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Human-made Infrastructure Mapped

July 31, 2019May 25, 2023 Alex 0 Comments airports, Cities, railroads, roads, seaports, Transport, Transport system

3 percent (4.5 million km2 / 2.8 million mi2) of the Earth’s land cover is occupied by urban areas. However, even non-urban areas contain roads, railroads, and other marks of human presence. Only ten percent of the world is indeed a wilderness.

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U.S. population aged 0-4 year

July 23, 2019September 1, 2022 Alex 3 Comments children, United States

Today, the number of children aged 0-4 in the U.S. is 19.7 million. Between 2008 and 2020, the population aged 0-4 years in the United States was declining on average by 0.51 percent every year, although, before that, it rose from 16.6 million persons in 1979 to 21.1 million persons in 2008.

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The U.S. Population Lines

July 16, 2019April 27, 2022 Alex 2 Comments Joy Plots, Population, Population lines, United States, US

The U.S. population is distributed unevenly. The Census evaluates that in the U.S. population living across over 3,000 counties. A mere 140, or 4.5%, of U.S. counties, are home to approximately 50% of those people.

Proportion of people aged 14 and under mapped

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U.S. population aged 0-14 years

July 15, 2019October 31, 2022 Alex 1 Comment adolescents, children, United States

The population of kids aged 14 and under is about 61.4 million in 2020, representing 18.5 percent of the United States population. Population aged 0-14 years of the U.S. fell steadily from 26.9% in 1972 to 18.5% in 2020.

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Working Age Population in the U.S.

July 4, 2019October 31, 2022 Alex 3 Comments United States, Working Age Population

64.8% of the United States population is of working age (15-64 years). In percentage terms, America’s working-age population achieved its highest rate in 2006 and 2007, when 67.3% of the American population was of working age. Over the last decade, the increase of the non-working-age population — ages 0 to 14 and 65 and older — has exceeded the growth of the working-age population.

Population 65 years an older by the U.S. county

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Population 65 years and older by the U.S. county

June 27, 2019November 22, 2022 Alex 0 Comments United States

The population aged 65 and older in the United States is 54.1 million. They represented 16 percent of the population, more than 1 in every 7 U.S. citizens. The number of older Americans has grown by 14.4 million (or 36%) since 2009, compared to a rise of 3 percent for the under-65 U.S. population.

Population 85 years and older by U.S. county

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The oldest county populations in the U.S. (2000 – 2020)

June 18, 2019November 22, 2022 Alex 1 Comment Population, United States

The number of older residents across the U.S. continues to increase, but the increase is not evenly distributed across the nation. Some counties tend to be much older than others.

The evolution of the age structure of the U.S.

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The Age Structure of the United States

June 6, 2019November 27, 2022 Alex 0 Comments News, United States

The United States is one of the most populated nations in the world, following just behind China and India. A total population count of around 332 million inhabitants and a more-or-less constant population growth over the past decade show that the country has steadily enhanced its living conditions and standards.