States Collecting the Most Income Tax Per Person
When the U.S. hunkered down in 2020 because of the pandemic, it wasn’t just retail sales that suffered a major blow. States also saw overall tax revenues decline. The Tax Foundation reports state tax…
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COVID-19: This Is the State Fighting It Most Successfully
It has now been 22 weeks since the first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine were sent out to states, kicking off the largest vaccination campaign in human history. As of May 19, 349,210,095 doses…
The County in Every State With the Most Deaths From COVID-19
Vaccine distribution is well underway across the United States. Still, the novel coronavirus continues to spread and claim American lives. In the past week alone, there were an average of 597 new deaths attributed…
How Many People Had a College Degree Every Year Since 1971
One of the most important trends of the past century in the United States has been the dramatic increase in college education. According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the percentage of Americans…
The States With the Oldest Bridges
There are hundreds of thousands of bridges in the United States. Many of them are famous as landmarks and incredible feats of engineering. Who hasn’t heard of the Brooklyn Bridge or the Golden Gate…
States Where the Most People Are Vaccinated
The Biden Administration announced a target goal of delivering at least one vaccination dose to 70% of American adults by July 4. Whether or not the timeline is achievable remains to be seen. Currently,…
These Are the Cities With the Fewest COVID-19 Cases
The U.S. reported over 17,000 new cases of coronavirus on May 18, bringing the total count to more than 32.6 million confirmed cases of COVID-19. There have been more than 580,000 COVID-19-related deaths —…
Biggest Box Office Hits of the 1980s
Big hair, synthesizer-heavy music, pastel clothes, Reaganomics, and the fall of the Iron Curtain…What a mashup the 1980s were. For a peek at how the styles and events of the era were reflected in…
Counties Where People Are Struggling the Most In Debt
While they are not the only measure of indebtedness, the percentage of adults with debt in collections and the median amount of such debts are good measures of the degree to which people struggle…
30 American Ghost Towns
With the coronavirus keeping Americans confined to their homes and mortgage rates at record lows, home sale volume this year hit the highest level in over a decade in the United States. Despite the…
The Highest-Grossing Movie Every Year Since 1930
Movies make money in several ways, including selling branded products and TV broadcast and streaming rights, which has been on the rise in recent years. But the largest source of revenue is still from…
The Best Restaurants That Have Opened Since the Pandemic Began
The COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating to the restaurant business. Well over 100,000 establishments of various kinds — from fast-food outlets to pricey Michelin-starred dining rooms — have gone out of business permanently. Government…
These Are the Most Obese Counties in America
Almost half of adults in the U.S. are projected to be obese, not just overweight, by 2030, according to Harvard researchers estimates published in December 2019 in the New England Journal of Medicine. Nearly…
The States With the Best and Worst Economies
The COVID-19 pandemic sent economic shockwaves through the U.S. economy, tripling the monthly unemployment to nearly 15% and leading to a more than 30% quarterly decline in GDP — by far the largest economic…
States Where the Most People Are Refusing the COVID-19 Vaccine
As the novel coronavirus continues to spread across the globe, variants of the virus also continue to emerge. Many of these new variants are more contagious than their predecessors and have added a new…