Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland, was settled in 1661 by European colonists. Once a major center for flour trade due to innovations in processing and development in the milling process, then the city that developed the first printing press and newspaper, the Baltimore of today is...

Boston

Boston has a long history, first settled in 1630 by Puritan colonists. The city quickly became the center of New England and the center of the American Revolution. Today, Boston is the 24th largest city in the U.S., home to 685,146 people. When you look at the larger...

Ukrainian Descent in the United States

As war wages in Ukraine, Europe, and likely countries outside of Europe, will face a refugee crisis. Already well over half a million people have fled Ukraine in search of safety. Here in the United States, our population that lists Ukrainian as their ancestry is...

Oil and Gas Employment

If you have been to the gas station in the last few weeks, there is no denying that it hurt a little bit when you saw the charges rack up before your eyes. Demand is up, production is down, inflation is at a record high and the war in Ukraine are all impacting the...

February 2022 Round-up

At the end of each month, the AGS team looks back at articles and blog posts that we saw this month that stood out to us. Some are from news agencies, and many come from our partners, but not all use our data. Here is the round-up from February 2022. Census Bureau As...