Essays Tagged: "United States Census Bureau"
Female Discrimination in the Labor Force
men no matter what the job.Since 1970, statistics drawn by the Department of Commerce, Bureau of theCensus has shown that the earnings gap between men and women has been closing. In1970 women made 59. ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies
Immigration Act of 1924. DBQ
m the late 1800s to mid 1900s there were many Acts and restrictions for foreigners to come into the United States. The Immigration Act of 1924 was very important because it had many effects on immigra ... f that one of the most important reasons why the Immigration Act of 1924 was passed was because the United States wanted to have control over ethnicity.Secondly, Congress had to study very well how wo ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The disabled Community
There are a myriad of ailments that we, as physically complete, would call disabilities. The United States Census Bureau shows that in America alone there are almost 50 million people with some ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community > Children and Youngsters
Durable Goods, Postponability, and Economic Recovery
to cut down on jobs and un-employment rises.Durable Goods Orders are published by the Bureau of the Census of the U.S. Department of Commerce on the 22nd-28th of each month. In the durable goods marke ... ter, and to the comparable orders data to determine what is likely to occur in the month ahead. The Census Bureau conducts an extensive survey to collect data. Since durables are hard to predict, surp ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Demographic Analysis
nt data, and other public and private sources of demographic and consumer information."Secondly the United States Census Bureau's American FactFinder. "The Census Bureau conducts many important census ... s many important censuses and surveys. The most well-known is the official population census of the United States, called the decennial census. It is conducted every ten years, most recently in April ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing
Diversity in Workplace
ize improved self-management skills and increased job satisfaction.Diversity in the WorkplaceAs the United States grows in population there is an increase in the amount of diversity among the people t ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management
Diversity Divided
jectively valid. Multiculturalism is, he believes, an important position; relativism is not. In the United States of America, the celebration of difference, the promotion of a pluralist society -these ... ng prey to such discrimination and unfair practices are mostly African Americans.As citizens of the United States of America are we responsible for integrating African Americans into our multiethnic c ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
The Draft
people as well as uneducated people is just anotheruneducated decision in itself. According to the United States Census Bureau, allmilitary aged men have an equal chance of being drafted.Some believe ...
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Military & International Conflicts & Security
The Housing Market as an Economic Indicator
es.The current climate in the housing market indicators show substantial improvement throughout the United States during the first quarter of 2007 even though there has been concern over sub prime mor ... e ask/sale price ratio which is set at 65%. Pending home sales rose 4.5% in the South region of the United States and 2.9% in the Midwest while home sales slipped 1.3% in the Northeast. The West was t ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
AP US History - Factors of the Immigration Act of 1924
year to a definite quota of 3 percent of the people of their nationality who had been living in the United States in 1910. However, this national-origins system was relatively favorable to the immigra ... thern and eastern Europe, for by 1910 immense numbers of them had already arrived. According to the United States Bureau of the Census, southern and eastern European immigration reached 1,250,000 in 1 ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History
The Impact Of Money On Family Stability
discussed in this paper, it is necessary to be aware of the poverty rank. I took as an example the United States of America. The American society has not achieved much progress over the last years in ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
The Impact Of Money On Family Stability
discussed in this paper, it is necessary to be aware of the poverty rank. I took as an example the United States of America. The American society has not achieved much progress over the last years in ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Greeting Cards for the Ages
ation. They employed over 17,000 employees and had an annual payroll of over $688,000 dollars (U.S. Census Bureau 2002). With such large numbers and statistics it isn't hard to see why many vendors su ... U.S. Greeting Card Publishers by Employment and Size of Enterprise." (Online) Available: http://www.census.gov/epcd/susb/2000/us/US511191.HTM. Retrieved: April 29 ,2005. Statistics of U.S. Businesses ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health
Baby Boom Generation's Affect on the Music Industry
le songs, today's youth don't have the motivation to purchase as much music.After World War II, the United States experienced an unusual spike in births, which led to the baby boom generation. The you ... s clear that the baby boom generation overwhelmingly surpasses today's youth. The population in the United States during the fifties and sixties was roughly one hundred fifty-two million, to one hundr ...
Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies
"Race and the United States Postal Service"
Race and the � PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT �1� Running head: RACE AND THE UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICERace and the United States Postal ServiceKim AvinaAxia College�&# ... g issue. There are many rules and regulations that must be followed. My workplace happens to be the United States Postal Service (USPS). The Postal Service is very diverse and has many ethnicities wit ... lack, 8% Hispanic, and 9% Asian. The other 2% is made up of all other races in the Postal Service. (United States Census Bureau, 2000) (Table 1)Each group has its own way of looking the same and diffe ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community
Housing market in the UK
erly Journal of Economics, 110, 379-406.Topel, R.H., and S.Rosen (1988), "Housing Investment in the United States", Journal of Political Economy, 96, 6, 718-740.Bibliography:Kent R.J. (1980) 'Credit r ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Markets & Exchanges
The Digital Divide
It can be shown through research that there is a digital divide in the United States and across the globe. The basic concept of the digital divide has to do with the "have ... and those without the access. There are many surveys that compare the computer use of those in the United States with the rest of the world, and there is evidence to suggest that the digital divide i ... the short term, it will pay big dividends in the future and help equalize the digital divide in the United States.ReferencesAutumn (1999). The Large and Growing Divide for Black and White College Stud ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
Diversity in Augusta Georgia
is the second largest city in Georgia with a population of 195,769 people (2005). According to the United States Census Bureau report in 2006 the percentage of Caucasians in Richmond County is 44.1% ... 06, from http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/CitiesCounties/Cities&id=h-955United States Census Bureau Online (2006, June). Richmond County, Georgia Quick Facts, Retrieved Dec ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays
Essay describes the conflicts and situations between race and the community.
e varying races and ethnicities that make groups stand apart. According to the Website for the U.S. Census Bureau (2000), the total population is 8,588 and there were 10,299 ancestries reported. Among ... ancestries were 8.2 percent with the other listed ancestries being at 5.2 percent and below. (U.S. Census Bureau, 2000). Just from looking around the community the majority of the race in town is of ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community