This map comes from Ben Blatt of Slate who has created a map that shows the most commonly spoken language in each state in the U.S. besides English and Spanish.
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America’s largest metro areas are currently gaining population at impressive rates. This trend is driving much of the population growth across the nation. But that growth is the result of two very different migrations – one coming from the location choices of Americans themselves, the other shaped by where new immigrants from outside the United States are heading.
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Where do small business owners get the money to expand their businesses? Many entrepreneurs, policy makers, and academics have wondered about that same question but thanks to the efforts of researchers at the Census Bureau, we know the answer.
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100th birthday party
Not long ago, turning 1oo years old jaws would have dropped. There would have been TV and newspaper reporters at Lonny Fried’s door. She would have been fussed over and given a big party. Turning 100 isn’t such a big deal anymore.
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The worst-hit county in Florida is Collier — home of Naples — with a whopping 32% of homes empty.
It’s not always easy to feel sorry for sunny Florida. But it just got hit with another blow. The Census Bureau revealed that 18% — or 1.6 million — of the Sunshine State’s homes are sitting vacant. That’s a rise of more than 63% over the past 10 years.
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Missouri has been at the U.S. center since 1980 but the geography is clearly shifting, with the West beginning to emerge as America’s new heartland.
America’s population center is edging away from the Midwest, pulled by Hispanic growth in the Southwest, according to census figures. The historic shift is changing the nation’s politics and even the traditional notion of the country’s heartland — long the symbol of mainstream American beliefs and culture.
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Most American’s are not moving far from home.
More Americans moved last year than in the previous year, but most didn’t go far, a sign that foreclosures and housing costs are still keeping people close to home. About 37.1 million Americans — 12.5% of the population — changed addresses from 2008 to 2009, the Census Bureau reported Monday.
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