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WASHINGTON, June 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In 2010, there were 22.0 million shared households in the United States, an 11.4 percent increase from 2007, according to a new U.S. Census Bureau report. This total of shared households accounted for 18.7 percent of all households, up from 17.0 percent in 2007. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) The report, Sharing a Household: Household Composition and Economic Well-Being: 2007-2010, analyzes...

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WASHINGTON, June 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On the eve of the Republican primaries in California, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and South Dakota, the Hispanic Leadership Network released its "Top Facts about Hispanics." Below are some interesting facts about Hispanics in tomorrow's primaries. Top Facts about Hispanics in California California's Hispanic population is 14,013,719, or approximately 38% of the state's total population (U.S. Census Bureau, 2010). From 2000...

WASHINGTON, June 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following tip sheet was released today by the U.S. Census Bureau: 2011 Characteristics of New Housing -- This report provides annual statistics on the characteristics of new privately owned residential structures for the U.S. and the nation's four regions -- Northeast, South, Midwest and West. The statistics are gathered from the Census Bureau's Survey of Construction, and the report includes characteristics such as type of wall...

WASHINGTON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) WEDNESDAY, MAY 23: FIRST LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY Profile America -- Wednesday, May 23rd. Many things we take for granted in the current U.S. actually had their beginnings in Colonial America. Life insurance is one. While sources vary as to the exact beginning date, it appears to be...

WASHINGTON, May 22, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Census Bureau released today results from its post-enumeration survey, providing a measure of the accuracy of the 2010 Census. The results found that the 2010 Census had a net overcount of 0.01 percent, meaning about 36,000 people were overcounted in the census. This sample-based result, however, was not statistically different from zero. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) The post-enumeration...

WASHINGTON, May 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) What: The U.S. Census Bureau will hold an embargo-period technical webinar on two new American Community Survey data sets: The 2006-2010 American Community Survey Selected Population Tables. The 2006-2010 American Community Survey American Indian and Alaska Native Tales. This is the first time this...

Upcoming 2010 Census WASHINGTON, May 18, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following tip sheet was released today by the U.S. Census Bureau: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO ) 2010 Census Coverage Measurement Results -- The Census Bureau will brief the media on the release of 2010 Census Coverage Measurement results at a news conference at George Washington University. These results provide one way of analyzing the quality of the 2010 Census counts...

Connie K. Ho for RedOrbit.com More than half the births in the U.S. are by racial and ethnic minorities, according to the latest U.S. census data. Asian, Black, Hispanic, and mixed-races were 50.4 percent of new arrivals by the end of July 2011. For the first time, non-Hispanic whites are the minority in births. According to the BBC, sociologists attribute the economic slowdown as one of the reasons for the shift in demographics and a decline in birth rate among non-Hispanic whites. It...

WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Census Bureau today released a set of estimates showing that 50.4 percent of our nation's population younger than age 1 were minorities as of July 1, 2011. This is up from 49.5 percent from the 2010 Census taken April 1, 2010. A minority is anyone who is not single-race white and not Hispanic. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110428/DC91889LOGO) The population younger than age 5 was 49.7 percent minority in...