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How many adults aged 18 to 24 are there in the US, and who are they?

adelle@cambium.ai (Adelle Wood) — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 12:31:55 GMT

Key takeaways

The Census Bureau estimates that 31,936,859 people aged 18 to 24 lived in the US on 1 July 2025, out of a total population of 341,784,857.
In 2025, 58.8% of men and 56.4% of women aged 18 to 24 lived in their parents' home, with college students in dorms counted as living at home.
In 2025, 65.4% of people aged 20 to 24 had a job and their unemployment rate was 8.3%, against 4.3% for everyone aged 16 and over.

How New Hampshire counties compare with the rest of the US

adelle@cambium.ai (Adelle Wood) — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 08:16:13 GMT

Key takeaways

All 10 New Hampshire counties beat the median US county on income per person, health insurance under 65, home broadband, and women in the labor force.
Income per person runs from $36,850 in Coos County to $59,710 in Rockingham County, against $33,946 in the median US county.
In Hillsborough County, 66.1% of women aged 16 and over are in the civilian labor force, against 54.6% in the median US county.

How many marketing managers are there in the US, and who are they?

adelle@cambium.ai (Adelle Wood) — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:46:37 GMT

Key takeaways

The Bureau of Labor Statistics counts about 421,600 marketing manager jobs in the US in 2025, while its household survey counts 669,000 employed people who call themselves marketing managers.
In 2025, 59.4% of marketing managers were women, compared with 47.1% of all US workers, and their median age was 38.9, against 42.1 for all workers.
The median annual wage for marketing managers was $166,790 in May 2025, and employment is projected to grow 7% from 2025 to 2035.

How many people live in poverty in Los Angeles County?

adelle@cambium.ai (Adelle Wood) — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:07:32 GMT

Key takeaways

Los Angeles County has about 1.34 million residents living below the poverty line, more than any other US county and nearly 1.8 times Harris County, Texas.
Its poverty rate of 13.6% is close to the median US county's 13.2%, ranking 1,482nd of 3,144 counties from the highest.
In Los Angeles County, 45.3% of households spend 30% or more of their income on housing, the 4th highest share of 3,144 counties.

How many people work from home in the US, and who are they?

adelle@cambium.ai (Adelle Wood) — Mon, 12 Oct 2026 15:10:43 GMT

About 13 in every 100 US workers usually work from home. The Census Bureau's American Community Survey commuting figures put the share at 13.3 per cent in 2024, down from 13.8 per cent in 2023 but still more than twice the 5.7 per cent of 2019. In 2023 that was more than 22 million people, against around 9 million in 2019.

Why we built EIKOS

adelle@cambium.ai (Adelle Wood) — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:48:09 GMT

A housing policy, a transportation investment, or a new development shapes an area for decades. It affects where people can live, which jobs and schools they can reach, and how their community changes. The planners who do that work deserve evidence they can trust, and they should not have to spend weeks putting it together.

Nevada's poverty rate is mostly Clark County's rate

adelle@cambium.ai (Adelle Wood) — Thu, 01 Oct 2026 09:04:16 GMT

Nevada has 17 county areas: 16 counties and Carson City, which public data counts as a county of its own. Clark County holds 2,293,764 of the state's 3,141,000 residents, or 73.0 per cent. According to the American Community Survey, the Census Bureau's annual household survey, it also holds 76.6 per cent of Nevadans living below the poverty line, about 303,000 of roughly 395,000. Outside the District of Columbia, no state has more of its people, or more of its residents in poverty, in a single county.

What governments and enterprises use to make decisions in 2026

adelle@cambium.ai (Adelle Wood) — Mon, 28 Sep 2026 13:06:11 GMT

When a government decides where money goes, or a large company decides where to open next, the numbers on the table are usually not private research. They are public data: collected by federal agencies, published for free, and open to anyone with a browser. Three agencies do most of the work. Here is what each one publishes, and what gets decided on it.

Morgan County, Utah has the lowest poverty rate in the US

adelle@cambium.ai (Adelle Wood) — Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:36:49 GMT

Morgan County in Utah reports 1.7 per cent of its residents living below the poverty line. That is the lowest rate of the 3,142 counties in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, set against a middle county figure of 13.2 per cent. With 12,585 residents, it works out at roughly 210 people.

Half of Americans live in 145 US counties

adelle@cambium.ai (Adelle Wood) — Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:01:36 GMT

The 50 states and the District of Columbia hold 3,142 counties between them. 145 of those counties hold half the country's residents. The smaller half of the list, 1,571 counties, holds 5.5 per cent of them. Los Angeles County reports 9,848,406 residents and Kalawao County reports 43, and both count once in a county average.