Behind the Numbers: The PRB blog on population, health, and the environment

Let the Great Head Count Begin!

Monday, January 25th, 2010 Posted in Population Basics | No Comments »

by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs Today, Census Bureau Director Robert Groves is headed to Noorvik Alaska to kick off the 2010 Census enumeration of the U.S. population. By ... Read more..

More U.S. Households Receiving Food Stamps

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 Posted in Income/Poverty | No Comments »

by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs Today the Census Bureau released another wave of economic data that showed a 13 percent increase in U.S. households receiving food stamps between 2007 ... Read more..

Recession’s Social Impact on U.S. Population

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 Posted in Income/Poverty | No Comments »

by Eric Zuehlke, editor Our very own Mark Mather, associate vice president of Domestic Programs, has been getting a lot of media exposure recently based on his recent article on the social ... Read more..

New Data on U.S. Health Insurance Coverage

Friday, September 11th, 2009 Posted in Aging | 3 Comments »

by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs  The Census Bureau released new 2008 poverty and health insurance estimates today. Poverty rates are up (no surprise there), but it’s the health insurance numbers ... Read more..

New Blog on the U.S. 2010 Census

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 Posted in Population Basics | No Comments »

by Eric Zuehlke, editor It’s hard to believe, but 2010 is just around the corner. Next April, the 2010 U.S. Census will determine how many people live in the United States, ... Read more..

Economic Recession Negatively Affecting U.S. Children

Thursday, July 2nd, 2009 Posted in Youth | 1 Comment »

by Nadwa Mossaad, research associate A new report by Duke University, funded by the Foundation for Child Development, paints a dire portrait of U.S. children in 2010. Child poverty is expected ... Read more..

Population Boom in America’s Big Cities

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009 Posted in Immigration/Migration | 1 Comment »

by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs The population in America’s largest cities is booming, according to new data released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Just a few years ... Read more..

Need a Job? The Census Bureau is Hiring

Wednesday, May 20th, 2009 Posted in Population Basics | 3 Comments »

by Mark Mather, associate vice president, Domestic Programs With the 2010 Census right around the corner, the Census Bureau is gearing up for one of the biggest hiring frenzies the United ... Read more..

Censuses and Political Representation in India and the United States

Monday, April 13th, 2009 Posted in Population Basics | No Comments »

by Carl Haub, senior demographer (Thanks to O.P. Sharma, PRB's consultant in India, for providing the data for this post and checking it for accuracy) With the 2010 U.S. Census, used to ... Read more..

Will the Economic Downturn Lower Birth Rates?

Thursday, January 8th, 2009 Posted in Marriage/Family | 3 Comments »

by Carl Haub, senior demographer There is a good bit of evidence that hard economic times cause people to delay having a child or not have one altogether, circumstantial as that ... Read more..