Sentences with phrase «fifth of the population»

The bottom fifth of the population has yet to reach pre-recession levels.

Today, per the most recent census, nearly a fifth of the population is evangelical (19 %, compared to 44 % Orthodox).

As of 1990, more than three billion people were living under such governments: over four - fifths of the population of the less - developed regions of the earth at the time, and nearly two - thirds of the population of the entire globe.

Their large numbers (approximately two - fifths of the population in 1960), their relatively high levels of religious commitment and political activity, and their conservative opinions on most issues all combined to produce formidable support for the GOP up and down the ticket.

Sharp declines in relative numbers (to about one - fifth of the population), even sharper reduction in religious commitment, and deep divisions on social issues sapped the Mainline's political strength and undermined its dominant position in the Republican Party.

All older groups will continue to increase, with aging persons making up one - fifth of the population shortly after the year 2000.

Driving the move away from meat are the Millennials (those born between 1982 and 1999; a fifth of the population) and the baby - boomers (those born after the war; a third of the population).

In the aftermath, almost a fifth of its population left the city.

«And the Treasury distributional analysis shows that the top fifth of the population lose the most after this spending round.»

A little march to and rally outside where he was staying, in support of the action being taken to preserve the eight indigenous ethnic groups, the small but very ancient and entrenched Jewish community, the Gulf's only synagogue and Jewish cemetery, the black community that is part of the East African diaspora, the fifth of the population that is non-Muslim, the half of that fifth which is Christian, the strictly optional status of the women's headscarf, the Sunni third of Bahraini Muslims, the requirement that all legislation be approved by both Houses of Parliament, the election of the Lower House by universal suffrage, the regular appointment of women to the Upper House to make up for their dearth in the elected Lower House, the presence in the Upper House of a Jewish man and a Christian woman (the latter the first woman ever to chair a Parliament in the Arab world), the present position of a Jewish woman as Ambassador to the United States, the very close ties to Britain, and the fact that all of this is perfectly acceptable even to Salafi Members of Parliament.

About 187,000 people — about a fifth of the population — were eligible to vote in the election, which was boycotted by some opposition parties.

I would just ask you also to look at the qualitative evidence, including journalism: it's not even subtle - there is a massive shutdown of life chances for the lowest - skilled fifth of the population and that's to do with patterns of supply and demand for skilled labour.

On average, house in the top two - fifths of the population paid more in taxes than they received in benefits, while households in the bottom two - fifths received more in benefits than they paid in taxes.

The richest fifth of the population have seen their income fall by 6.8 %.

An increase in the income tax personal allowance and changes to national insurance contributions and child tax credits appeared to close the gap between the top and bottom fifths of the population.

«You see not only the high costs but also the wide range of outcomes and quality and still a fifth of the population getting a level of healthcare that we would find unacceptable.»

Asked if he would take time to meet with Palestinian Arabs, who constitute a fifth of the population of Israel itself and more than four million of whom inhabit the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Cuomo said he simply wouldn't have time.

Such an in - depth analysis of gene expression may help clarify the course and origin of common liver disorders, including liver cancer and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, which affects about a fifth of the population in developed countries.

About 45 per cent of the population can not read a newspaper, and television reaches only a fifth of the population because so many households lack electricity.

The Dunedin data showed that just over a fifth of the population accounts for the bulk of the social costs: crime, welfare payments, hospitalizations, cigarette purchases, fatherless child - rearing, and other indicators of social dysfunction.

The grizzlies now roam over 65,000 square kilometers (25,000 square miles) of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, with only about a fifth of the population inside the national park at its core.

According to the CBC, online dating sites in Canada get approximately seven million unique hits every month; that's just over one - fifth of the population.

Was roughly one fifth of the population really missing an eye during this era, or does Oliver Stone just like disfiguring eye injuries?

Almost a fifth of its population are under 15, roughly half of the households still have children living at home, and infant daycare costs as little as $ 8 a day, because the wide availability of subsidized day care in the province.

The lowest quintile, for instance, represents the fifth of the population earning the lowest income, whereas the highest quintile represents the fifth of Canadians earning the most.

In fact, the bottom fifth of the population possess no wealth and actually owe a few thousand dollars more than they own.

The neighbourhood is more than 50 % families with one - fifth of the population under the age of 15.

Twenty million U.S. households — representing three fifths of the population — were growing victory gardens in 1943, and their yields accounted for 42 percent of the fresh vegetables consumed that year.

They noted that about a fifth of the population had left the islands between 1999 and 2011.

Around a fifth of the population, based on the Kerguelen, Falkland and Tierra del Fuego Islands, will face ever greater foraging distances.

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that a 15 percent cut in emissions from a base year would raise annual average household energy costs by almost $ 1,300 (in 2006 «constant» dollars), or roughly 3 percent of income for the bottom four fifths of the population.

In the sugarcane region of El Salvador, as much as one - fifth of the population has chronic kidney disease, the presumed result of dehydration from working the fields they were able to comfortably harvest as recently as two decades ago.

People of color constitute a fifth of the population of law school graduates, but make up less than seven percent of law partners.

Sam Glover: When we talk about people with disabilities we're talking about I think roughly a fifth of the population, which is a huge chunk.

With the impending end of the CAP program are we, as a society, comfortable with one - fifth of the population being unable to access government publications without some degree of difficulty?

That equates to 27.5 % of smartphone users, or nearly one - fifth of the population.

People whose mother tongue is neither English or French, represented one - fifth of the population of Canada.

One fifth of the population lives in the state capital, Montpelier, or in the surrounding area.

In fact, according to the L.A. Times, during the last five years, approximately one - fifth of the population was laid off or terminated from their job.

Sales and office jobs occupy just over a fifth of the population and service work ranks in 22 %.

The richest one - fifth of the population, including wealthy minorities in poor countries consume energy and resources at a rate that providing a comparable lifestyle to the rest of the world's population would require the resources of four planets the size of Earth.

Historically, one - fifth of the population has moved each year.

This activist fifth of the population tends to be middle - aged or older (46 years - old and over), a homeowner with some university education, who either lives in an urban or suburban setting.

Not exact matches

According to 34 - nation Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Canada would place fifth during the recovery period according to the percentage of the working age population that held a job at the end of 2013, compared to the situation prior to the 2008 - 09 recession.

Sequence Bio plans to decode the DNA of 100,000 people — about a fifth of Newfoundland and Labrador's population — and the provincial government is partnering with the company to help recruit consenting patients and provide access to their health records.

The Washington, D.C., region is home to five of the wealthiest counties in the U.S., yet almost one - fifth of the District's population is living in poverty.

Over the coming decade, the 600 largest and best - connected cities on the planet will contain a fifth of the world's population, capture almost two - thirds of its economic growth, and encompass more than half of global GDP, according to the McKinsey Global Institute.

Once the country's fifth - largest city, Detroit now ranks 18th, with a population of just 700,000.

Schultz also did the math: Italy — a country with a fifth of the U.S. population — had 200,000 of these cafés.

The U.S. will account for more than one - fifth of the global total of the $ 30 million - plus population.