The United Nations General Assembly designated Oct. 20, 2010, as the first-ever World Statistics Day to highlight the role of official statistics and the many achievements of national statistical systems. Statistical organizations throughout the world will celebrate World Statistics Day at the national and regional level. The census, the U.S. Census Bureau and 13 other principal federal statistical agencies together have been collecting statistics about the nation’s people, economy and society since 1790.
Stats for Kids
74.5 million
The number of children under 18 in the U.S. in 2009. Source: 2009 population estimates http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/natasrh.html
84 percent
Percent of children who ate dinner with a parent five or more times per week in 2006. Source: A Child’s Day: 2006 http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p70-118.pdf
70 percent
The percent of children under 18 who lived with both parents in 2009. Source: America’s Families and Living Arrangements http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html
59 percent
The percent of children ages 6 to 11 who were highly engaged in school in 2006. The index for measuring a child’s engagement in school is based on whether a child is interested in schoolwork, whether a child works hard in school and whether the child likes school. Source: A Child’s Day: 2006 http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p70-118.pdf
56 percent
Percent of children who are subject to family television rules, such as limiting what programs they may watch, what times they may watch and how many hours they may watch television. Source: A Child’s Day: 2006 http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p70-118.pdf
42 percent
Percent of children ages 6 to 17 who participated in sports in 2006. Source: A Child’s Day: 2006 http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p70-118.pdf
33 percent
Percent of children ages 6 to 17 who participated in extracurricular clubs in 2006. Source: A Child’s Day: 2006 http://www.census.gov/prod/2009pubs/p70-118.pdf
5.3 million
Estimated number of “stay-at-home” parents in 2009 in the United States: 5.1 million mothers and 158,000 fathers.
Source: America’s Families and Living Arrangements http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html
Stats for everyone
310 million*
Estimated current U.S. population. We reached 300 million in 2006, 200 million in 1967 and 100 million in 1915. When our nation achieved independence in 1776, we had a population of only 2.5 million. *National and state population counts from 2010 Census data will be released by Dec. 31, 2010. Source: U.S. and World Population Clocks http://www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html
155.6 million
The number of women in the U.S. in 2009. Overall, the U.S. had more women than men (151.4 million). In a few states, however, men outnumbered women, such as Alaska where there were 362,000 men and 336,000 women. Source: 2009 Population Estimates
http://www.census.gov/popest/states/asrh and http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh
36.9 million
The number of U.S. residents who claimed Irish ancestry in 2009, which was eight times the population of Ireland itself (4.5 million).
Source: 2009 American Community Survey http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/DTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-ds_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-_caller=geoselect&-state=dt&-format=&-mt_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G2000_B04006
Ireland Central Statistics Office http://www.cso.ie/releasespublications/documents/population/current/popmig.pdf
70,490
The estimated number of centenarians (100 years old or more) in the U.S. in 2009. Projections indicate that in 2050, the number will be more than 600,000. Source: 2009 Population Estimates http://www.census.gov/popest/national/asrh/2009-nat-res.html
Projections http://www.census.gov/population/www/projections/downloadablefiles.html
58 percent
The percent of female advanced degree holders among ages 25 to 29 in 2009. Source: Current Population Survey: 2009 Educational Attainment http://www.census.gov/hhes/socdemo/education/
85 percent
The percent of people 25 or older who held at least a high school degree in 2009. Source: 2009 American Community Survey
http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/STTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_S1501&-geo_id=01000US&ds_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-format=&-CONTEXT=st
28 percent
The percent of people 25 or older who held at least a bachelor’s degree in 2009. Source: 2009 American Community Survey http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/STTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_S1501&-geo_id=01000US&-ds_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-format=&-CONTEXT=st
28 percent
The percent of householders who rated their homes a 10 on a scale of 1 to 10 in 2009. Source: 2009 American Housing Survey http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/housing/ahs/ahs.html
25.1 minutes
The national mean travel time to work in 2009. Source: 2009 American Community Survey http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/STTable?_bm=y&-qr_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_S0801&-geo_id=01000US&-ds_name=ACS_2009_1YR_G00_&-_lang=en&-format=&-CONTEXT=st
24.3 pounds
Per capita candy consumption in 2009. Source: Current Industrial Reports, Confectionery: 2009 http://www.census.gov/manufacturing/cir/historical_data/ma311d/index.html
