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How many Americans is simply too many?
When the Census Bureau released its new population projections last month, most of the media focused on the country's changing racial composition. But this was almost certainly not the most important finding. The projections show that the U.S....Tags: Demographics, Population, Migration, Immigration, Illegal Immigrants
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GOP: Only legal residents should be counted
Associated Press WriterThe 2008 Republican platform, in language that is hostile to illegal immigrants, says the makeup of Congress should be determined by counting only those legally residing in the United States in the next census. "The integrity of the 2010 census,...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Demographics, Constitutional Issues, Minority Groups, Population
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Towson rising
The old houses on Washington Avenue have been knocked down, and the digging is about to begin for the 18-story Palisades apartment building. Already, condos are rising across from the mall, and more apartments are planned near the university.
In Towson,...Tags: Towson, Teaching and Learning, Population, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Economic Policy
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Laboring harder, slipping behind
CONSUMER CONFIDENTIALEvery day is Labor Day for Ruben Rangel. The 48-year-old Compton resident works most days from 1:30 to 9:30 p.m. as a baggage handler at Los Angeles International Airport. Then he changes clothes and pulls a shift as janitor at a Ralphs from midnight...Tags: Public Holidays, Antonio Villaraigosa, Population, Los Feliz, Economic Policy
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Orlando's poor: 70,000 kids in our metro area
Kate Santich and Vicki McClure, Sentinel Staff WritersNearly 70,000 children younger than 18 in Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Lake counties lived in poverty in 2007 -- about 33 percent of the region's 211,000 poor people. The Census Bureau figures released Tuesday show poverty in Metro Orlando was...Tags: James Wright, Demographics, Salvation Army, Population, Apopka
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Poverty rate fell in 2007, census data show
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersPoverty across Southern California declined significantly during the first seven years of the decade, a period marked by a booming economy, gentrifying neighborhoods and soaring housing prices, according to census data released Tuesday. Bucking a...Tags: Charity, San Bernardino (San Bernardino, California), Demographics, San Fernando, Population
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Number of Americans without health insurance falls
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThanks mostly to expanded government health coverage for children, the number of people without health insurance fell in 2007 for the first time since President Bush took office, the U.S. Census Bureau said Tuesday. In all, the number of people without...Tags: Medicaid, Population, Government, Health Treatments, Pediatrics
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Number of uninsured drops in Connecticut
Associated Press WriterConnecticut is one of five states in which the percentage of people without health insurance has dipped over the past few years, according to new Census Bureau figures. The state also tied with Iowa for the nation's seventh-lowest poverty rate in 2007...Tags: Demographics, Healthcare Policies, Population, Private Health Care, Health Treatments
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NJ has some of highest- and lowest-income places
Associated Press WriterIf the name "New Jersey" conjures up images of leafy suburbs that house very high-income families, you're right. And if you associate the state with high poverty, you're right, too. As usual, the Garden State, a study in contrasts, registered some...Tags: Demographics, Population, Gainesville, Brownsville, Poverty
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One in five Floridians still uninsured despite national, statewide declines
South Florida Sun-SentinelOne of five Floridians still doesn't have health insurance, the third-highest rate in the nation, even though the state and the nation last year both had declines in the ranks of the uninsured, according to a report Tuesday from the Census Bureau....Tags: Medicaid, Boca Raton, Demographics, Population, Private Health Care
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Kings Park family's sighting: a manatee in Stony Brook
bill.bleyer@newsday.comIn a summer that's already brought us the Montauk Monster and shark sightings at Jones Beach, a Kings Park family now says it's seen a rare Florida manatee in Stony Brook Harbor. The sighting, so far unconfirmed by anyone else, was reported by Tara and...Tags: Natural Resources, Demographics, Endangered Species, Nature, Long Beach (California)
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Some commuters put foot to the pedal
247-4534Since gas prices took off, we've examined the merits of the smaller SUV, the compact car (new and used), the hybrid, the motorcycle and the moped, European and domestic. Can we go even smaller? How about the bike? As interest grows in everything that...Tags: Demographics, NASA, Space Programs, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Population
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