Census Bureau News — Profile America Facts for Features: Back to School: 2014-2015
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Back-to-School Shopping
The estimated amount of money spent at family clothing stores in
Source:
http://www.census.gov/retail/mrts/www/data/excel/mrtssales92-present.xls
For back-to-school shopping, choices of retail establishments abound: In 2012, there were 25,421 family clothing stores, 6,945 children and infants clothing stores, 25,455 shoe stores 7,443 office supply and stationery stores, 20,893 sporting goods stores, 7,244 book stores and 8,196 department stores.
Source:
http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/BP/2012/00A1//naics~44813|44814|448210|451211|4521|453210
Students
78 million
The number of children and adults enrolled in school throughout the country in
Source:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/school/data/cps/2012/tables.html
Pre-K through 12 Enrollment
76%
Percentage of children ages 3 to 6 enrolled in kindergarten who attended all day, as of
Source:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/school/data/cps/2012/tables.html
74%
Percentage of children 3 to 6 years old who were enrolled in school as of
Source:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/school/data/cps/2012/tables.html
25%
Percentage of elementary through high school students who had at least one foreign-born parent in
Source:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/school/data/cps/2012/tables.html
Languages
12 million
Number of school-age children (5 to 17) who spoke a language other than English at home in 2012; 8.6 million of these children spoke Spanish at home.
Source:
http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/12_1YR/B16004
Colleges
14%
Percentage of college students 35 and older in
Source:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/school/data/cps/2012/tables.html
41%
Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in college in 2012.
Source:
http://www.census.gov/hhes/school/data/cps/2012/tables.html
Work Status
52%
Percentage of students enrolled in college who worked less than full time, year-round in 2011; 20 percent worked full time, year-round.
Source: School Enrollment and Work Status: 2011, Appendix Table 1-A
http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acsbr11-14.pdf
3.1 million
Number of enrolled high school students who worked less than full time, year-round in 2011; 146,000 students in high school worked full time, year-round.
Source: School Enrollment and Work Status: 2011, Appendix Table 1-A
http://www.census.gov/prod/2013pubs/acsbr11-14.pdf
Field of Degree
12.5 million
Number of people age 25 and over who held a bachelor's degree in business in 2012. Business degrees were reported by 20.5 percent of the population with a bachelor's degree, followed by education (13.5 percent); science—and engineering—related fields (9.1 percent); engineering (7.8 percent); social sciences (7.7 percent); biological, agricultural and environmental sciences (6.2 percent); other (5.3 percent); liberal arts and history (5.0 percent); psychology (4.7 percent); literature and languages (4.4 percent); computers, mathematics and statistics (4.2 percent); visual and performing arts (4.1 percent); communications (3.7 percent); and physical and related sciences (3.3 percent).
Source:
http://factfinder2.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/12_1YR/B15010
74%
Percentage of those in 2012 who have a bachelor's degree in science, technology, engineering or math — commonly referred to as STEM — and are not employed in STEM occupations.
Source:
http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/employment_occupations/cb14-130.html
Rewards of Staying in School
Average earnings of full-time, year-round workers 18 and older with an advanced degree (bachelor's degree or higher) in 2012. Workers whose highest degree was a bachelor's had mean earnings of
Source: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2012, Series P60-245
http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/cpstables/032013/perinc/pinc04_000.htm
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