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The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports that there were 79.1 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms as of Sept. 1, 2020, up 1% from September 2019, but down 1% from June 1, 2020, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published today. [...]

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) latest coal data, the 36.7 million short tons of coal consumed in Indiana during 2019 was more than any state in the nation besides Texas and North Dakota. Indiana accounted for 6.5% of the total coal consumed in the United States in [...]

On April 15, members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and 10 non-OPEC partner countries, collectively known as OPEC+, agreed to reduce crude oil production in response to rapidly increasing global oil inventories in the first quarter of 2020. At the time, efforts to contain the spread [...]

U.S. crude oil exports reached a record high in February 2020 and have since fallen in each month, based on data through June, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Petroleum Supply Monthly. However, U.S. crude oil exports in the first half of the year are still higher than [...]

This Data Point examines the race and ethnicity of public school teachers in the United States by the race and ethnicity of the student bodies they teach. [...]

The consumption of natural gas in the U.S. industrial sector declined from 25.4 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in January 2020 to 20.1 Bcf/d in June 2020, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's Natural Gas Monthly. Industrial natural gas consumption in June 2020 was nearly 1.0 Bcf/d lower [...]

The age-adjusted prevalence of complete tooth loss among adults aged 65 years or older decreased from 29.3% during 1999–2000 to 12.6% during 2017–2018. For the same period, the prevalence decreased from 42.1% to 23.5% for adults living at less than 200% of the federal poverty level and from 17.7% to 8.5% [...]

Consumer Price Index (CPI): +0.4% in Aug 2020 News Release Historical Data Unemployment Rate: 8.4% in Aug 2020 News Release Historical Data Payroll Employment: +1,371,000(p) in Aug 2020 News Release Historical Data [...]

U.S. nuclear capacity outages averaged 4.2 gigawatts (GW) during the summer of 2020 (June through August), nearly 35% higher than the 2.7 GW average in summer 2019. Summer nuclear outages were at their lowest level from late June to mid-July, averaging 2.3 GW. Outages significantly increased in the latter half [...]

Corn and soybean production is up from 2019, according to the Crop Production report issued today by USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Soybean production is up 21% from last year, forecast at 4.31 billion bushels; corn growers are expected to increase their production 9% from 2019, forecast at 14.9 [...]

In 2018, the age-adjusted lung cancer death rate in the United States was 34.8 per 100,000. Twenty-one states had a higher lung cancer death rate than the national rate, 15 states and DC had lower death rates, and 14 states had rates that were not statistically different from the national rate. Most [...]

Source: National Vital Statistics System https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr69/NVSR-69-11-508.pdf [...]

Questions for Gladys Martinez, Health Statistician and Lead Author of “Trends and Patterns in Menarche in the United States: 1995 through 2013-2017.” Q: Can you explain what menarche is? GM: Menarche refers to the first menstrual period. Q: Why did you decide to do a report on this topic? GM: We decided to do [...]

Source: National Survey of Family Growth https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nhsr/nhsr146-508.pdf [...]

The survey collected data from public school teachers about their understanding of the types of devices and technologies that students use for educational purposes, the impact that students' access to technology outside of school has on teachers' homework assignments, and ways that schools and teachers address challenges that students with [...]