Data stories

Happy New Year to all of you.  Just be Careful! How many times have we heard stories about the dangers of New Years Eve drinking?  While I have never understood the whole New Years Eve "thing," I recognize that many view it as an opportunity to "forget the negatives...

The Census Bureau released the first results from the 2010 Census - Total population counts for the Nation and each of the States.  This release enables us to know what the distribution of Congressional representation will be for the 2012 election.  All predictions...

Data and Mapping page on our website continues to drive the most traffic. In fact, our maps have been used everywhere from Detroit Mayor Dave Bing’s community meetings on reinventing the city, to community meetings in Inkster about the location of social services....

By now you know that colleges, universities and potential employers scour the social networks before making admission or employment decisions. But I’ll be you never guessed that what you post on Facebook could affect your insurance premiums! According to the Wall...

Whenever I talk to parents of 20-somethings, all I ever hear is “Don’t rush them into marriage; they’re too young.” In 1960, two-thirds of young people in their 20s were married. Today, it’s less than one-third. According to the Census Bureau, the median age at first...