Suff
12-17-2006, 06:05 PM
Whats interesting and changing in America?
America is 16% immigrant. Up from 12.4% As a %, NH and Indiania saw the most growth.
Poeple 65 and older make up 12.1% in 2005....its down from 12.4 in 2000 and 12.8 in 1998
New York city
Non-hispanic whites are now minority in NYC
The numbers of blacks in NYC declined for the first time since the Civil war
50% of homes in Brooklyn report not speaking English in the home.
NY ranked 4th out of the largest 50 cities with % of citizens with a Bachelors degree , 32% up from 26%, San Fransico was number one with 36%
Nationally, 30% of white Americans hold bachelors degrees, 17% of blacks and 12% of hispanics.
Median Incomes
$50,622 white households
$36,278 for Hispanic households
$30,939 for black households,
$60,367 for Asian households
Americans drank 10 times the amount of bottled water as they did in 1980. 23 bottles per person.
Americans spent about eight-and-a-half hours a day — watching television, using computers, listening to the radio, going to the movies or reading.
6% of men and 11% of women report same sex relationships
Adolescents and adults now spend, on average, more than 64 days a year watching television,
41 days listening to the radio and a little over a week using the Internet.
Among adults, 97 million Internet users sought news online last year,
92 million bought a product on line
91 million made a travel reservation on line
16 million used a social or professional networking site on line(paceadvantage anyone?:D )
13 million created a blog on line
Suff Editorial:
These numbers make Time magazines choice as YOU more understandable. People have caused social and economic changes that have not been altered this significantly or this rapidly at anytime in human history. In 10 years people have changed more than in a 1000 years previously.
Here is the Link to the Statistical abstacts for just about any thing you want to know about your county.
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
There are some very cool and interesting things here. If your into shit like this, which, I am.
Bookmark it. Its facts.
America is 16% immigrant. Up from 12.4% As a %, NH and Indiania saw the most growth.
Poeple 65 and older make up 12.1% in 2005....its down from 12.4 in 2000 and 12.8 in 1998
New York city
Non-hispanic whites are now minority in NYC
The numbers of blacks in NYC declined for the first time since the Civil war
50% of homes in Brooklyn report not speaking English in the home.
NY ranked 4th out of the largest 50 cities with % of citizens with a Bachelors degree , 32% up from 26%, San Fransico was number one with 36%
Nationally, 30% of white Americans hold bachelors degrees, 17% of blacks and 12% of hispanics.
Median Incomes
$50,622 white households
$36,278 for Hispanic households
$30,939 for black households,
$60,367 for Asian households
Americans drank 10 times the amount of bottled water as they did in 1980. 23 bottles per person.
Americans spent about eight-and-a-half hours a day — watching television, using computers, listening to the radio, going to the movies or reading.
6% of men and 11% of women report same sex relationships
Adolescents and adults now spend, on average, more than 64 days a year watching television,
41 days listening to the radio and a little over a week using the Internet.
Among adults, 97 million Internet users sought news online last year,
92 million bought a product on line
91 million made a travel reservation on line
16 million used a social or professional networking site on line(paceadvantage anyone?:D )
13 million created a blog on line
Suff Editorial:
These numbers make Time magazines choice as YOU more understandable. People have caused social and economic changes that have not been altered this significantly or this rapidly at anytime in human history. In 10 years people have changed more than in a 1000 years previously.
Here is the Link to the Statistical abstacts for just about any thing you want to know about your county.
http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/
There are some very cool and interesting things here. If your into shit like this, which, I am.
Bookmark it. Its facts.