African Americans
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| Growing Racial Diversity in Rural America: Results from the 2020 Census In this brief, authors Kenneth Johnson and Daniel Lichter report that although population declines were widespread between 2010 and 2020, rural America became more racially and ethnically diverse.
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Demography | African Americans, Children, Demography, Hispanics, Race, Rural, Urban |
| Childcare Remains Out of Reach for Millions in 2021, Leading to Disproportionate Job Losses for Black, Hispanic, and Low-Income Families Using data from the late summer through the fall of 2021, this brief documents recent racial and income disparities in reports of inadequate access to childcare and identifies the employment-related consequences of these shortages.
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Center for Social Policy in Practice | African Americans, Child Care, Children, COVID-19, Employment, Family, Hispanics, Low Income, Race, Unemployment |
| New Census Reflects Growing U.S. Population Diversity, with Children in the Forefront The U.S. population grew by a modest 7.4 percent during the past decade to 331.4 million in April 2020. There was a significant increase in racial diversity over the course of the decade, both in the population as a whole, and children in particular.
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Demography | African Americans, Children, Demography, Hispanics, Race |
| Inequities in Job Recovery During the COVID-19 Pandemic This policy brief provides an update on the employment trends that took place between February 2020 and June 2021.
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COVID-19 | African Americans, COVID-19, Education, Employment, Hispanics, Inequality, Race, Unemployment |
| Home Isn’t Where the Office Is In this perspectives brief, authors John Jones and Jordan Hensley report the results of a survey that asked participants their perspectives on working from home and the impact that the death of the office could have on Black professionals’ opportunities.
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COVID-19 | African Americans, COVID-19, Employment, Race |
| The Inequities of Job Loss and Recovery Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic In this policy brief, authors Rogelio Sáenz and Corey Sparks discuss the wide variations in unemployment and the level of job loss during the COVID-19 pandemic across the nation’s demographic groups that have historically suffered disparities in the workforce,… |
COVID-19 | African Americans, COVID-19, Employment, Hispanics, Income, Inequality, Race, Unemployment, Women |
| Carsey Perspectives: Children in United States, Both White and Black, Are Growing Up in Dramatically Smaller Families African American children are growing up in dramatically smaller families than they were 50 years ago.1 At a postwar peak in 1960, the average black child was one of 6.53 siblings, but today he or she is one of 3.18 (see Box 1). This measure has also dropped, but… |
Demography, Vulnerable Families Research Program | African Americans, Demography |
| Gains in Reducing Child Poverty, but Racial-Ethnic Disparities Persist In 2015, for the second year in a row, child poverty rates declined in the United States. However, familiar patterns in levels and characteristics of child poverty persist: more than one in five children are poor; children of color are at disproportionate risk for… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | African Americans, Children, Poverty |
| Although Child Poverty Declined in 2014, Persistent Racial and Ethnic Disadvantages Remain Poverty data from the American Community Survey were released on September 17, 2015, allowing a detailed examination of poverty in 2014 across the United States. These data reveal that child poverty has fallen slightly in the last year yet the longer term pattern of… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | African Americans, Children, Poverty |
| Race, Class, and Community in a Southern Forest-Dependent Region Based on a Community and Environment in Rural America survey, this brief looks at four counties in Alabama. It finds blacks and whites have different outcomes in the community, despite expectations of regional stability and greater equality. Though they reported… |
Vulnerable Families Research Program | African Americans, Community, Public Opinion, Race, Rural |
