November 1, 2012, 12:05 AM
Californians rank 10th in the country for having the longest commute times, taking an average of 26.9 minutes to travel to work, recently released census data show. Workers in the state spent 10.4 minutes more getting to work than did workers in North Dakota, which reported the quickest...
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June 7, 2012, 12:05 AM
Californians who are Asian Indian or Taiwanese are among the most highly educated in the state, recently released census data shows. Among both groups, about 7 out of 10 people ages 25 and older hold at least a bachelor's degree. On average, 3 out of 10 Californians have earned a bachelor...
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April 3, 2012, 12:05 AM
The National Archives released for the first time yesterday individual records from the 1940 Census – unleashing an online treasure trove of 3.8 million pages eagerly awaited by genealogists and researchers. The country has changed substantially in 72 years: Its population has ballooned...
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March 2, 2012, 12:05 AM
Racial diversity has been growing in Southern California, but it might be reaching its peak, according to a new University of Southern California analysis. As Asian and Latino populations continue booming, cities with significant numbers of multiple races and ethnicities are increasing,...
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November 17, 2011, 12:05 AM
Just a little more than half of California residents were born in the Golden State, with about another quarter born in a foreign country, according to current estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. Most people in the United States reside in the state in which they were born. In Louisiana, more...
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November 15, 2011, 12:05 AM
About 8 of 10 Palo Alto residents age 25 and older hold at least a bachelor's degree, making the Silicon Valley hotspot California's most educated city, recently released census data show. The city, which tech giants Facebook and Hewlett-Packard call home, also has the state's...
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November 3, 2011, 12:05 AM
Historically, California's population was centered in the northern half of the state, but it has steadily moved southward, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. It is now in Shafter, a city just outside Bakersfield. In its 2010 Guide to State and Local Census Geography, the bureau...
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November 1, 2011, 12:05 AM
Asian Americans overall obtain high levels of formal education, but an analysis of recent census data reveals large disparities between Asian American ethnic groups. The percentage of high school graduates is as high as 96 percent among Taiwanese Americans and as low as 61 percent among Hmong...
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October 24, 2011, 12:05 AM
To watch elderly women in hand-embroidered robes sip coconut drinks while sharing news is to marvel that there is yet to be a category for “Iu Mien” in the U.S. Census. The feeling of being an unacknowledged minority within an Asian minority was a major impetus behind the building...
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September 6, 2011, 12:05 AM
Of the 15 million Californians who commute to work, 2.7 million spend at least 45 minutes getting to their jobs, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates. The latest estimates come from the 2005-09 American Community Survey, which has half of commuters clustered in the 5- to-24-minute range....
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September 1, 2011, 12:05 AM
In all but eight of California's 26 metropolitan areas, minorities make up more than half the population. A new study from the Brookings Institute, a think tank in Washington, D.C., analyzed the demographic makeup of the nation's 100 largest metro areas and found minorities accounting...
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May 27, 2011, 12:05 AM
The Hispanic/Latino population in California grew at a substantially slower clip over the past decade than in the rest of the nation, according to figures released yesterday by the U.S. Census Bureau. From 2000 to 2010, the U.S. Hispanic/Latino population grew 43 percent to nearly 50.5...
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January 5, 2011, 12:05 AM
Historically, immigrants have fueled the growth of the nation, and a recent report by the U.S. Census Bureau pulled together some telling stats about the changing face of immigration in the United States. In some California counties, the data shows, the percentage of foreign-born residents is 2.5...
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December 22, 2010, 12:05 AM
As many predicted, California failed to gain a seat in the House of Representatives for the first time since 1920. The U.S. Census reported 37,253,956 California residents in its official count of the population, a growth of 10 percent, the slowest rate in a century. These official numbers...
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September 29, 2010, 12:05 AM
Data released yesterday by the U.S. Census Bureau show California leading the nation in at least two areas: linguistic diversity and housing costs. The state also ranks highly in longest commute times. In California, 43.1 percent of residents age 5 and older spoke a language other than English...
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