Posted by JD Seller on December 31, 2018 at 11:29:23 from (208.126.198.213):
I was looking up the percentage of farmers to make a reply to an earlier post. Found this Census report/summary. Really interesting to see the changes and numbers. I will just list some high lights that interested me. The link will take you to a PDF file of all of the report/summary.
Total population; 1950- 151.3 million 2010- 308.7 Million
Percentage farming: 1950- 12% 2010- 2%
Median Age: 1940- 29.0 2010- 37.2
Percentage over age 65: 1940-6.8% 2010- 13.0%
Percentage under age 18: 1940- 30.6% 2010- 24.0% ------------------------------------------
Marital status:( Interesting that when you ad divorced and married together the percentage is about the same over the time period. I thought divorced would be higher.) never married: 1940-33% 2010- 35%
Population by race: (It is kind of confusing on Hispanics. They are not listed as a percentage in the Race chart. Then on the next page they list the Hispanic percentage of Whites. ??. Also surprised that blacks are not a higher percentage of the total. Maybe mixed race marking white over black on Census???)
White: 1950- 89% 2010 72.4%
Black: 1950-9.8% 2010 12.6%
Hispanic: (This is listed as a percentage of Whites that are of Hispanic origin. data 1970-2010. A little confusing on how the census tracks this. ) 1970- 4.5% 2010- 16.3%
-------------------------------------- Some economic numbers:
Homeowners ship: (In 2010 only four states under 50% ownership. CA, NY, HI, and NV. The rest are over 60%) 1940- 44% 2010- 65%
Average rent: ( I adjusted the 1940 dollars to 2010 dollars using an inflation calculator. Not sure if that is an accurate way of doing that.) 1940- $42 2010- $855
Percentage of the work force that is government employed: 1940- 8% 2010- 15%
Percentage that is self employed: 1940- 20% 2010- 6%
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