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A College Degree is Key to Economic Opportunity (Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, August 2011)

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.

Food Insecurity and Childhood Food Insecurity Mapped by County (Feeding America, August 2011)

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.