A Demographer’s Guide to Trick-or-Treating
Halloween: a sacred night for children everywhere. Halloween as a child consisted of trick-or-treating with my brothers in our neighborhood and then spending hours in the living room trading candy with each other while my parents begrudgingly handed out candy to the...
Meet the Team: Elyse
As we work through the team introductions, it is time to introduce myself, the person behind the weekly newsletter and all things marketing for AGS. Apologies if you hate my writing, or think our articles are silly or offensive. Though I promise you, Gary wrote those...
Rural American Diversity
The United States has long been a collection of regions, characterized by often sharp differences in demographics and behavior, and often not particularly aligned with state boundaries. From a marketing perspective, these regional differences can be significant and...
Non-Family Households: What Are They?
Dear AGS Data Support, What is the difference between a non-family household and a family household? Family Matters in Maryland Dear Matters, Plain and simple, a non-family household is not a family household. Let us break that down further. We break the...
The Scourge of GPS
Once upon a time, the average person had a modicum of geographic awareness. Most had a Thomas Guide or Rand-McNally atlas on the back seat of the car. To navigate you had to understand the concept of multi-level spatial tiling (using the index) and compass directions,...
Immigration and COVID-19
The United States has always been a nation of immigrants. While the annual numbers have fluctuated dramatically, a peak of 1.8 million people were admitted as lawful permanent residents in 1991, and in most years of the last decade, the number has averaged around 1...
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