Tag Archives: American Community Survey

Census Bureau – 1 in 4 People Vulnerable to Extreme Heat

About 1 in 4 people in the United States are socially vulnerable and have low resilience to extreme heat exposure, according to new US Census Bureau data released today. The so-called “Community Resilience Estimates” (CRE)* for Heat, an awakened experimental … Continue reading

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Income Levels, Poverty Rates Unchanged as U.S. Economy Languishes

“The failure to see any significant reduction in poverty over the last several years is a direct consequence of the continued weakness in the labor market.” Continue reading

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