Good to SEE AND UNDERSTAND SOME FACTS
for a change instead of just More Bull Shit!
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LOCAL SPENDING ON LAW ENFORCEMENT
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As the nation has a conversation about policing, what governments spend on law enforcement and incarceration is under a microscope.
Data from more than 88,000 local governments shows how communities allocate funding for law enforcement, child and social services, and aid to low-income families.
- The largest spending category for local government budgets is education, followed by law enforcement. The proportion of spending varies by county, however. The above chart illustrates how Maricopa County in Arizona, home to Phoenix, allocates spending.
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Check out the new report to see how the 25 most-populated counties in the nation compare
BLOGGER NOTE:
Methodology
The data cited in this report is an aggregation of the US Census Bureau’s 2017 State & Local Government Finance Historical Datasets. The dataset breaks down spending and revenue of city governments, county governments, school districts, and special districts. Each government has multiple line items related to different categories of spending. These line items were categorized based on coding in the census data.
Pension payments are separated from other categories.
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- These 25 counties spend an average of $573 per resident on law enforcement. Of these counties, Broward County, Fla, home to Fort Lauderdale, spends the highest share of its local government budgets (18.2% or $723 per person) on policing.
- Typically, more populated counties spend more per person on law enforcement. But there are exceptions: St. Louis is an independent city that functions as its own county. With a population of just 308,000, St. Louis spends $795 per person on law enforcement.
Click here to see the report and sort the charts by population, poverty rate, median income, and more.
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SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IN THE US
For the first time in the US Census Bureau’s history, the decennial survey will give couples living together the option to define their relationship as “same-sex” or “opposite-sex.”
The Census’ 2018 American Community Survey, however, did estimate the number of same-sex couples in the nation.
In 2015, the Supreme Court ruled on Obergefell v. Hodges and guaranteed same-sex couples the right to marry.
So, what’s the state of same-sex marriage in the US five years after the ruling?
- At the time of the ruling, the number of US same-sex married couples and same-sex unmarried couples was about equal: 425,357 married couples and 433,539 unmarried couples.
- Since then, married same-sex couples increased to 592,561, while the number of unmarried couples decreased to 402,589.
- Compared with opposite-sex couples, same-sex couples are more likely to have higher incomes and have both partners employed. In 31.8% of same-sex households, both partners have earned a bachelor’s degree compared with 26.3% of opposite-sex households.
- State data shows that Delaware has the highest share of same-sex households, both married and unmarried: 1.6%. Wyoming ranks lowest at 0.4%. However, 92.4% of those same-sex couples are married, meaning Wyoming has the highest proportion of married same-sex households of any state.
VARYING COVID-19 DEATH RATES
COVID-19 was initially called an “equalizer” since it could strike people of any age or background, but data sheds light on how specific populations in America are more likely to die from the virus than others.
COVID-19 was initially called an “equalizer” since it could strike people of any age or background, but data sheds light on how specific populations in America are more likely to die from the virus than others.
Death rates for Black and Hispanic people are higher than those of white and Asian people in every age group.
- The gap in death rates between Black and Hispanic people and white people is highest in younger age groups. The above chart shows deaths per 100,000 people.
- Hispanic people have faced the largest proportion of COVID-19 deaths: coronavirus is responsible for nearly 20% of all deaths for Hispanic people between the ages of 45 and 74 in the past four months.
- COVID-19 has also made up almost 20% of all deaths for Asian people aged 55-74.
- Some also have varying racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths. In Wisconsin, the death rate for Black people aged 55-64 is 69.6%, while it’s 3.7% for white people. In some states, the gap is much narrower. Yet in Ohio, the death rate for Black people the same age is 1.6 times the death rate for white people.
As cases surge around the country, it’s worth noting who the pandemic has most affected thus far.
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DATA FROM 2017
