Florida's population growth slowed, and Louisiana appears to be rebounding from the effects of Hurricane Katrina, gaining 50,000 residents in the year ending July 1, according to Census Bureau state population estimates released Wednesday. ...more

December 27, 2007

Homeowners started losing hold of their homes years before spiking foreclosures and the housing slump slammed the economy. ...more

December 6, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Local builder Chuck Oakes is poised to capitalize on the steady graying of county residents. On Tuesday, Oakes threw open the doors during a grand opening of a $6.5 million, 50,000 square foot, assisted living facility, located just north of town on U.S. 27. Oakes said he expected to open immediately after gaining state approval within 15 to 30 days for the Southern Lifestyle Assisted Living Facility. Oakes is not alone in an effort to capitalize locally on demographics that point to a large senior population in the county. Statistics provided by the U.S. Census Bureau show that 35 percent of Highlands County's residents are 65 and older, with a state average of 16.8 percent. George Hougthon, Inc., broke ground this year on Windsor Lakeside Village, a 70,000 square foot retirement community, with 129 independent living suites and 26 townhomes. Windsor Lakeside Village is located on County Road 621, on the shores of Lake Huntley. Sandy Foster, executive director of NU-HOPE, cited a large number of area seniors who should keep the new centers busy. ...more

December 2, 2007

Anyone who follows the media has probably heard many times that the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer, and incomes of the population in general are stagnating. Moreover, those who say such things can produce many statistics, including data from the Census Bureau, which seem to indicate that. ...more

November 23, 2007

The average resident of India knows much more about America than the typical U.S. citizen knows about India. ...more

November 23, 2007

To glimpse how migration is changing the world, consider Western Union, a fixture of American lore that went bankrupt selling telegrams at the dawn of the Internet age but now earns nearly $1 billion a year helping poor migrants around the globe send money home. ...more

November 23, 2007

In another blow to the Motor City's tarnished image, Detroit pushed past St. Louis to become the nation's most dangerous city, according to a private research group's controversial analysis, released Sunday, of annual FBI crime statistics. ...more

November 19, 2007

Garcia and Rodriguez - are among the top 10 most common in the nation, and Martinez nearly edged out Wilson for 10th place. ...more

November 17, 2007

So you finally splurged on that sweet plasma high-definition television, snagging it for a bargain $2,000 from an online electronics retailer in the Midwest. ...more

November 16, 2007

The city council has approved the site plan for 120 affordable housing apartments along Davis Road. ...more

November 14, 2007