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Top 10: Cities by Average Size of a Household
Sometimes our Top 10 lists come with a story. This one comes with an arrest. Between 2005 and 2009, Colorado City, Arizona, led the country in having the largest average household size among all cities. This is due to it … Continue reading
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Tagged ACS, American Community Survey, Household Size, Top 10 Series
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Top 10: Counties by Percent Change in the Average Number of Vehicles Per Household between 2000 and the Period of 2005-2009
“I’ll drive a Buick through San Juan.” “If there’s a road you can drive on!” -West Side Story It seems that automotively, life has improved since lyricist Stephen Sondheim’s 1950’s vision of Puerto Rico. Not only that, but it seems … Continue reading
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Tagged ACS, American Community Survey, Puerto Rico, Top 10 Series, Vehicles per household
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Top 10: Counties with the Highest Percent of Foreign-Born Residents
When you think of places with concentrated immigrant populations, you generally think of cities. You wouldn’t go to a rural area to find a Little Italy or a Chinatown. And as you might expect, Miami, Los Angeles, and the counties … Continue reading
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Tagged Department of Homeland Security, Foreign Born, Immigration, Top 10 Series
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Top 10: Least Populous Counties, During the Period of 2005-2009
PolicyMap has just loaded data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (known as ACS), which provides 5-year estimates on Census-type data, updated on a yearly basis. For the next few Top 10 posts, we’ll look at some of this … Continue reading
Top 10: Counties with the highest and lowest adult obesity rates as of 2007
It’s always interesting when a map shows clear differentiating trends across the country that reflect distinctive aspects of different regions. Our religion maps are a good example of this, where different regions reflect different religious characteristics. Another more pernicious example … Continue reading
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Tagged CDC, Center for Disease Control, Obesity, USDA, USDA Food Environment Atlas
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Top 10: Counties with highest number of Hispanic households living in poverty in 2000
Usually when we have these top-ten lists, we look at the percentages, since regardless of the indicator, raw numbers often just give us the most populous areas. The most populous counties, for instance, are Los Angeles, CA; Cook (Chicago), IL; … Continue reading
Top 10: School Districts with highest percentage of students that are free and reduced price lunch recipients in 2009
With many states facing tough economic challenges, school programs are sometimes the first to be cut. To see where this might have the greatest effect, let’s see which school districts have the most students in need. This number is calculated … Continue reading
Top 10: Percent of population that received Supplemental Security Income in 2009
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) is a federal program that provides cash for basic needs to aged, blind, and disabled people with little or no other income source. The Social Security Administration releases data on how many SSI recipients are in … Continue reading
Top 10: Falling Home Sales between 2008 to 2009
In a recent article, the New York Times reported this week that home sales have fallen to their lowest level in more than a decade. What places are being most affected by declining sales rates? PolicyMap has the answer, with … Continue reading
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Tagged Boxwood Means, home sale data, home sale statistics, Number of Homes Sold, NY Times
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Top 10: Change in the turnout rate among eligible voters from 2004 to 2008
Now that PolicyMap has US election data, you can use it to see some of the voting patterns that were talked about after the last presidential election. After the 2008 election, pundits noted that Barack Obama’s candidacy galvanized African Americans … Continue reading
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Tagged 2008 Election, African Population, Presidential Campaign, Voter Turnout
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