North Carolina, home to coastline, mountains, farms and cities, is the ninth - largest state
by population with an estimated 10.1 million residents.
Sources: US Census Bureau 2015 American Community Survey, Zillow * For this study we looked at the 100 biggest U.S. cities
by population with available data
Sources: US Census Bureau 2015 American Community Survey, Zillow * For this study we looked at the 100 biggest U.S. cities
by population with available data
Or is throwing away scarce resources on complete and utter nonsense to be greatly admired and even emulated
by populations with demonstrably more sanity?
Not exact matches
To that end, Fortune combined Census
population data
with Bureau of Labor Statistics unemployment rates
by metropolitan area to find how average unemployment rates fared for the 100 largest cities in the country.
Film and television stars, on the other hand, employ an army of public relations professionals tasked
with ensuring their clients are seen as «normal»
by the general
population.
Statistics Canada predicts that the proportion of seniors could,
by 2031, equal the level now seen in Japan, which has the oldest
population in the G7
with one - quarter of people over age 65.
By analyzing data and employing A / B testing to decipher, for example, how its opening in Miami differed from its opening in Atlanta, the company quickly identified key indicators that a market was a good fit, namely cities
with «significant
population density, restaurant density... and a high percentage of independent restaurants,» says Zabusky.
Statistics show that working remotely is on the rise
with the telecommuter
population, increasing
by 79.7 percent from 2005 to 2012.
HOW CITIES CAN BENEFIT FROM CONNECTED, AUTONOMOUS TRANSPORTATION: Cities are grappling
with decaying transportation infrastructure and booming
populations driven
by global urbanization.
With Canada's Muslim
population set to triple
by 2030, economists here might do well to start factoring the Ramadan effect into our forecasts too.
With 66 % of its
population under the age of 35, India is set to reap an unprecedented 40 - year demographic dividend similar to those enjoyed
by industrializing Europe and the Far Eastern «tiger» states at the peak of their growth.
Alaska, the largest state
by area, ranks 50th in
population density,
with only 1.3 people per square mile.
As much as 3.9 per cent of B.C.'s
population is employed
by a startup company, defined as a company under two years of age, and that's nearly double the share in Manitoba, the province
with the lowest relative rate of startup activity.
It remains to be seen how the staggering
population loss will affect Bing's plans to revitalize the Motor City
by shrinking city finances and infrastructure in line
with Detroit's new size.
It's estimated that only 3 % of the
population is a twin and
with such small odds, it's no wonder why most people are so intrigued
by the idea.
Unique trade preferences granted
by the U.S. under the HOPE Act has Haitian entrepreneurs dreaming of growing a garment industry
with 1 million workers in a country
with a
population of 10 million.
And
with the global
population forecast to swell to over 9 billion
by 2050, left unchecked, this drain will become significant.
A roundup of gun control and violence studies
by writer German Lopez at Vox shows Americans represent less than 5 % of the world
population but possess nearly 50 % of the world's civilian - owned guns, police are about three times more likely to be killed in states
with high gun ownership, countries
with more guns see more gun deaths, and states
with tighter gun control laws see fewer gun - related deaths, among other sobering statistics.
That number is inconsistent
with CDC data, which says that the average smoker
population by state is actually more than double that number at 19.4 %.
The state does not have enough infrastructure in place to coop
with the previous growth projections of
population by 2020.
As the paper notes, the researchers based their findings on a potentially biased
population sample
by tracking only people who were willing and able to (a) afford a fitness tracking device (the recently axed Microsoft Band), (b) share their data
with Microsoft (msft).
Underwater data centers, envisioned to be powered
by renewable marine energy sources, is expected to reduce the huge cost associated
with cooling data centers that generate a lot of heat, and also to reduce the distance to connected
populations.
Al Shabaab has been fractured and pushed back, its advance curtailed
by infighting, opposition from the local
population, and a large conventional force backed
with Kenyan (and occasionally American) air support.
Over time, these countries will find their place on the world market supplanted
by younger countries
with growing
populations and expanding markets.
The challenges that we face
with that ever - increasing
population with regards to climate change, food and water availability, sustainability — those problems are going to be solved
by science, and they're going to be solved
by the kids today.
Tim Wilson drops
by the brown - brick First American National Bank branch in Crossville, Tenn. (
population 8,575), just about every day to deposit his company's receipts and schmooze
with the bankers.
With Joondalup identified as one of the top - three suburban growth regions in Australia, ECU is aiming to double its Joondalup student
population by 2020.
Neither the Pentagon nor Nicholson details the number of districts held
by each side, so it is difficult to compare that
with the
population figures released
by Gresback.
For the able - bodied
population, this world sits snugly in the palm of their hands, evolving
by the millisecond on the ubiquitous smartphone that offers endless communication possibilities
with a simple swipe.
By contrast, greater London,
with a
population of 8.5 million people, is home to 2.56 million vehicles.
While it was only elected
by 39 % of the
population, it feels that every Canadian out there believes, accepts and agrees
with everything it says.
By contrast, 12 % of the general
population will be diagnosed
with breast cancer.
A recent report
by the Academy of Finland warned that some schools in the country's large cities were becoming more skewed
by race and class as affluent, white Finns choose schools
with fewer poor, immigrant
populations.
The Pittsburgh area also saw a
population decrease while the Milwaukee metropolitan area squeaked
by with a gain of less than 100 people, Frey said.
Project Loon was first incubated
by the experimental Google X division in 2011, but was officially announced in June 2013
with a remit to help bring the internet to the two thirds of the world's
population who still don't have access.
By Project Coordinator of the Global Opportunity Network Emil Kofoed Braunschweig In a world with increasing urbanisation and a population that is expected to increase to 8.4 billion by mid-2030, a global food crisis is a very real ris
By Project Coordinator of the Global Opportunity Network Emil Kofoed Braunschweig In a world
with increasing urbanisation and a
population that is expected to increase to 8.4 billion
by mid-2030, a global food crisis is a very real ris
by mid-2030, a global food crisis is a very real risk.
In a world
with increasing urbanisation and a
population that is expected to increase to 8.4 billion
by mid-2030, a global food crisis is a very real risk.
Over the past year, the number of people
with jobs has increased
by more than 2 1/2 per cent, a positive outcome given that the working - age
population is increasing at around 1 1/2 per cent a year.
But evidence is mounting that who we «friend,» what we «like» and share, can be used
by malevolent groups to target entire swaths of the
population with a few keystrokes.
That said, families
with children seem more determined to return than others; while the post-wildfire
population dropped about 17 per cent, public school enrolment fell only
by about five per cent this year.
With their large
populations and rapid growth, these countries, so the argument goes, will soon become some of the largest economies in the world — and, in the case of China, the largest of all
by as early as 2020.
The world's
population, mainly in the developing countries, is growing at a rapid pace,
with over nine billion people projected
by 2025 - many more mouths to feed.
«Mr. Speaker, the responsibility of any government is to communicate
with the
population on plans and priorities and policies that are actually passed
by this Parliament,» Mr. Clement explained.
Kevin Page, the parliamentary budget officer, recently estimated that an aging
population — which means a smaller tax haul and bigger health and other outlays — will leave Ottawa and the provinces
with a $ 46 - billion - a-year fiscal gap to fix
by cutting spending or hiking taxes.
Productivity is probably hurt someone what
by the high
population density (it's hard to find room to build Walmarts) as well as burdensome regulations, which partly reflect a culture
with strict rules.
Changes to the program would require approval
by a majority of provinces
with majority of the
population.
«Yesterday, we seized brochures that have to do
with business schemes relating to virtual currencies that would be operating abroad, and are advising the Bolivian
population not be fooled
with such schemes that only take advantage of the
population by acquiring their money.»
While the assumptions about the future unemployment rate may be affected
by policy, the fact is that slower U.S.
population growth, coupled
with an aging
population, place substantial limits on labor force growth, which will leave U.S. GDP growth almost entirely dependent on changes in productivity.
Adding to this new information is some research conducted
by Womenable way back in 2007, Mapping the Missing Middle: Determining the Desire and Dimensions of Second - Stage Women Business Owners, which not only raised the point that not enough policy and programmatic attention was being paid to established women - owned firms that had not yet cracked the million - dollar revenue barrier, but sized this
population at between 16 % (if defined to include firms
with employees or between $ 100,000 and $ 1 million in revenues) and fully 91 % (if having employees and revenues over $ 100,000 was not a criterion) of the entire women - owned business
population.