Monthly Archives: July 2012

Visualizing the pay gap: educational attainment & income data from the American Community Survey

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Each year the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey provides dozens of tables of interesting data related to education – tracking enrollment in public and private schools, the number of individuals holding bachelor’s degrees in various fields, and cross-tabulating educational levels with characteristics as diverse as place of birth, mobility and race. Data on the relationship between educational attainment and income are available in table S1501 of the ACS. Based on the data in that table, the thematic map and chart below illustrate the relationship between education and income, as well as the gap in income between men and women with equivalent levels of educational attainment – from those with less than a high school diploma to those with a graduate or professional degree.

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U.S. Fastest Growing Cities between 2010 and 2011

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The U.S. Census Bureau has just released a listing of the fastest growing cities between the 2010 Census (April 1, 2010) and the Population Estimates for July 2011. Based on the 2011 Population Estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau the largest percent increase in population from 2010 to 2011 was in New Orleans, Louisiana with a 4.9% increase. When we examine the total number of people rather than percentage, New York, New York added just over 69,777 people, the largest numeric increase in population in cities from 2010 to 2011. Check out the top 15 fastest growing, largest numeric increases, and largest populations cities in the U.S. based on the 2011 Population Estimates below:

Table 1. The 15 Fastest-Growing Large Cities from April 1, 2010, to July 1, 2011

Percent
Increase		 2011 Total
Population
1.
New Orleans, LA
 4.9 360,740
2.
Round Rock, TX
 4.8 104,664
3.
Austin, TX
 3.8 820,611
4.
Plano, TX
 3.8 269,776
5.
McKinney, TX
 3.8 136,067
6.
Frisco, TX
 3.8 121,387
7.
Denton, TX
 3.4 117,187
8.
Denver, CO
 3.3 619,968
9.
Cary, NC
 3.2 139,633
10.
Raleigh, NC
 3.1 416,468
11.
Alexandria, VA
 3.1 144,301
12.
Tampa, FL
 3.1 346,037
13.
McAllen, TX
 3.0 133,742
14.
Carrollton, TX
 3.0 122,640
15.
Atlanta, GA
 3.0 432,427

Table 2. The 15 Cities with the Largest Numeric Increase from April 1, 2010, to July 1, 2011

Numeric
Increase		 2011 Total
Population
1.
New York, NY
 69,777 8,244,910
2.
Houston, TX
 45,716 2,145,146
3.
San Antonio, TX
 32,152 1,359,758
4.
Austin, TX
 30,221 820,611
5.
Los Angeles, CA
 27,077 3,819,702
6.
Dallas, TX
 25,413 1,223,229
7.
Phoenix, AZ
 23,815 1,469,471
8.
Denver, CO
 19,960 619,968
9.
Charlotte, NC
 19,663 751,087
10.
San Diego, CA
 18,773 1,326,179
11.
New Orleans, LA
 16,911 360,740
12.
Fort Worth, TX
 16,708 758,738
13.
El Paso, TX
 16,416 665,568
14.
Washington
 16,273 617,996
15.
San Jose, CA
 14,875 967,487

Table 3. The 15 Most Populous Cities: July 1, 2011

2011 Total
Population
1.
New York, NY
 8,244,910
2.
Los Angeles, CA
 3,819,702
3.
Chicago, IL
 2,707,120
4.
Houston, TX
 2,145,146
5.
Philadelphia, PA
 1,536,471
6.
Phoenix, AZ
 1,469,471
7.
San Antonio, TX
 1,359,758
8.
San Diego, CA
 1,326,179
9.
Dallas, TX
 1,223,229
10.
San Jose, CA
 967,487
11.
Jacksonville, FL
 827,908
12.
Indianapolis, IN
 827,609
13.
Austin, TX
 820,611
14.
San Francisco, CA
 812,826
15.
Columbus, OH
 797,434

Read additional details at: http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/population/cb12-117.html