Posts Tagged ‘census’
Census: 48% of DC Households Are Single-Occupant
From Fortune, based on data from the 2010 Census: DC has more single-occupant households than any other major US city. DC’s 48% of households is even higher than Manhattan’s 46%.
Are you the 48%?
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Does riding Metro count as my exercise for the day?
‘The working escalator’
courtesy of ‘ianseanlivingston’
It’s no surprise that there’s a correlation between rates of people driving to work and higher rates of obesity, but GOOD has created a fun new graphic that shows it in an interesting way. This map of the US shows rates of walking, biking, and taking transit to work alongside obesity [...]
DC Mythbusting: The 2010 Census (Or, How You Are Worth $4,656)
‘274/365 Filling out the census’
courtesy of ‘eiratansey’
I love busting myths about the city in this feature, but myths about owning vs. renting, the international nature of DC’s residents, and how no one is from DC would be impossible to bust without cold hard data. And where do we get that data? The Census! And now [...]
DC Mythbusting: Daytime Population
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courtesy of ‘flipperman75′
Now that the snow is melting and the city is returning to normal, let’s focus on a non-snow topic for a change. Last Friday’s commute from hell showed us all that the city’s transportation network wasn’t quite ready for the influx of commuters going to work. That got me thinking– how many people [...]
DC Mythbusting: International City
‘Flagged entry’
courtesy of ‘afagen’
Hi, and welcome to a new year of Mythbusting! We’re going to start out the year off with a myth about the character of the District. When I first moved to DC, I always thought it was such an international city– walking down the street, you hear people speaking foreign languages, [...]
DC Mythbusting: No One is From DC
‘moving boxes’
courtesy of ‘ilya’
Welcome to another edition of DC Mythbusting. This week we’ll tackle the myth that no one is really from DC. The District has a reputation as a transient city, with young go-getters coming here after college, putting in a few years on the Hill, then moving on to bigger and better things. [...]
