46 mn Americans live in poverty
September 13th, 2012 - 8:04 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 13 (IANS) About 46 million Americans lived in poverty last year, accounting for 15 percent of the population, the US census bureau announced Wednesday.The poverty rate was not ... Read more...
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US census left out over 1.5 mn minority members
May 23rd, 2012 - 12:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 23 (IANS/EFE) The US Census Bureau has said that it omitted more than 1.5 million people belonging to ethnic minorities in the 2010 count, though it defended the ... Read more...
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Indian-origin people close to being in 100 Americans
April 2nd, 2012 - 4:34 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 2 (IANS) People of Indian origin are close to making one percent of America's population of 308.7 million with their numbers shooting up by a whopping 69.37 percent ... Read more...
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3.2 mn Indians are third-largest growing Asian group in US
March 22nd, 2012 - 9:57 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 22 (IANS) Asians are the fastest growing race group in the United States with Indians (3.2 million) making up the third largest Asian group after the Chinese (four ... Read more...
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Houston is ‘fattest city’ in US
February 22nd, 2012 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 22 (IANS) Houston, the fourth largest city in the US, has been ranked by a leading health magazine as the nation's "fattest city", with 34 percent of its ... Read more...
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US population grows at slowest rate since 1940s
December 22nd, 2011 - 2:49 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 22 (IANS) The US population is growing at its slowest pace since the 1940s, authorities said Wednesday.The US saw its population increase by 2.8 million between April 1, ... Read more...
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Seniors are fastest growing segment of US population
December 1st, 2011 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 1 (IANS/EFE) The US population over age 65 between 2000 and 2010 grew at a faster rate than the country's total population for the first time, according to ... Read more...
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New measure raises American poor to 49 million
November 8th, 2011 - 7:43 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Nov 8 (IANS) By American standards, more than 49 million or 16 percent of the people in the world's richest nation were living in poverty in 2010 under an ... Read more...
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U.S. immigrant population reaches 40 million
October 8th, 2011 - 4:49 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- The population of immigrants in the United States has grown to more than 40 million people, according to a study released by the New Center for Immigration ... Read more...
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Asians buck the trend as poverty rises in US
September 14th, 2011 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 14 (IANS) Asians, including Indian Americans, were the lone exception as the number of poor in US rose for the fourth consecutive year across all racial and ethnic ... Read more...
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Asians, Hispanics drive joint family surge in US
August 31st, 2011 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 31 (IANS) Driven by economic imperatives, the United States is experiencing a surge in multigenerational joint families, with Hispanics and Asians driving the trend.The number of such households, ... Read more...
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Indian owned US businesses rake in $150 billion
May 2nd, 2011 - 3:38 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 2 (IANS) Owning nearly a fifth of 1.5 million non-farm US businesses owned by Asians operating the US in 2007, Indians raked in over $150 billion in revenue, ... Read more...
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New York, Washington, 44 more US cities not white any more (Lead)
April 15th, 2011 - 4:04 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 15 (IANS) Whites in New York, Washington and 44 other metro areas in the US have been reduced to a minority, according to new census data. Hispanics account ... Read more...
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New York, Washington, 44 other US cities not white any more
April 15th, 2011 - 11:01 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 15 (IANS) New York, Washington and 44 other of America's 366 metro areas have flipped from majority white to majority populations of minorities during the last decade, according ... Read more...
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By 2050, whites ‘will be the minority race in US’
March 26th, 2011 - 1:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, March 26 (ANI): Whites will be a minority in the U.S. by 2050 as black and Hispanic birth rates soar, according to official figures.Hispanic, black and Asian people accounted for 90 ... Read more...
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Women own or co-own 40 percent of US firms
December 29th, 2010 - 12:26 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 29 (IANS) Women entrepreneurs now own or co-own 40 percent of all businesses in the US and have created almost twice as many businesses as men between 2002 and 2007, ... Read more...
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Working mothers interrupt sleep to take care of others
November 17th, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 17 (IANS) Working mothers are two-and-a-half times as likely as working fathers to interrupt their sleep to take care of others.And women are not only more likely to get up ... Read more...
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Gender differences in sleep interruptions revealed
November 17th, 2010 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 17 (ANI): A University of Michigan study has revealed that working mothers are two-and-a-half times as likely as working fathers to interrupt their sleep to take care of others.The study ... Read more...
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American Eunice Sanborn Named Oldest Woman Across The World
November 5th, 2010 - 7:41 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Nov 5, (THAINDIAN NEWS) American Eunice Sanborn has become the oldest women all across the world after Eugenie Blanchard, who was known to hold the record till now passed away ... Read more...
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Second phase of census to begin in February
October 18th, 2010 - 4:15 pm ICT by IANS
Agartala, Oct 18 (IANS) The training of enumerators and supervisors for the second phase of the 2011 Census -- to be held in February next year -- shall commence next month, an ... Read more...
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Number of US citizens with healthcare insurance fell in 2009
September 17th, 2010 - 8:18 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Sep 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Lawmakers in the US argued over the need to make major healthcare changes in 2009 and one of the sticky points of the debate was the number of ... Read more...
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Health Insurance Falls
September 17th, 2010 - 7:53 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Sep 17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In United States the number of people going for health insurance is decreasing. This is of concern to the government who has made it mandatory and ... Read more...
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One in seven Americans living in poverty
September 17th, 2010 - 2:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept 17 (ANI): One in seven Americans was living in poverty in 2009 with a family of four living on less than 21,954 dollars a year, according to the US ... Read more...
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43.6 mn poor people in the US: Report
September 17th, 2010 - 6:05 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Sep 17 (DPA) The number of poor in the US climbed nearly 10 percent in 2009 to 43.6 million people, the US Census Bureau has said.
The total represented 14.3 percent of ... Read more...
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New York still US’ largest city
June 23rd, 2010 - 5:33 am ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, June 23 (IANS) New York City, which has America's highest population of 8,391,881, is the largest city in the US, followed by Los Angeles, latest official statistics said.
Los Angeles is ... Read more...
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7 of 10 Americans feel carbon dioxide regulation is a must
June 9th, 2010 - 2:09 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 9 (ANI): An expert on climate change has revealed that seven out of ten Americans feel that the United States should take action to power the nation with clean energy.According ... Read more...
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Census takers attacked in U.S.
May 29th, 2010 - 7:44 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 29, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The U.S. Census Bureau that conducts a nationwide census every ten tears is reporting attack on 113 takers who were hired to take questionnaires ... Read more...
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Census Takers Attacked, Carjacked And Threatened
May 29th, 2010 - 6:11 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Washington, May 29, (THAINDIAN NEWS) In a horrific report that has recently emerged, it seems that a lot of census workers have been constantly attacked and abused while they were ... Read more...
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US Census Bureau: More than 100 census takers attacked this month
May 28th, 2010 - 8:36 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, May 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) More than 100 census takers in the United States have been assaulted this month, according to the US Census Bureau. The actual figure of assault ... Read more...
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In Excess Of 113 American Census Takers Have Been Attacked In May 2010 So Far
May 28th, 2010 - 7:05 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
May 28, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): In a rather frightening piece of news, the American Census Bureau has communicated that in excess of 113 census takers have been attacked in ... Read more...
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Census Takers Attacked Several Times This Month
May 28th, 2010 - 7:00 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
May 28, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The U.S. Census Bureau has reported that more than 113 census takers had to face assaults while they were on their jobs in various places which ... Read more...
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Books at home boost kids’ educational levels
May 21st, 2010 - 1:59 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, May 21 (IANS) Parents who keep books at home encourage their children to acquire higher levels of education, says a 20-year study.
For years, educators have thought the strongest predictor of attaining ... Read more...
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US adds 290,000 jobs, but unemployment rises
May 7th, 2010 - 9:19 pm ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, May 7 (IANS) The US economy added an unexpectedly strong 290,000 jobs in April, its best gain in four years, in another sign of recovery after the worst recession ... Read more...
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Spanish-speakers in US up 211 percent in 30 years
April 30th, 2010 - 11:17 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 30 (IANS/EFE) The number of Spanish-speaking people in the US has grown by over 200 percent in the last 30 years, says a report.
The number of people aged five ... Read more...
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US stocks climb on home sales, American Express results
April 24th, 2010 - 6:06 am ICT by IANS
New York, April 24 (DPA) US stocks rose Friday across the board, buoyed by resurgent home sales, a strong American Express report and a rebounding Honeywell.
The US Census Bureau reported a 27-percent ... Read more...
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