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November 30, 2015

As families decline, living alone is now the most common type of household

Hamilton Lombard

One of the most popular television shows in recent years has been ABC’s “Modern Family.” The show is popular not only because of its good script and characters, but also because it includes subjects such as divorce, step-children and same sex marriage, which are familiar to many families today. Yet Census data shows that the […]

July 24, 2013

What we can learn from national projections

Rebecca Tippett

Interested in our most recent work on population projections and estimates? See it all here.We released today population projections for the nation overall and for all 50 states (and the District of Columbia). These are the first projections to be produced using data from the 2010 Census, and they detail changes between 2020 and 2040 […]

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