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As of Feb. 12, 2005, the projected US Residence Population is:
295,452,768 (according to the US Census http://www.census.gov/cgi-bin/popclock )
National debt is the total amount of money owed by the government
And the deficit is the yearly amount by which spending exceeds revenue.
The National Debt is currently over $6.4 trillion. (source – Bureau of the Public Debt http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/opd/opdpenny.htm ) Each citizen’s share of the debt is roughly $22,000.00
The National Debt on 09/28/2001, was $5.8 trillion
The unemployment rate rose to 6.0% in April, 2003.
The number of unemployed persons increased to 8.8 million in April.
The unemployment rate for adult men increased from 5.3 % to 5.6 %.
Jobless rate for women 5.1%
Jobless rate for whites 5.2%
Jobless rate for teenagers 18%
Jobless rate for African Americans 10.9%
Jobless rate for Hispanics or Latinos 7.5%
(source – United States
Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm )
Link to recent article listing unemployment rates state by state (figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, preliminary numbers for February 2003) http://money.cnn.com/pf/features/lists/state_unemployment
In 2001, 41.2 million Americans lacked basic health coverage.
19.4 million are non-Hispanic White
12.4 million are Hispanic
6.8 million are Black
2.3 million are Asian and Pacific Islander
(source – “Health Insurance Coverage:
2001.” US Census Bureau (September, 2002) Report from the Department of Commerce)
link http://coveringtheuninsured.org/factsheets/display.php3?FactSheetID=20
This report is issued yearly in September.
2000 Elections Voter Registration and Turnout (source – Federal Election Commission)
Registered Voters 156,421,311
Registered Voter Turnout 67.5%
The Voting Age Population (VAP) 205,815,000
Includes all persons over the age of 18, including a significant number of people not eligible to vote in U.S. elections i.e.
felons, non- citizens, etc.
% Registered of VAP 76%
% Turnout of VAP 51.3%
Read the information about the definition of VAP before you decide to use the VAP stats.
http://www.fec.gov/pages/2000turnout/reg&to00.htm
International voter turn-out link. http://www.fec.gov/votregis/InternatTO.htm (just FYI)
This is a good site for relatively quick and easy to understand info, including map chart/visuals. However, most current information is for 2000.
http://www.fec.gov/pages/2000turnout/reg&to00.htm
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