Census Bureau News

Census Bureau News.

• %@&* Like Rabbits

  By Ben Corbett | Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:46 PM ET

  that the world population will hit the 7 billion mark in 2011, beating the earlier forecasts that predicted 2012 as the magic year. According to the Census Bureau, as of this writing, the world population is 6,777,408,158. In 1960, the world population was 3 billion, which doubled in 1999 and i Read More

  More like this in: Recycling, Global Warming, Asia, Pollution, Bangladesh, Niger, Oregon State University, Population Growth
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  Shacking Up: Does it Still Mean Living in Sin?

  By Jac Chebatoris | Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:00 AM ET

  aren't buying that people are cohabiting because it's the post-modern way of doing things (it may especially alarm their parents).To wit:. The U.S. Census Bureau reported 13.6 million unmarried, heterosexual couples living together in 2008.The study revealed that most couples move into together Read More

  More like this in: New York, New York City, Sex, Marriage, Marriages, Life & Style, Relationships
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  Raw Data and Public Records for All!

  By Steve Tanner | Thu Jun 25, 2009 8:34 PM ET

  being advanced by the administration. Health care data would come from the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and the Census Bureau. This information, he points out in the interview, could be leveraged into applications that track the spread of diseases.At on Read More

  More like this in: Health, Technology, Energy, Washington, White House, Entrepreneur, Health Care, National Institutes of Health, Census
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  The Eye of the Storm: Get Ready for Hurricane Season

  By Melissa Gerard | Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:55 AM ET

  parties. It also marks the beginning of what has been proven in recent years to be a very eventful Atlantic hurricane season.According to the U.S. Census Bureau , approximately 36 million people live in coastal areas most threatened by Atlantic hurricanes, including the coastline running fro Read More

  More like this in: New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane, Science, Environment