News tagged with census data

Google introduces its Public Data Explorer

(PhysOrg.com) -- Google's latest release is an application that allows users to create their own interactive, animated graphs and charts using public data such as census data or government statistics on unemployment ...

Technology / Internet

created Mar 09, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (9) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

440-year-old document sheds new light on native population decline under Spanish colonial rule

Analysis of a 440-year-old document reveals new details about native population decline in the heartland of the Inca Empire following Spanish conquest in the 16th century.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

New report finds Houston metropolitan area is more diverse, less segregated

Dramatic growth over the past 20 years has made Houston the most ethnically diverse large metropolitan area in the country and reduced its segregation, according to a new report from Rice University's Kinder Institute for ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Minorities pay more for water and sewer

Racial minorities pay systemically more for basic water and sewer services than white people, according to a study by Michigan State University researchers.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

New analysis suggests Civil War took bigger toll than previously estimated

The Civil War -- already considered the deadliest conflict in American history -- in fact took a toll far more severe than previously estimated. That's what a new analysis of census data by Binghamton University historian ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Sep 21, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Recent trends show recession's effect on US advanced technology exports

U.S. exports of advanced technology products (ATP) fared better than other non-advanced technology exports during the recent U.S. recession, says a new report from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

Technology / Business

created Sep 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study shows suburban schools have worked to 'hoard' advantages

As suburban school districts have gained advantages over their urban counterparts, they have tenaciously clung to them, often at the expense of urban districts, a new study by University of Kansas researchers shows.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Millions of girls lost to selective abortion in India: study

Sex selection of foetuses in India has led to 7.1 million fewer girls than boys up to age six, a gender gap that has widened by more than a million in a decade, according to a study released Tuesday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Chase for India's rural rupee inspires tech innovations

India's hunger for new technology is as sharp in its countless small villages as in its shiny office towers or shopping malls -- and businesses are waking up to an area of massive potential growth.

Technology / Business

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Poverty grows in suburbs, but social services don't keep up: report

Poverty has grown in America's suburbs during the recent economic downturn, but poor people in many suburban communities are finding it hard to get the help they need, a report by University of Chicago researchers shows.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Children raised by gay couples show good progress through school: study

(PhysOrg.com) -- By mining data from the 2000 Census, sociologist Michael Rosenfeld figured out the rates at which kids raised by gay and straight couples repeated a grade during elementary or middle school. He found that ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 31, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 5

Social ill: Lack of close ties may increase heart disease risk

Women who live in neighborhoods lacking in close ties are more likely to have coronary artery calcification, a key marker for underlying heart disease, than those who live in more socially cohesive neighborhoods, according ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 18, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Census data aid disease simulation studies

Did you know that filling out your census card will help computer scientists model how diseases spread in the United States?

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 31, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Murders, Traffic Deaths Connected

If you want to know how many people are killed in car accidents in a particular U.S. state, look to its prisons. Regions with higher murder rates also tend to have a greater number of traffic fatalities, according to a new ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Most of upstate New York continues to lose people

(Phys.org) -- Although New York state grew by 87,093 people in the 15 months after the 2010 census, 37 upstate counties lost population, according to new U.S. Census Bureau population estimates.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0