Best and Worst Cities for Nurses
One-third of all new jobs projected to be added through 2026 will be in the health care sector, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The largest share of those added jobs will be…
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States With the Highest Obesity Rates
Health officials, school leaders, politicians and families continue to battle the nation’s obesity epidemic. But thus far, they appear to be losing. The U.S. obesity rate has doubled since the 1980s, and today obesity…
The Largest Employer in Every State
Walmart is by far the largest employer in the United States, employing over 1.5 million Americans. However, other companies are beginning to close in on Walmart’s lofty headcount. Of note is the country’s second…
States With the Highest and Lowest Gas Taxes
At the start of this 2018, seven states raised taxes on gasoline, while two states lowered the tax. Pennsylvania lowered taxes by six tenths of a cent, but the state still has the highest…
30 Best Cities for Older Americans
The U.S. is on the verge of a massive surge of retirement in the coming years. As of 2016, 14.3% of the population was aged 65 or older. That figure is expected to rise…
Richest Person of All Time From Your State
Today, 1% of the U.S. population controls nearly 40% of its wealth. This level of inequality is not the first time wealth has been so unevenly distributed in the United States. During the gilded…
Richest Person in Every State
In recent decades, income inequality in the United States has taken a sharp turn for the worse. According to the Institute for Policy Studies, the net worth of the 20 wealthiest living Americans is…
The Worst School District in Each State
Few public services in the United States contain such stark differences in quality as the public education system. While there are several school districts that spend more than $50,000 per student on education each…
50 Most Loved Kids’ Shows of All Time
Almost since the earliest days of television there has been been programming specifically aimed at children, both to entertain and educate. Children represent a large, impressionable audience with a great deal of free time, and…
Strangest Roadside Attraction in Every State
Even as the advent of air travel cut down on the need to travel long distances by automobile, the great American road trip remains a cultural touchstone. Hundreds of thousands of Americans each year…
40 of History’s Greatest Women
March is Women’s History Month, and in honor of the occasion 24/7 Wall St. set out to compile a list of 40 of history’s greatest women. This was no easy task, as there are…
States With the Highest and Lowest Sales Taxes
On or before April 17, millions of Americans will file their income, property, and other taxes. Not included in the filings are sales taxes, but many Americans pay thousands of dollars each year in…
States With the Largest Average Tax Refund
By tax deadline day, which this year is April 17, over 150 million American households will file personal income tax returns. Many who file hope for a substantial refund to help pay for essentials,…
The Largest Company in Every State
The United States is home to some of the largest global companies. Of the world’s 50 largest public companies by revenue, 21 are based in the United States, including five of the top 10.…
The Best (and Worst) States for Business
In December, President Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was notable for giving substantial breaks to American businesses. Included in the act was a significant cut in the maximum…
Best Public High Schools in Every State
Among all public services in this country, few are as uneven in quality as the American public education system. While schools must follow certain guidelines and are held to public standards, they are largely…
Cities Where Crime Is Soaring in Every State
It seems there is no shortage of reports about mass shootings and high murder rates in major U.S. cities like Chicago. Yet the overall violent crime rate in the United States is more or…
Best (and Worst) States to Be Unemployed
While the U.S. unemployment rate has steadily improved since the Great Recession, millions of Americans remain out of work. Every week, hundreds of thousands of the nation’s jobless apply for unemployment insurance, relying on…
Cities Hit Hardest by Extreme Poverty
The American economy has been recovering from the Great Recession for nearly eight years. As the U.S. has added jobs and wages have risen steadily, a troubling trend has emerged. As incomes have risen…
America’s 50 Best Cities to Live
As the land of opportunity, the United States has attracted people from around the world for centuries. Yet not all parts of the country are equally desirable, and some cities are far more liveable…