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The poorest counties in America
Bell County, Kentucky has a median household income of $31,354 against a national $82,259. Five states hold 63 of the poorest 100 counties, and the income list and the poverty list don't name the same places.
Business applications fell 7.8% in August
Americans filed 531,728 business applications in August, down from a July spike but the highest August since records began in 2004. Nearly all of the monthly drop came from retail.
The counties where Black households earn the most
The median Black household earns about $55,900. In Stafford County, Virginia it is $145,572, and in Charles County, Maryland, a majority-Black county, Black households out-earn white households. Three of the top four are Washington suburbs.
The US cities where people walk and bike to work
About 2.4% of Americans walk to work and 0.4% bike. Cambridge is 19.2% walking and Davis, California is 11.2% biking, 28 times the national rate. Nearly every city on both lists is a college town.
The Fastest-Growing Counties in Florida, 2024 to 2025
Florida added 196,680 residents in a single year. Polk County led in raw numbers and St. Johns County grew fastest by percentage, as the growth concentrated in the suburban ring around Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville.
The counties where women work the most, and the least
About 74.6% of American women aged 20 to 64 are in the labor force. Alexandria, Virginia reaches 86.3% and Liberty County, Texas 51.5%. Five of the top ten counties are in Minnesota.
How popular is the name Claude?
About 32,720 men in the US are named Claude, down from 169,123 in 1990. Only 40 boys got the name in 2025, and the AI chatbot has not moved that number at all.
The counties where owning a home costs too much
22.9% of American homeowners with a mortgage spend more than 30% of income on housing. In Queens County it is 37.6%. Four of New York's five boroughs make the list, and renters have it worse everywhere.
States collected $3.55 billion in cannabis taxes, and Washington collects ten times more than Minnesota
Thirty states and DC collected an estimated $3.55 billion in cannabis excise taxes in the year to June 2026. Washington takes over $50 per resident, Minnesota $5.91, and Alaska taxes only at the farm.
America's 16 million veterans, by the war they served in
Vietnam-era veterans are still the largest group at 5.4 million. World War II veterans are down to 156,874. Post-9/11 veterans now cluster in Alaska, Virginia, and Texas.
Trump administration proposes major 2030 census changes to immigration and race data
The administration published its 2030 census plan Wednesday. It would exclude noncitizens without green cards from the counts that set House seats, end the race question the census has asked since 1790, and bar a sexual orientation question.
Median Home Value by State
Every U.S. state ranked by median home value, from Hawaii at $839,100 to West Virginia at $162,600, a gap of more than five to one, using the latest Census Bureau American Community Survey data.
Aurora, Illinois households that skipped the special census online are now getting a knock on the door
Census Bureau canvassers are visiting about 3,945 newly built homes in Aurora through November 13. The city is paying $1 million for the count after the 2020 census showed it losing 17,000 residents, a figure the mayor disputes.
Where American households are biggest and smallest
The average household in Imperial County, California holds 3.49 people. In St. Louis it holds 1.92. Two different engines produce big households, and the century-long shrink explains a lot about housing.
Asian households are the wealthiest in America, nearly 29% of Asian American households have a net worth of $1 million or more
New Census wealth data: 28.7% of Asian-headed households have $1 million or more, against 22.6% of white, 6.3% of Hispanic, and 4.7% of Black households. But Indian households earn more than double what Burmese households do.
The US cities with the highest and lowest divorce rates
About 10.6% of Americans 15 and over are currently divorced. In Anderson, Indiana it is 19.6%. In Lakewood, New Jersey it is 1.9%. Four of the top twelve cities are in Indiana.
The US cities with the most men and the cities with the most women
America is 49.5% male. Florence, Arizona is 68.4% male and Sun City Center, Florida is 58.2% female. Prisons, military bases, women's colleges, and retirement communities explain almost every city on the list.
The US cities with the largest Black population, by count and by share
New York has 1.73 million Black residents, more than the next two cities combined. South Fulton, Georgia is 90% Black, the highest share of any city over 50,000, and it only incorporated in 2017.
US construction spending fell 3.8% as factory building dropped 21%
Construction spending fell to a $2,157.6 billion annual rate in July. Manufacturing building is down 21.2% over the year and office building is up 16.9%. The Census Bureau counts data centers as offices.
The most foreign-born cities in America
About 14% of US residents were born abroad. In Hialeah, Florida it is 74.5%. Seven of the twelve most foreign-born cities are in Miami-Dade County, with the rest in New Jersey and California.
Which race is decreasing in the United States?
The non-Hispanic white population is the only major group that has shrunk since 2010, down 4.6 million to 192.2 million. It fell in 34 states and 74% of counties. Here is where, and why.