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White House Plan for Early Shutdown of 2020 Census Count Marks “Break-the-Glass Moment”
As many as 100 million Americans haven’t been counted by the 2020 Census yet, according to a Social Explorer analysis of responses. A plan by the Trump administr... more
Renting During a Global Pandemic
The number of Americans who fell behind on their last month’s rent rose by another 1 million over the week, according to a Social Explorer analysis of the Census... more
Middle-Class U.S. Households Without Internet Subscription
While schools are shifting to online learning in the wake of a global pandemic, middle-class Americans whose household incomes range from $50,000 to $75,000 annually m... more
Median Contract Rent in the U.S.
A potential wave of evictions looms, with 1 in 5 Americans falling behind on their monthly rent, according to the Census Bureau’s July 9-14 Household Pulse Surve... more
Where are Renters Spending Half of Their Income for Housing in the U.S.?
It’s a well-known fact that rents are highest in cities like New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. But as a percentage of income, slightly more than 10 million A... more
Broadband Internet Subscriptions by Unified School District
As parents across the nation prepare for an education for their children that involves extended periods of online instruction, there’s one thing missing: High-sp... more
U.S. Foreign Born Residents
The West Coast and Sunbelt may be increasingly attractive beacons for immigrants, but the New York region remains the primary gateway for foreign-born people living in... more
U.S. Households Receiving Retirement Income
If you had to pick neighborhoods with the highest percentage of households receiving retirement income, you might start in Florida. But you’d be better off looki... more
U.S. Population with Russian Ancestry
Relations between the United States and Russia have been mostly frosty over the last century. Even so, almost 1.7 million people claim Russian ancestry, mostly deep in... more
White vs. Black U.S. Population with Broadband Internet Subscription
Brown v. Board of Education, the 1954 Supreme Court decision that enabled segregated schools, may have put an end to physical “separate but equal” but it d... more