Population Change Across the U.S.

Over the last 50 years, the landscape of American life has dramatically changed in many ways. Since 1970, the United States population has grown 1.27% on average per year. Using historical Census data, we looked at the concentration of that growth on our country....

Consumer Expenditures: Elderly Care Expenditures

This week as we look at the Consumer Expenditures database, it is helpful to look at a specific example. We looked at elderly care expenditures by household nationwide to show how this database functions. The number of households reporting these expenditures is fairly...

Dreaming of a White Christmas?

Dreaming of a White Christmas? Us too, but it won’t be happening for the staff of AGS. Everyone is located in the southern half of the United States, either in sunny Southern California, or in hot and humid Texas. As we think about those braving the major winter storm...