Is demography destiny? Corporate marketers and government agencies act as if it is, producing mountains of statistics about Americans–most always remarkably inaccessible and dry. Now, America by the Numbers puts the power of demography back in the people’s hands, collecting and clearly explaining a vast amount of population data in easy-to-read, informative tables and graphs. From the new immigration to the aging of America, this guide reveals how the ebb and flow of population shapes every public and private decision we make.
In an engaging and accessible form, America by the Numbers ranges across the U.S. landscape as it offers the latest facts about racial conflict, class division, health, schooling, family life, crime, and political participation. The most recent in The New Press’s highly successful popular guides to politics and economics–including The Ultimate Field Guide to the U.S. Economy and Social Stratification in the United States–America by the Numbers is both a practical reference to U.S. population trends and a probing examination of the roots of America’s most pressing problems.
In America by the Numbers you will learn:
- One in four Americans is a baby boomer.
- By 2025, the nation’s elderly population will have grown 80%.
- During the Revolutionary War, less than 10% of households owned a gun.
- ZIP codes in which less than 1% of the population lives provide 23% of all presidential campaign contributions. Beverly Hills, zip code 90210, gave over $500,000 in 2000, while Watts, zip code 90059, gave a total of $250.
William H. Frey is a demographer on the faculty of the University of Michigan Population Studies Center and founder of SSDAN. Bill Abresch and Jonathan Yeasting are associates of SSDAN.
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