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Texas, the second-largest state with nearly 30 million residents, has experienced rapid growth for the past two decades. Its major cities, including Houston and Dallas, have consistently ranked among...
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In general, the United States is a moderately densely populated nation. This statement is misleading. The low density of huge states geographically like Alaska, Montana, North Dakota, and South...
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Since 2010, the odds of dying young in the United States have risen at an alarming pace. According to figures from the U.S. Social Security Administration’s actuarial life tables, the odds of...
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For much of 2020, many American mothers-to-be were hesitant to carry pregnancies to term as COVID-19 vaccines had yet to be developed and distributed, hospitals were filling with infected patients...
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In the early months of the coronavirus pandemic, many media outlets and researchers predicted that with all of those stay-at-home orders and work-stoppage mandates, couples would huddle together for...
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Every 10 years since the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau has also calculated what it calls the country’s “center of population.” This is the point at which, says the Bureau, “an...
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The United States is the third-most populous country on Earth behind China and India, and, like them, it is growing. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there is one birth in the U.S. every nine...
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Most lists of large cities with severe ecological problems are headlined by metros in China and India. A research by the global think tank Institute for Economics & Peace identifying megacities...
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