February 22, 2021 – When severe forest fires last year blanketed Oregon and California with a thick layer of smoke, the high concentrations of fine particulate matter spewed into the air created one of the worst air pollution events in recent history. A large body of research has documented that breathing in these fine particulates […]
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Census Bureau Notes Importance of Counting Young Children in 2020
May 22, 2020 – The U.S. Census Bureau is working hard to ensure that the 2020 Census includes all children living in Nevada County. That’s because the Census Bureau estimates that 210,000 California children under the age of 5 were not counted in the 2010 Census – and that 1 million children weren’t counted nationally. […]
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Census Day Is Here in Nevada County – Make It Count!
April 1, 2020 – Today is Census Day, the day that determines who is counted in the 2020 Census and where they are counted. In California 37.9 percent have responded to the 2020 Census. This is compared to 43.3 percent in Nevada City and 41.9 percent in Grass Valley. Response rates are updated in the map daily […]
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Many homes still heated with wood in some counties, including Nevada County
February 28, 2018 – Baby, it’s cold outside! While the majority of U.S. households are heated by electricity (38.7 percent) or utility gas (48.1 percent), 1.9 percent rely on wood for heat. See below for a list of counties with populations of 65,000 or greater that rank among the highest using wood for home heating. […]
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What’s in a Name
Despite the nation’s growing racial and ethnic diversity, the five most frequent American surnames in 2010 remained the same as in 2000 and were mainly reported by whites and blacks. Smith, Johnson, Williams, Brown and Jones were the most common last names, according to a Census Bureau analysis of the 2010 Census. However, the growing […]