooke. Holbrooke was serving as special representative to Afghanistan and Pakistan when he died last night from a tear in his aorta. He fell ill during a Dec. 10 meeting… Continue Reading
Pew Internet Presentation: Dancing with megaphones – the New Rules, Realities and Hard Data Behind Consumer
Presentation by Pete Blackshaw: CMO, NM Incite, a Nielsen-McKinsey Company and Lee Rainie: Director, Pew Internet Project “The media ecology has changed so profoundly that the people formerly known as consumers are a new breed. They allocate their attention differently. They approach the product research differently. They move into a buying frame of mind differently.… Continue Reading
Business Roundable: Roadmap for Growth
“The United States is at a critical juncture. The deep recession and weak economic recovery have left one in 10 American workers without a job, and our federal budget is driving our countrys debt to unprecedented levels. Business Roundtable believes that the nations business community, the White House and Congress must work together to encourage… Continue Reading
EPA Removes Saccharin from Hazardous Substances Listing
News release: “The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has removed saccharin, a common artificial sweetener, and its salts from the agencys list of hazardous substances. Saccharin is no longer considered a potential hazard to human health. Saccharin is a white crystalline powder that is found in diet soft drinks, chewing gum and juice. Saccharin was… Continue Reading
Recent Graduates Say Degrees Are Worth Time, Money Spent
News release: “The more than 2.4 million students who receive an undergraduate degree in the United States each year have college experiences that are individual and diverse, but the students are nearly unanimous in their opinion of the value of their degree. Polling conducted by The Winston Group on behalf of the American Council on… Continue Reading
New GAO Reports: 2010 Census, Combat Ship Acquisition Strategies
2010 Census: Data Collection Operations Were Generally Completed as Planned, but Long-standing Challenges Suggest Need for Fundamental Reforms, GAO-11-193, December 14, 2010 2010 Census: Follow-up Should Reduce Coverage Errors, but Effects on Demographic Groups Need to Be Determined, GAO-11-154, December 14, 2010 2010 Census: Key Efforts to Include Hard-to-Count Populations Went Generally as Planned; Improvements… Continue Reading
OECD: Euro area recovering but major reforms needed to restore stability
News release: “The euro area is now recovering from a severe recession, but the build-up of large economic, fiscal and financial imbalances demands a coherent and forward-looking reform agenda, according to a new OECD report. The OECDs latest Economic Survey of the Euro Area, presented today in Brussels by OECD Deputy Secretary-General and Chief Economist… Continue Reading
CBO: Economic Impacts of Waiting to Resolve the Long-Term Budget Imbalance
Economic Impacts of Waiting to Resolve the Long-Term Budget Imbalance, December 10. 2010 “To prevent federal debt from rising to unsupportable levels, policymakers would eventually have to restrain the growth of spending, raise revenues significantly above their historical share of gross domestic product (GDP), or pursue some combination of those two approaches. Addressing the long-term… Continue Reading
Managing Class Action Litigation: A Pocket Guide for Judges
Managing Class Action Litigation: A Pocket Guide for Judges, Third Edition. Barbara J. Rothstein; Thomas E. Willging, 2010, 55 pages “This pocket guide is designed to help federal judges manage the increased number of class action cases filed in or removed to federal courts as a result of the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005… Continue Reading
