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    The US Census dates back to 1790 and is currently headed quartered in Suitland, Md. As of 1942. As an element of the US Department of Commerce the US Census is overseen by the Economics and Statistics administration. The US. Census Staffs over 4,285 members. The goal of the US Census Bureau is to provide the U.S. quality, accurate data that represent demographic truths of the U.S. The US. Census counts the population every 10 years. The census counts every person who resides in the 50states and US

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    According, the United State Census Bureau, the U.S. population is increasing, every eight seconds a child is born. With the population increasing sort of rapidly the construction of new neighborhoods it is going to be necessary to house these prospering families. Also, the establishment of stores are going to be needed. Therefore, neighborhood stores are going to become available and malls too, but they both are going to vary in certain aspects. Neighborhood stores are stores that provides accommodations

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    According to The United States Census Bureau, the United States population accounts for less than 5 percent of the world population. The United States, however, houses more than 20% of the world inmate population. From 1978 to 2014, there has been a sharp increase of the inmate population to the tune of over 400% - an alarming number that is not likely to decrease anytime soon (ACLU, n.d.). The United States government has placed tougher sanctions and punishments on criminals since the late 1970s

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    The United States Census Bureau reported in a recent news release that one in five children receive food stamps. The report continues to notate statistics that this is a dramatic increase from the one in eight children that received benefits prior to the recession as of 2007, and that the number of children living in single parent households has tripled from the information gathered in 1940. (1) These parents struggle on a daily basis to provide for their children in a manner that is barely comfortable

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    According to the December 2012 United States Census Bureau Population Projection, the nation will continue its trend of consistent diversification. By 2024, the non-Hispanic white population will show a decrease in numbers. Minorities including Hispanics, African Americans and Asians will double, and other groups will increase by at least half. Eventually, non-Hispanic whites will not be seen as a majority, but as an equally represented group among its ethnic counterparts (U.S. Bureau, 2014). This

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    least healthy city in the least healthy state of America in the most overweight nation in the developed world (Kilmer,et.al, 2008). Jamie Oliver, known as the Naked Chef, came to Huntington in the fall of 2010 to try to teach the school cooks how to prepare a healthier menu that the school children would eat. He was not met with open arms by the school cooks, the school system or children. Huntington, WV is a dying town in the rust belt of the United States that has lost its manufacturing and railroad

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    distributing and manufacturing of agricultural products. Our company’s headquarters is based in Atlanta, Georgia which is located in the South Atlantic Census Division (United States Census Bureau, 2013). The location was chosen based on strategic formation for the company because agriculture is the oldest and largest industry in the entire state (Georgia Farm Bureau, 2014). The company is not only limited to manufacturing products like fertilizers and other products needed for agricultural purposes

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    College Students and Sub-culture

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    Sub-cultures are something everyone is a part of in any society they live in. Everyone lives in some kind of culture; everyone has an ethnic background, a social standing, possible political, moral, and religious views and each of these items submits that person into multiple sub-groups within their culture. I, myself, am a part of numerous sub-cultures. Starting with the largest I am a human being; I live and function as a human and not as an animal or plant. This seems a little farfetched to

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    in Boley, Oklahoma; one of the first all black towns in the state. History In 1903 the community of

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    Supplemental Income Program In 1972, Congress replaced the State-administered programs with the Federally administered Supplemental Income (SSI) program as an assistance source of last resort for the aged, blind, or disabled whose income and resources are below specified levels. The SSI program went into effect in January 1974, administered by the Social Security Administration (SSA). SSI has been highly successful in helping society's most vulnerable citizens. These individuals rely on

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