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Fastest-Growing Areas For Young Millennials Aren’t Traditional Suspects
Twenty-somethings have flocked to major U.S. urban centers during the last decade, outpacing total population growth in more than 500 metropolitan and micropolitan sta... more
Changing Economy Hits Retail Paychecks As Well As Staples of Brick-and-Mortar Businesses
The “retail apocalypse” phrase that describes the woes of brick-and-mortar stores over the past decade isn’t just a reference to the thousands of clo... more
Save Map Positions in Social Explorer
Exploring specific areas of interest just became a whole lot easier on Social Explorer with our new feature, Save Map Position! It’s simple. Once you have ... more
Introducing the Layers Selection Tool
Social Explorer offers a variety of geography selection tools for creating reports from maps or masking areas of interest. We’ve now added a brand new tool to ou... more
English Skills of Spanish-Speaking People Rose Sharply Since 2010
The percentage of Spanish-speaking people in the United States who speak English “less than very well” has fallen sharply over the last decade, according t... more
Once Viewed As Easy Cash Source, Second Mortgage Market Collapsed Over Decade
The number of American homeowners who are paying for both a primary and secondary mortgage or home equity loan has fallen by roughly one-half since 2009, according to ... more
Number of Disabled Americans Grew At Twice Rate of Total Population Over Last 6 Years
The ranks of disabled Americans climbed by more than 3 million people between 2012 and 2018, a rate of growth that was more than twice as much as the growth in the ove... more
Income Gap Rose in Four of Five U.S. Metro and Micro Areas During Decade
The gap between rich and poor Americans has risen in more than four of every five U.S. metropolitan and micropolitan areas during the last decade, according to a Socia... more
Economic Recovery Proceeds Unevenly, As Poverty Rates Climb Among Most Cities
Even as overall poverty in the U.S. has fallen during the last decade, more than two-thirds of its cities have registered increases in the number of poor Americans, ac... more
Housing Collapse Led to Ownership Decline in 85 Percent of U.S. Places
The percentage of Americans living in their own homes declined in more than 85 percent of U.S. cities between 2009 and 2017, according to a Social Explorer analysis. T... more