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Today’s Seniors: One Demographic Group, Or Many?
Like it or not, we are all aging. In 2000, the median age in the United States was 35.3 years. By 2010, this number had increased to 37.0 years; today, the median age is 37.3 years. By 2030, seniors...
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America’s Changing Population: Diversity Index Shows Growing Trend
In 2012, the US population was 313 million. Growing diversity continues to produce striking changes in the population. To provide an accurate way to track these changes, Esri created a proprietary...
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Where Did Raymond Barone and Cliff Huxtable Go?
Change has been the constant for the US demographic landscape recently. Two major demographic differences since Census 2000 are the growth of minority populations and changes to household composition....
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Retirement Hopes Fade for Many Americans
Playing on the beach with grandchildren, fishing in mountain streams, and perfecting golf scores…those are fading dreams of retirement for scores of older people in the US. Many have changed or...
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Are We There Yet? Median US Household Income Recovering in 2013
“Are we there yet?” Vacationing parents usually answer this familiar question with a resounding “No!” The inquiry also resonates with economists who agree that median household income in the United...
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For generations, Americans worked hard, lived within their means, saved for retirement, spent their golden years in relative comfort, and passed on a healthy inheritance to their children. Many...
View ArticleDemystifying Millennials
While their behaviors confound retailers and marketers, we’re starting to gain a better understanding of what makes this cohort click. Do you know any Millennials? You might even be a Millennial...
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Selfies: More than Just Photos
Singles who can afford to spend on themselves have become a formidable consumer market. In 2013, Oxford Dictionaries announced that selfie, defined as “a photograph that one has taken of oneself,...
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Learn More and Earn More
“Do your homework, study hard, and make good grades.” We all probably heard those instructions many times during our school years. When viewing the relationship between educational attainment and...
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Data Drives Economic Development
Demographics, lifestyle, and spending data provide answers to the “Who, What, and How” questions that business owners need to ask. When local Economic Development departments need to attract new...
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Americans Love Movies!
Movies come in many different genres, and data identifies the people who watch them. Ever since the first grainy black and white images flickered silently across a screen, movies have fascinated...
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Student Loan Debt Spreads to Retirees
For many Americans, the rise in student loan debt means slowing economic recovery, delaying lifestage changes, and even postponing retirement. Usually considered an issue that impacts only recent...
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Cinco de Mayo: Celebrated in the US and around the World
Cinco de Mayo (May 5th), a national holiday in Mexico, marks the anniversary of the Battle of Puebla, when against overwhelming odds, the Mexican Army defeated French forces. To commemorate the...
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Squeeze Play: Generation X is Stuck in the Middle
Sandwiched Between Baby Boomers, Millennials, Parents, and Kids Since they were first identified, the huge Baby Boomer and Millennial cohorts have fascinated demographers and sociologists. As they...
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Wedding Bells Aren’t Ringing for Millennials
They’re Saying “I Don’t” to Marriage Now, Due to Finances, Employment, and Societal Changes For decades, the $55 billion wedding industry banked on “young and in love” couples to fill its coffers....
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Mapping the Theme Parks Market
Leverage Esri’s Market Potential data to help tap in to this multi-billion dollar industry. Visiting a theme park as a vacation destination or a special day trip is on thousands of people’s bucket...
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Will This Back-To-School Shopping Season Hit or Miss?
Anticipation and Anxiety for Students and Retailers As summer vacations end, students eagerly or anxiously anticipate a new school year, new teachers, and new friends. Retailers also anticipate the...
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Lift that Stein to Oktoberfest!
See Where People Spend the Most on Beer Beer lovers from around the world are gathering in Munich, Germany to celebrate Oktoberfest. In 2014, close to six and a half million people attended the...
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