Industry shifts
Cobb County Went From 88% White to 47% in a Generation
In 1990, Cobb County, Georgia was 87.6 percent white. Today it is 47.1 percent, having crossed into majority-minority, driven by Black, Hispanic, and Asian in-migration at once, and it stayed affluent the whole way.
How Did Obamacare Affect the Uninsured Rate in America?
In 2013, 14.9 percent of Americans had no health insurance. Today it is 8.4 percent, a drop of about 18 million people. But all of the gains came before 2019, and the line has been flat ever since.
Gwinnett County Went From 90% White to 30%: The Most Diverse Counties in America
In 1990, Gwinnett County, Georgia was 89.6 percent white. Today no group holds even a third of the population, and it ranks fourth in the nation on the CensusEasy Diversity Score. Here are the most diverse counties in America.
How the Rust Belt Lost Its Factory Jobs
American manufacturing employment peaked at around 19.5 million jobs in 1979 and fell by roughly a third over the next four decades. The Census record shows where those losses landed: a band of industrial cities from Buffalo to Gary that lost between a sixth and nearly half of their residents.