Showing posts with label infographic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label infographic. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Deforestation: Our Disappearing Woodland

We cannot stop deforestation effects, but we can help. It is estimated that 80 to 90% of tropical rain forest systems will be destroyed by the year 2020. Take action now by purchasing refurbished, reclaimed and reused furniture, cut down on your paper consumption and recycle the paper that you use.

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Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Infographic Profiles Young Adults Without Health Insurance

In 2012, 27 percent of young adults (ages 19 to 34) lacked health insurance, although the rate varied widely from state to state, according to a new Census Bureau infographic, “The Young and Uninsured in 2012.” The infographic looks at the characteristics of this group and their uninsured rate in states and the largest metropolitan areas. The analysis uses American Community Survey data collected from 2008 to 2012.

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Saturday, November 9, 2013

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Prison System Problems

Profiting Off Prisoners

With some politicians arguing private prisons help states save money and other politicians arguing the system is rife with corruption, there can be no debate about this basic fact: The private prison system has surged in size since the U.S. began experimenting with private prisons in 1984. Between 1990 and 2009, the inmate population housed in private prisons grew by more than 1,600 percent.
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Profiting Off Prisoners
Image compliments of Top Criminal Justice Degrees

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Census Bureau's New Infographic on America’s Foreign-Born Population

During the last 50 years, the foreign-born population of the United States has undergone dramatic changes in size, origins and geographic distribution. How do we know about America’s foreign-born? This new infographic provides a statistical snapshot of our foreign-born population from the American Community Survey and the decennial censuses.