United States Census Bureau

California drops a notch in public school spending

2013-05-21 17:23:00

California slipped a notch in spending per public school pupil in 2011, falling to 35th among states in a year that marked the first overall drop across the nation in nearly four decades, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Tuesday. The 50 states and...

Mayor's race: The real money problem in L.A.

2013-05-16 00:00:00

The media coverage and much of the public perception of the Los Angeles mayor's race have relentlessly focused on the money Los Angeles' labor movement is spending to elect Wendy Greuel, and on the wages and benefits of city and other employees that could...

Gender gap costs women $443,360 over 40 years, study says

2013-05-11 06:00:00

It's a well known fact that men still out-earn women in the working world. That gender gape means that a full-time working woman will earn $443,360 less than her male counterpart over 40 years, according to a recent study by the National Women's Law...

Nielsen to include Internet viewers in its definition of TV homes

2013-05-07 16:00:00

Nielsen has expanded its definition of what constitutes a television home to include hundreds of thousands of dwellings that have broadband Internet connections. Beginning later this year, the ratings giant will begin including people who consume...

Assembly passes bill to let noncitizens serve on juries

2013-04-26 22:30:00

SACRAMENTO — California would allow noncitizens to serve on juries under a proposal being considered by state lawmakers, potentially expanding a fundamental obligation of American life to millions more people. The measure, which would apply only...

After a long fall, Antelope Valley is back on upswing

2013-04-20 08:00:00

In the brutal cycles of California real estate, the Antelope Valley has been among the last to boom, the first to bust and the slowest to recover. But in the High Desert, separated from downtown Los Angeles by 65 miles and a mountain range, the...

Women-owned businesses increase 59% since 1997, study says

2013-04-05 10:53:00

The number of businesses owned by women in the United States has increased 59% since 1997, according to an estimate from American Express. Those 8.6 million firms are generating more than $1.3 trillion in revenue and employing nearly 7.8 million people,...

St. Patrick’s Day good for a Google Doodle and a ‘Leprechaun’

2013-03-17 13:23:05

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2013-02-15 18:54:21

Christmas is for people of all faiths

2012-12-23 17:23:00

SACRAMENTO — My wife was an atheist who loved Christmas. She loved the giving. Loved the smiles on the grandkids' faces. Loved decorating the tree. Really loved the big old, bright Christmas tree in Capitol Park. Loved the food and made a...

More than 1 in 5 California children live in poverty, study finds

2013-01-07 16:25:12

Creative jobs in Los Angeles and Orange counties gain in 2011

2012-12-11 12:56:00

Company payrolls in the broadly construed “creative economy” of Los Angeles and Orange counties rose 2.7% during 2011, while the number of jobs grew 1%, according to an annual report issued this month by Otis College of Art and Design. The...

In his first State of the Union address, Lyndon Baines Johnson introduced legislation that would come to be known as the "War on Poverty." This legislation was proposed by Johnson in response to a national poverty rate around nineteen percent, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

2013-02-12 00:00:00

Between San Jose and San Francisco, the Bay Area is home to the two richest cities in the country by income, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

2012-09-20 10:37:31

A Shanghai Zhenhua Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. (ZPMC) ship delivers new container cranes to the Port of Long Beach in Long Beach, California, U.S., on Monday, July 9, 2012. The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to release trade balance data on July 11.

2012-07-10 13:49:00