FactsUSA: What the 2020 census reveals about our changing demographics

Celebrating Hispanic American Heritage Month

The Hispanic American population increased 23% from 2010 to 2020, reaching 62 million. But this population isn’t just growing, it’s becoming more diverse. To mark the last week of National Hispanic American Heritage Month, USAFacts gathered government data on Hispanic Americans from diverse backgrounds to provide insight into families, educational attainment, and more.

Hispanic populations grew by more than 50% in 12 states between the last two censuses. In 2010, North Dakota had the third-smallest Hispanic population (33,000), but it more than doubled by 2020. New Mexico had the smallest percentage of Hispanic population growth: 5%.

Thirty-nine percent of Hispanic Americans with South American backgrounds, including 56% of Venezuelan Americans, have a bachelor’s degree or higher. Overall, 33% of the US population has a bachelor’s degree.   With a median age of 41, Cuban Americans are the oldest Hispanic group. Seventeen percent of Cuban Americans are older than 65, while 21% are younger than 18. Dig deeper into the facts on Hispanic Americans with this special break down of the data.   There are 1 million fewer kids in the US Census data also reveals that there are 1 million fewer children in the US now than in 2010. And yet, the nation’s overall population grew 10% from 234.6 million to 258.3 million in that time. What states are most affected by this decline? USAFacts sorted the metrics county by county in this new report and interactive map. Here are some key takeaways: From 2010 to 2020, the number of people under 18 dropped 1% from 74.2 million to 73.1 million.

By the end of 2020, Texas added more children than any other state, growing by 6% to 7.3 million. Overall, the state’s population grew 16%.   West Virginia’s population declined the most (down 3%) and had a 7% decline in people under 18. Mississippi’s population was down 0.2% but had a 10% decrease in children.   The under-18 population grew among Hispanic, Asian, and non-Hispanic multiracial children. Multiracial, non-Hispanic children increased the most of these groups, up 76% to 4.9 million in 2020.   Non-Hispanic white children dropped 13%, from 39.7 million in 2010 to 34.6 million in 2020. Trace growth and declines in your county. You can also learn more about the declining US birth rate (last year’s rate was the lowest since 1979) right here. The debt ceiling debate The Senate reached an agreement late last week to raise the nation's debt ceiling through early December. If you're curious why this debate seems to come up fairly often — and it'll be back in the national spotlight this winter — here are the basics. For more, read this explanation from USAFacts.  The debt ceiling, or debt limit, restricts how much the government can borrow to pay its bills. This limit strictly relates to spending already approved and appropriated by Congress.   In 1939, Congress removed various separate limits on government debt and replaced them with a general restriction now referred to as the debt limit.                                                    Congress stopped passing annual debt limit increases in fiscal year 2008, using short-term increases instead. It enacted the Budget Control Act in 2011 after multiple failed attempts to raise the debt limit. The act raised the ceiling but imposed automatic, comprehensive cuts proportional to debt limit increases. Learn more here, including the extraordinary actions the Treasury Department has taken in this century to keep the government funded.    One last fact

Last year, Chinese imports to the US were worth $172.5 billion more than Mexican imports. The nation's trade deficit with China has decreased since 2018 while the trade deficit with Mexico, the nation's second-largest trading partner, has increased.

Star Trek Legend Captain James T. Kirk Achieves ZERO-G Weightlessness at The Edge of Space...Returning to Host A Science Show

Introduction: It was a history-making sub-orbital flight that lasted just about 10 minutes for the 90-year William Shatner who played ‘Star Trek’ character Captain James T. Kirk in the 1960s original series, and soon became a science-fiction icon in the original television series still airing and streaming re-runs in the ever-popular Sci-Fi universe where Kirk commanded the voyages of the Starship Enterprise.

Yesterday he was a guest passenger aboard in a three-man capsule on a new 21st Century enterprise "Blue Origin" created by mega-billionaire Jeff Bezos where he provided "a life-off" for public relations attracting millions of viewers using his own star-power. 

He has continued to work in his old age, and currently hosts a science show ‘I Don’t Understand,’ airing on RT America. 

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(L) New Shepard NS-18 mission crew member 'Star Trek' actor, William Shatner. © Jose ROMERO / BLUE ORIGIN / AFP; (R) Blue Origin’s New Shepard lifts off from the launch pad on October 13, 2021. © Mario Tama / Getty Images / AFP; Video: Ruptly / Blue Origin

(L) New Shepard NS-18 mission crew member 'Star Trek' actor, William Shatner. © Jose ROMERO / BLUE ORIGIN / AFP; (R) Blue Origin’s New Shepard lifts off from the launch pad on October 13, 2021. © Mario Tama / Getty Images / AFP; Video: Ruptly / Blue Origin 

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(R) Blue Origin’s New Shepard lifts off from the launch pad on October 13, 2021.

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Entire Feature Article published by RT America:

"Hollywood star William Shatner, who played Captain Kirk in the science-fiction series ‘Star Trek’ and hosts a show aired on RT America, became the oldest person to visit space.    

Shatner, aged 90, overtook 82-year-old aviator Wally Funk to become the oldest person in space. Funk also flew aboard a Blue Origin rocket, accompanied by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, in July.

Before launch on Wednesday, Shatner said, “There is this mystique of being in space and that much closer to the stars and being weightless.”

“I shall be entranced by the view of space,” he added. “I want to look at that orb and appreciate its beauty and its tenacity.”

I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, diverting myself in now & then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.🚀 pic.twitter.com/ZY2Ka8ij7z

— William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) October 13, 2021

[ Blue Origin's rocket New Shepard blasts off carrying Star Trek actor William Shatner, Texas, US, October 13, 2021. © REUTERS / Mike Blake ]

Shatner played ‘Star Trek’ character Captain James T. Kirk in the 1960s original series, and soon became a science-fiction icon. He has continued to work in his old age, and currently hosts a science show ‘I Don’t Understand,’ airing on RT America.

Blue Origin Vice President Audrey Powers and two businessmen, Planet Labs co-founder Chris Boshuizen and Medidata Solutions co-founder Glen de Vries, accompanied Shatner on the trip.

Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos awards New Shepard NS-18 mission crew member 'Star Trek' actor, William Shatner with a pin after the crew landed on October 13, 2021.

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In 2014, NASA honored Shatner with its Distinguished Public Service medal – the most prestigious available for non-government workers – for encouraging young people to study science and “inspiring generations of explorers, including many of the astronauts and engineers who are a part of NASA today.”

The US space agency wished Shatner well for his space flight in a tweet on Wednesday, referencing a line of dialogue from 1982’s ‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.’

🖖 @WilliamShatner We wish you all the best on your flight to space.You are, and always shall be, our friend. https://t.co/5nmXfvMydUpic.twitter.com/oL65h3y9Hi

— NASA (@NASA) October 13, 2021

Former Ohio Senator John Glenn, the previous oldest person in space before Shatner and Funk, retains the age record for someone visiting orbital space. Glenn spent nearly 10 days in orbit in October 1998 as part of a NASA Space Shuttle mission.

In comparison, Shatner and Funk's suborbital flights lasted just 10 minutes."

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WHAT'S THIS SCOOP? Mesa Family Scion Tyler Montague Teams-Up with Former Arizona Senator Jeff Flake's Money ($150,000) to Do What?

Hmmm... Inquiring minds are wondering what's up with that news story today from Lachlan Markay writing in Axios

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Scoop: Jeff Flake seeds new voting nonprofit

Jeff Flake.(Image from an earlier post on MesaZona)

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"Former Sen. Jeff Flake, a Republican who's now President Biden's nominee to be ambassador to Turkey, is funding a nonprofit focused on election processes in his home state of Arizona, Axios has learned.

Why it matters: Arizona is ground-zero for election conspiracy theories. While those behind the Public Integrity Foundation say that's not the impetus for the group, they hope it will address some of the underlying issues.

What's happening: Flake's Senate campaign committee — which is still active — donated $150,000 to the Foundation in late September, days after it was formed, according to Federal Election Commission records.

• Tyler Montague, the Foundation's chairman, told Axios the group approached Flake about backing its efforts, and his donation is its largest financial commitment, so far.
• "Jeff Flake is a long time friend, and he’s also interested in one of the charter purposes of the foundation, which is to do research and education around alternative forms of voting," Montague said in a text message.
• Like Flake, Montague is a Republican who's been critical of Donald Trump. He also runs the Public Integrity Alliance, a Mesa-based advocacy group that sued Maricopa County last year over ballot instructions it said violated state law.
• Flake did not immediately respond to a request for comment on his donation.

The details: Montague said the Foundation, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, will study practices such as ranked-choice voting and approval voting.

• "We aren’t limiting ourselves to any one particular method," he said.
• The group is eyeing models such as Alaska's, which in 2020 included a top-four primary and a ranked-choice general election.
• "Ranked-choice voting has a lot of merits even though NYC botched their first election with it," Montague said.

Between the lines: The Foundation is launching in a state bedeviled by controversies and conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 election.

• While a Republican-led "audit" of the state's election confirmed Biden's victory last year, state and national GOP leaders continue to falsely claim that fraud tainted the outcome.
• Montague said that controversy wasn't the impetus for the Foundation but improved election processes could be an antidote in the future.
• "It’s definitely a sign that there is a disconnect between the agenda of who we are electing and what the general public believes/wants," he said. "Which is one of the key arguments made by people who advocate for something like RCV over our current election methods."

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Smirking Jeff Flake Spars with ANGRY crowd in his first Town Hall This Year and seemed to think it was all a big joke.

But will he be smirking and laughing at his constituents at the next election?

That is up to you....

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., got more boos than cheers from the estimated 1,800 people who turned out to his town hall in Mesa, Ariz., on Thursday evening, the lawmaker's first such event of the year.

The audience appeared to be comprised of mostly Democratic activists - as evident by the majority of people who protested the senator's statements throughout the event

 

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Fmr. GOP Sen. Jeff Flake: Republicans Are Indulging Trump's Base | Amanpour & Company

There are good reasons Jeff Flake is a Former GOP Senator from Arizona - he chose NOT to run. . . There are many back stories to that decision. It may be interesting to note that "Republicans Indulging Trump" staged an America First Rally on Friday, May 21, 2021 here in Mesa that attracted a lot of attention.

Back on November 2017 Flake appeared on the stage here in Mesa in a display of what they like to call

"non-partisan politics" - and just spontaneous remarks

Mesa Mayor John Giles Caught Prodding Jeff Flake On-Stage with Hot Open Mic

 Here's our self-described "non-partisan" Mayor getting caught on an open mike pinned to Flake's lapel pin encouraging him to run for President . . . Couple of nice LDS dudes, huh??

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ABC15's microphone picked up a conversation between Senator Flake and Mesa's major Giles joking about President Trump.
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Mesa, AZ Mayor Caught on Hot Mic Encouraging Jeff Flake to Run ... 

Posted By: Matthew K. Burke November 17, 2017

Outgoing establishment RINO Jeff Flake appeared in Mesa, Arizona — the city that in 2014 was rated the “most conservative big city in America,” on Friday to speak at a town hall event.
But the real fireworks came after Flake spoke when he was caught on a hot mic in a conversation with Republican Mesa Mayor John Giles, who was encouraging Flake to run for the presidency in 2020 against “idiot” President Donald Trump “just for fun. . .
“And I am not throwing smoke at you, but you are the guy,” a grinning Giles responded. “Just for fun — think about how much fun it would be — just to be the foil, you know, and point out what an idiot this guy [Trump] is. . .
“As a lifelong conservative Republican, I am troubled when candidates like Roy Moore send the wrong message about my party’s ethics and policies,”  he said.
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READY FOR 'BLEISURE' AT MARRIOTT HOTELS..."People are dying for experiences now more than ever,”

Looks like there is a Make-Over at family-owned Marriott Hotels: "“People are dying for experiences now more than ever,” Stephanie Linnartz, Marriott International president, tells Axios.

One-on-one with Stephanie Linnartz of Marriott International

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"Stephanie Linnartz of Marriott International in 2018. Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/Getty Images

“People are dying for experiences now more than ever,” Stephanie Linnartz, Marriott International president, tells Axios.

• “Leisure travel in many states and parts of the world is beating 2019,” Linnartz notes, speaking on the sidelines of Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit.

Why it matters: The economy is swinging back toward spending on services, but low wages and working conditions have caused record numbers of people to quit the industry.

• Leisure and hospitality workers quit at a 6.4% rate in August, more than double the total rate across all industries.

What she's saying: “We're doing a lot to make sure, as we go out and try to hire people back into our hotels, [that] they see us as a career, not just as a job,” says Linnartz.

• While the company has raised wages and offered signing bonuses and incentives, Linnartz believes that offering people the opportunity to work their way up differentiates Marriott from competitors. 
• “People want careers and futures, and I think that’s the magic sauce.”

What we're watching: Even though some aspects of travel will change forever, Linnartz sees remote work and "blesiure" — a blend of business and leisure travel — driving future growth through extended stay bookings.

• Companies that opt to do away with offices are convening staff together several times a year. And employees who can live anywhere will continue to take advantage of the flexibility, she says.

The bottom line: "While some segments of business may go down, I think new ones will blossom up, and net, net ... I'm very bullish on the future of travel."