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Fossil fuels—petroleum, natural gas, and coal—accounted for 79% of the 97 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) of primary energy consumption in the United States during 2021. About 21% of U.S. primary energy consumption in 2021 came from fuel sources other than fossil fuels, such as renewables and nuclear, according to [...]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) estimated 89.9 million acres of corn planted in the United States for 2022, down 4% from last year, according to the Acreage report released today. Soybean area planted is estimated at 88.3 million acres, up 1% from last year. [...]

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) published our Monthly Energy Review, Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report, and State Energy Data System updates today, June 30, 2022. [...]

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/podcasts/2022/20220629/20220629.htm HOST: The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends between 9 and 12 hours of sleep for children between ages 6 and 12, and 8 to 10 hours of sleep for teens ages 13 to 18.  However, only two-thirds of school-age children meet these recommendations. At the same time, the American Academy of [...]

Power plant developers and operators have reported plans to install more than 6 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind capacity at sites mostly along the U.S. eastern seaboard over the next seven years, according to our latest Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory report. These additions include projects off the coasts of [...]

This Data Point examines the qualifications of public school mathematics and computer science teachers in the United States in school year 2017-18, by selected school characteristics. [...]

As of June 1, there were 72.5 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, down 1% from June 2021 and down slightly from March 1, 2022, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). [...]

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) is continuing the process of restoring back-up data and performing quality checks following a hardware failure in our data center. We released our Weekly Petroleum Status Report this morning that includes the data for the weeks ending June 17 and June 24. [...]

Consumer Price Index (CPI): +1.0% in May 2022 News Release Historical Data Unemployment Rate: 3.6% in May 2022 News Release Historical Data Payroll Employment: +390,000(p) in May 2022 News Release Historical Data [...]

Operable atmospheric crude oil distillation capacity, our primary measure of refinery capacity in the United States, totaled 17.9 million barrels per calendar day as of January 1, 2022, down 1% from the beginning of 2021. According to our annual Refinery Capacity Report, 2021 was the second consecutive year of decreasing [...]

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) continues its system restoration process. We will not publish new or previously delayed data today, June 28, 2022. [...]

Replication or reproducibility of results is a cornerstone of scientific research, as replication studies can identify artifacts that affect internal validity, investigate sampling error, increase generalizability, provide further testing of the original hypothesis, and evaluate claims of fraud. The purpose of the current working paper is to determine whether the [...]

Person-centered approaches to data analysis can provide valuable information about the science and engineering workforce that cannot be obtained solely by using variable-centered approaches. The purpose of this working paper is to illustrate the use of a specific person-centered method (latent class analysis [LCA]) in a large, nationally representative data [...]

The U.S. Gulf Coast is a key supplier of motor gasoline and distillate fuel to the U.S. East Coast. During March 2022, the East Coast received an average of 1.9 million barrels per day (b/d) of gasoline and 0.9 million b/d of distillate by pipeline, tanker, and barge from the [...]

Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2021 examines topics such as school shootings, criminal victimization, bullying, disciplinary problems and actions, fights, weapons, availability and student use of drugs and alcohol, student perceptions of personal safety at school, the presence of security staff at school, and criminal incidents at [...]