New Population Bulletin: The American Community Survey
This monthly survey leads the most substantial change in the decennial U.S. census in more than 60 years.

Did Worldwide Inequality Drop Between 1960 and 2000?
A new index says life expectancy increases in developing countries more than offset widening income disparities between rich and poor.

In the News

• The Demographics of the South Asia Earthquake

Hurricanes and Population

• In Harm's Way: Hurricanes, Population Trends, and Environmental Change
• An Income Gap in Two Counties Hit by Hurricane Katrina

PRB Webcast

• Immigration and Assimilation: What We Still Don’t Know and Why It Matters

Poverty in the United States

• Widespread Disparities in U.S. State Poverty Rates
• Poverty Among Rural and Inner-City U.S. Children Higher Than Average
• New Orleans Lags United States in Key Indicators of Child Well-being (PDF: 17KB)
• Reports on America: Child Poverty in Rural America (PDF: 657KB)
• Why Concentrated Poverty Fell in the United States
• U.S. Economic Inequality, Income, and Consumption

Population

• PRB's 2005 World Population Data Sheet Shows Deep Global Inequalities
• The Demographic Future of the Catholic Church

Reproductive Health

• The Middle East and the MDGs: How Improved Reproductive Health Can Help

Take A Number

Population News You Might Have Missed
This month: Black and Hispanic infants and mothers die of HIV in disproportionate numbers; immigration hits all-time highs in the U.K; and children of parents who strongly disapprove of teen sex have lower STI rates.

HIV/AIDS

• Mexican Migrant Communities May Be on Verge of HIV/AIDS Epidemic
• China Confronts HIV/AIDS: A New PRB Report

Health

• How Universal Birth Registration Could Alleviate Health Disparities

For Educators

• Making Population Real: New Lesson Plans for Educators