The Best and Worst Thing About Each State
Residents of every state have at least one aspect of their home they can brag about, but also one they would probably rather forget. New York state residents may gloat about the fact that…
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Mike Sauter
Counties Where People Live the Longest
Late last year the National Center for Health Statistics reported that U.S. life expectancy fell for the second year in a row. Americans born in 2016 can expect to live 78.6 years. Life expectancy…
Cities Americans Are Flocking To
Each year, roughly 40 million Americans, or about 14% of the U.S. population, move at least once. Much of that movement includes younger people relocating within cities, but it is trends of Americans moving…
States Where Alzheimer’s Is Soaring
About every minute, someone in the United States develops Alzheimer’s disease. By 2050, someone will develop dementia from the illness every 33 seconds. Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia in the United…
50 Top Ranked Colleges That Pay Off the Least
The typical young college graduate earned about $50,000 in 2016, well above the typical recent high school graduate’s earnings of $31,800 a year. For those who can afford it, college is a good investment.…
Cities Americans Are Abandoning
Each year, roughly 40 million Americans, or about 14% of the U.S. population, move at least once. Much of that movement includes younger people relocating within cities, but it is trends of Americans moving…
Worst Cities to Find a Job for Recent Graduates
The U.S. economy has added over 1 million jobs already this year, and the unemployment rate has hovered around 4%, lower than it has been in over a decade. With the strongest job market…
States Where People Are Too Sick to Work
Each year, American workers miss more than half a billion days due to illness and injury. While taking a sick day can sometimes not be avoided, a number of studies have shown that certain…
Best and Worst Car Brands of 2018
As auto sales hit their first slow period in years and margins are down, automakers must rely more on their reputations for quality and reliability to keep sales at current levels. According to the…
Most Expensive Housing Market in Every State
The U.S. economic recovery and continued growth have had many positive effects on the nation and the population. For at least one group, however, the improving economy has had a negative impact — for…
What It Costs to Run Prisons in Your State
Nearly 1.5 million Americans were incarcerated in state prisons in 2016. That same year, U.S. states spent about $58 billion to keep these people locked up. How much each state spends on prisons goes…
32 Fastest Growing Jobs Dominated by Women
Not that long ago, opportunities for women in the workforce were quite limited. Secretarial and clerical work, nursing, jobs in textiles and in service were expected positions for women, and those jobs were almost…
What Your State Spends on Your Health
In 2015, state governments across the country spent a combined $605 billion on health care, or about $1,880 per resident. The physical and mental well-being of the population is the single largest financial obligation…
States With the Best Retirement Funding
State governments spent close to $39 billion, or about $120 per capita, on retirement funding in 2015. For decades, the funding and distribution of pension funds for state government employees has been a contentious…
The States With the Best and Worst Economies
By several measures, the national economy is the strongest it has been in decades. The U.S. monthly unemployment rate now sits comfortably below 4%, and we are in the second longest period of GDP…
Cities Where the Fewest People Graduate High School
U.S. high school graduation rates have risen steadily over the past five years, reaching 84% for the 2015-2016 school year. Encouragingly, rates rose across all income levels, and even among groups that traditionally underperform,…
Cities Where the Most People Graduate High School
U.S. high school graduation rates have risen steadily over the past five years, reaching 84% for the 2015-2016 school year. Encouragingly, rates rose across all income levels, and even among groups that traditionally underperform,…
25 Most Polluted Cities in America
About 134 million American were exposed to unhealthy levels of air pollution between 2014 and 2016, according to figures just released by the American Lung Association. That figure represents a substantial increase over the…
25 Surprising Facts About the US Census
The U.S. Census Bureau celebrates its birthday on August 2. It was 228 years ago, in 1790, that Congress, then in its second year, assigned 350 marshals the responsibility of counting the less than…
How Your State Funds Welfare and Where It Goes
U.S. state governments spent about $390 billion on the welfare of their residents in 2015. Welfare represents about 26% of total state spending, the largest form of state-level spending by a large margin. The…