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Census shows significant effects of recession on poverty rates

By | 09.15.11 | 12:24 pm | More from The Florida Independent

That 46.2 million people live in poverty in the U.S. is only one of the most important indicators of the the U.S. Census Bureau report released this week.

The Census Bureau reports that 2010 is the fourth consecutive annual increase and the largest number in the 52 years for which poverty More…

Gov. Scott wants Florida to be ‘the model for the country’

By | 09.14.11 | 1:59 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Gov. Rick Scott stopped by MSNBC’s Morning Joe to talk about the GOP presidential race and Florida today. During the interview, he told the panel he is skeptical of President Obama’s jobs bill and wants Florida to be a “model for the country.”

Women’s Law Center: Record number of women in extreme poverty in 2010

By | 09.14.11 | 1:40 pm | More from The Florida Independent

According to analysis by the National Women’s Law Center of the 2010 Census information, “record numbers of women were living in poverty — and extreme poverty” in 2010.

New data shows Florida has one of the highest rates of citizens without health insurance

By | 09.13.11 | 5:20 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Recent information released from the U.S. Census Bureau reports that Florida had the third highest percentage of residents without insurance in 2010.

U.S. Census shows poverty up, income declined in 2010

By | 09.13.11 | 1:24 pm | More from The Florida Independent

The U.S. Census Bureau released a report today that finds income declined and poverty rose in the United States from 2009 to 2010.

Census: Millions of livable homes stand vacant across the U.S.

By | 03.25.11 | 5:45 pm

Newly released Census data reveal that, as other evidence suggests, the recession has battered some areas harder than others. Census Bureau statistics show that 11.3 percent of residences in the U.S., about 13.2 million homes, stood vacant in 2010. There was a great deal of variation, however, among More…

Cities across the U.S. dying, according to census data

By | 02.24.11 | 9:00 am

An AP story examining data from the 2010 Census reports that nearly a quarter of counties across the U.S. are dying. And that isn’t as figurative as it may seem: Just over 24 percent of the country’s 3,142 counties are suffering from what the Census terms a “natural decrease,” More…

Who Benefits Most From Health Insurance Reform?

By | 11.12.09 | 1:15 pm

Not the blue states.

There are roughly 46 million people living in America without health insurance coverage, representing about 15 percent of the nation’s population, according to the most recent numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau. But they aren’t distributed evenly around the country.