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  • Squeezed by rising living costs, a record number of Americans - nearly 1 in 2 - have fallen into poverty or are scraping by on earnings that classify them as low income.
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economy, census, national/world
  • The Census Bureau reports the number of Americans in poverty jumped to 15.1 percent in 2010, a 27-year high.
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census, business/finance
  • Census Bureau figures being released Thursday show Pennsylvania getting grayer, with the median age of residents inching past 40 as the baby boom generation approaches retirement age.
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pennsylvania, census, local/state
  • The Wyoming town of Lost Springs can finally count on the Census to get its population correct: Four, not one.
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wyoming, census, bizarre bazaar
  • There's something about the guy leaning on a post and checking his phone that catches Brandon Stanton's eye.
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new york city, census, entertainment
  • For the first time in 60 years, Census figures indicate Philadelphia's population has risen.
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pennsylvania, philadelphia, pittsburgh, census, local/state
  • The world's oceans may be vast and deep, but a decade-long count of marine animals finds sea life so interconnected that it seems to shrink the watery world.
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animals, wildlife preservation, census, national/world
  • Action News
  • The income gap between the richest and poorest Americans grew last year to its widest amount on record as young adults and children in particular struggled to stay afloat in the recession.
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census, national/world
  • Action News
  • After hitting a 60-year low, the share of Americans who moved edged up last year, but they didn't go far as people were taking few chances because of the weak housing and job markets.
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census, national/world
  • Action News
  • White flight? In a reversal, America's suburbs are now more likely to be home to minorities, the poor and a rapidly growing older population as many younger, educated whites move to cities for jobs and shorter commutes.
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census, national/world
  • Women are now just as likely as men to have completed college and are virtually equal in earning advanced degrees, part of an accelerating trend of educational gains that have shielded women from recent job losses.
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census, college, education, business/finance
  • People Scene
  • Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census announced a new campaign Thursday that aims to reach the hard-to-count demographic through its smart-phone-toting youngsters.
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census, los angeles, entertainment
  • U.S. Census
  • The Census Bureau is launching a campaign to prod the nation's more than 300 million residents to fill out their once-a-decade census forms.
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census, national/world