1. American ethnicity map shows melting pot of ethnicities that make up the USA today.
2. Test your geograhy knowledge of European countires. I got a perfect score with some lucky guesses about the Balkan countrie: Europe: countries quiz
3. This Map Shows How Americans Speak 24 Different English Dialects
4. The 25 Most Segregated Cities In America
5. Two Maps That Show How American Migration Patterns Have Dramatically Changed
5. Mapping redheads: which country has the most?
6. Changes in America's Family Structure
As as starting point, here's a graph showing changes in households by type. Married households with children were 40.3% of all US households in 1970; in 2012, that share had fallen by more than half to 19.6%. Interestingly, the share of households that were married without children has stayed at about 30%. Other Family Households, usually meaning single-parent families with children, has risen. Overall, the share of U.S. households that involve a family (either married or with children) was 81% back in 1970, but down to 66% in 2012. The share of households which are men or women living alone has risen. The figures are not the same across gender in part because of differences in older age brackets: "Nearly three-quarters (72 percent) of men aged 65 and over lived with their spouse compared with less than half (45 percent) of women."
7. The Rise Of Income Segregated Neighborhoods In The US
8. The 33 Whitest Jobs in America
Every occupation that's more than 90 percent white, according to the BLS, including vets, CEOs, and private detectives.
9. The Workforce Is Even More Divided by Race Than You Think
10. 5 Reasons Why People Are Getting Married Later And Later In Life
- Far more people are living together.
- People also live alone more and for longer periods.
- There are fewer "shotgun" marriages.
- More people go to college.
- People have smaller families.
11. The U.S. Lags in Life Expectancy Gains
12. U.S. preterm birth rate falls again but remains high
The percentage of babies born prematurely in the United States fell for the sixth straight year, but the problem remains more common than in most other industrialized nations, says an annual report card out Friday.
The nation's preterm birth rate in 2012 was 11.5%, which is a 15-year low, according to the report from the March of Dimes. But the non-profit organization says it could be as low as 9.6% if known prevention efforts were fully embraced. ...
13. Teen pregnancy rate in developing world high despite decline
Teen pregnancies in the developing world are declining, however 7 million girls under the age of 18 still give birth each year, 2 million young moms are under the age of 14, according to a UN report.
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