Thursday, March 14, 2013
April 22, 2013 is the 43rd Earth Day. Courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau, here’s some stunning stats about how energy use and the environment in America.
In recognition of the 43rd Earth Day (April 22, 2013) and accompanying Earth Week (April 16-22), the U.S. Census Bureau released a series of statistics relating to energy and the environment on Tuesday. We've collected them and have them below. Fun fact: Earth Day was created by Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson in 1970 after the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill that dumped 100,000 barrels of crude into the Santa Barbara Channel off of California. The first Earth Day in 1970 led to the creation of the EPA and laws like the Clean Air and Endangered Species acts, and the day of recognition is still going strong. Here's that data: Estimated number of occupied housing units across the country heated by wood in 2011, which is more than 2.0 percent …
Monday, December 10, 2012
Released Thursday, the five-year American Community Survey offers detailed demographic information on communities throughout the U.S.
The U.S. Census Bureau on Thursday released estimates from its American Community Survey, which provides local statistics for the combined years from 2007 to 2011 on everything from housing to employment to marital status in communities throughout the country. The numbers look promising for the Village of Woodridge, with an estimated median household income of $72,873, compared to the Illinois average of $56,576. And compared to the state average of 30.7 percent, 45.2 percent of persons over age 25 in Woodridge have earned a bachelor's degree or higher. On the employment front, of the population ages 16 years and older (26,108), about 69.8 percent of those individuals —18,212— are employed. Nearly 6,200, or about 23.7 percent, stated they …
Friday, July 1, 2011
The U.S. Census Bureau offers a roundup of everything you ever wanted to know — and more — about Independence Day.
On this day in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress, setting the 13 colonies on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. As always, this most American of holidays will be marked by parades, fireworks and backyard barbecues across the country. Here are some fun facts and figures about the most patriotic of all holidays, courtesy of the U.S. Census Bureau. 2.5 million In July 1776, the estimated number of people living in the newly independent nation. Source: Historical Statistics of the United States: Colonial Times to 1970 311.7 million The nation's estimated population on this July Fourth. Source: Population clock $3.2 million In 2010, the dollar value of U.S. imports of American flags. The …
The Truth
1:08 pm on Monday, March 18, 2013
Just stop! You don't even have a bottle return law like Detroit, Chicago. Those glass bottles are often smashed all over your streets and, if still intact, are often found in former flower beds along Belmont to clock each other over the head with at the CTA train station ----- next door to your Alderman's office! Get real! more ›