uk.businessinsider TNS Digital Life | Internet Statistics & Social Media Usage | Online Behavior & Trends Geography of Poverty | msnbc An example of this phenomenon is the Atlanta metropolitan area, where sojourners from all over the country flocked for the affordable housing and good schools. A recent report found 88% of Atlanta’s poor now live in the suburbs, and the area’s poor population grew by 159% between 2010 and 2011. By 2011, the same report found, the number of people living below the poverty rate in the suburbs across the country numbered a whopping 16.4 million, surpassing those living in cities. The notion of an escape, of climbing out of poverty, of pulling one’s self up from the trenches to something better, is as elusive as ever. President Barack Obama talked at length about poverty during a recent conference at Georgetown University, urging liberals and conservatives to work together to attack the challenge head on. “Talk to any of my Republican friends,” Obama said. Obama noted his own failed effort to raise taxes on hedge fund managers as an example of the refusal by lawmakers to help the poor.
Conjoncture : La course vers la reprise économique INFOGRAPHIE - A l'aube de 2011, où en sont les pays développés ? Dans quel état sont-ils sortis de la récession? Qui en profitera le mieux ces prochaines années ? Comparez les performances des pays depuis 2007 grâce à notre animation interactive. Dans la course vers la reprise, les pays ne courent pas au même rythme. Les bulles qui représentent chaque pays gonflent ou dégonflent en fonction du poids de la dette. Certains pays, comme la France, ont mieux résisté durant la crise grâce à des mécanismes surnommés «stabilisateurs automatiques» par les économistes. D'autres économies ont été touchées plus brutalement, comme en Allemagne. L'Irlande, enfin, connaissait des taux de croissance stratosphériques avant crise. » 2011, l'année des grands écarts de croissance » Cinq raisons de s'inquiéter, une d'espérer en 2011 » Europe: les États face à la faillite
World Water Day: Mapping the spread of dams in the US — CartoDB Blog World Water Day was celebrated this past Sunday bringing attention to issues around water and sustainable development. Given current water use, the UN predicts the world will face a 40% shortfall in water by 2030. Recent news on California’s on-going drought, and the environmental risk posed by hundreds of dams in the US highlight the importance of water in our lives. Much of American history, both geological and cultural, is linked to the rivers of the nation. Dams, as barriers to river flow, fit into the fabric of that narrative. There are over 80,000 dams in the US, many of them built in the early 1900s. Impact: Energy and Environmental Factors Around the world, hydropower generates 16% of global electricity production. While hydropower can be a source of economic development, dams can also pose significant risk to the environment. Strategy: Placement and Propagation Who gives a Dam? Dams and the water flow rates they manage translate into pretty powerful political capital.
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Reflecting a racial shift, 78 counties turned majority-minority since 2000 In the United States as a whole, the white share of the population is declining as Hispanic, Asian and black populations grow. But the shift to a more diverse nation is happening more quickly in some places than in others. From 2000 to 2013, 78 counties in 19 states, from California to Kansas to North Carolina, flipped from majority white to counties where no single racial or ethnic group is a majority, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data. (Our analysis includes only counties with a minimum population of 10,000 in 2013.) Overall, 266 of these 2,440 counties are less than half white. In 19 of the 25 biggest U.S. counties by population, whites make up less than half of the population. Another way to highlight the nation’s changing demographics is to see how many counties flipped in reverse. For example, in Henry County (pop. 211,000 in 2013), 35 miles south of Atlanta, the population’s white share fell from 80.1% in 2000 to 49.8% in 2013.
Comparing US states with countries: US equivalents Which countries match the GDP and population of America's states? IT HAS long been true that California on its own would rank as one of the biggest economies of the world. These days, it would rank eighth, falling between Italy and Brazil on a nominal exchange-rate basis. But how do other American states compare with other countries? Taking the nearest equivalent country from 2009 data reveals some surprises. Also see our other "country equivalents" interactive maps:Indian states and territories as countriesChinese provinces as countriesBrazilian states as countries Interactive: When Do Americans Leave For Work? JavaScript required for interaction.<br /><img src=" In a continued dig into commute data from the American Community Survey (We already saw mode of transportation.), the map above shows when people leave home for work. The rates are for people who have jobs and are 16 years or older. Do we get anything interesting even though it's just one facet of the commute to work? As you'd expect, many commuters leave home between 7:00am and 8:00am. This surprised me. In contrast, commuters are more spread out between 7:00am and 8:30am in other areas. Still, fairly normal. Look at commuting rates during the late night and early morning hours. LaGrange county in Indiana, known for its large Amish population, also has many leave for work during the midnight to 4:59am time slot. There are early-risers everywhere but only a handful of counties where most leave between 6:00am and 6:29am.
An interactive map of vanishing employment across the country. - By Chris Wilson The economic crisis, which has claimed more than 5 million jobs since the recession began, did not strike the entire country at once. A map of employment gains or losses by county tells the story of how those job losses first struck in the most vulnerable regions and then spread rapidly to the rest of the country. As early as August 2007, for example—several months before the recession officially began—jobs were already on the decline in southwest Florida; Orange County, Calif.; much of New Jersey; and Detroit, while other areas of the country remained on the uptick. Using the Labor Department’s local area unemployment statistics, Slate presents the recession as told by unemployment numbers for each county in America. Because the data are not seasonally adjusted for natural employment cycles throughout the year, the numbers you see show the change in the number of people employed compared with the same month in the previous year.