The unemployment rate was 9.1% in September 2011, unchanged from July to September.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published Early Release of Estimates From the National Health Interview Survey, January-March 2011.
A New York Times feature shows the changes in unemployment rates across the nation. The highest unemployment rates are now concentrated in the South and the West.
The Pew Hispanic Center’s recent report on college enrollments reports a 24% growth in Hispanic college enrollments from 2009 to 2010 among 18-to 24-year-olds attending college in the United States.
In a recent report using 2007-2009 American Community survey data, researchers from Georgetown University have replicated a previous Census study on lifetime earnings. They found that individuals with a Bachelor’s degree 84% more over a lifetime than those with only a high school diploma, up from 75% in 1999.
According to the most recent KIDS COUNT Data Book by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, child well-being has stagnated since 2000, after improvements in the 1990s.
Feeding America’s Map the Meal Gap project provides estimates of food insecurity at the County level combining various data sources to create a better understanding of the amount of food insecurity at the local level by income category and the food budget shortfall of individuals who are food insecure.
A recent report from the Pew Research Center describes the growing wealth gap between households of different racial/ethnic background: the median wealth of white households is 20 times that of black households and 18 times that of Hispanic households.
The Children’s Defense Fund has released The State of America’s Children 2011, a comprehensive look at child well-being in the United States with a focus on racial and ethnic differences
According to RealtyTrac, there was a 4% increase in the number of foreclosure filings in June (default notices, scheduled auctions and bank repossessions) compared to May 2011.