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A new NCHS report presents trends in prepregnancy obesity for 2016 through 2019 by maternal race and Hispanic origin, age, and educational attainment. Trends by state for 2016–2019 and 2019 rates also are shown. Key Findings: Prepregnancy obesity in the United States rose from 26.1% in 2016 to 29.0% in 2019 and [...]

The average U.S. regular retail gasoline price (the price that consumers pay at the pump) during the week before Thanksgiving this year was $2.10 per gallon (gal), the lowest average retail gasoline price for the Monday before Thanksgiving since 2015, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Gasoline and [...]

Due to the impact of the COVID pandemic on school operations, it will not be possible for NCES to conduct the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessments in accordance with the statutory requirements defined by the Education Sciences Reform Act (ESRA) which requires NAEP to be conducted in a [...]

Microbusinesses contribute to the U.S. economy by bringing growth and innovation and being more adaptable to changes. However, relatively little is known about the R&D activities of these businesses. This InfoBrief presents R&D and other data on microbusinesses, defined here as those with one to nine domestic employees. In 2017, [...]

The detailed statistical tables in this report present data from the Annual Business Survey (ABS). The ABS is the primary source of data on research and development of for profit, nonfarm businesses with one to nine employees operating in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. The ABS [...]

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released new structure and thickness maps for the Wolfcamp play in the Midland Basin, which is a part of the larger Permian Basin in western Texas and southeastern New Mexico. The Wolfcamp formation has attracted many oil companies because of its stacked potential [...]

In 2019, more electricity was generated from renewable sources in New York than in all but three states, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Electric Power Monthly. New York's 39.4 million megawatthours (MWh) of renewable electricity generation was more than any other state east of the Mississippi River [...]

This week, NCHS published the latest “life tables” for the United States, through the year 2018. Life expectancy estimates for 2019 are expected to be released in the coming weeks. The new report, “United States Life Tables 2018,” features a rich collection of historical data, extending back to [...]

During 2000–2018, the death rate from septicemia among persons aged 65 years or older generally decreased from 70.8 to 58.7 deaths per 100,000 population. The death rate was lower in 2018 than in 2000 among persons aged 75–84 years (80.4 compared with 69.4) and among persons aged 85 years or older [...]

Consumer Price Index (CPI): unchanged in Oct 2020 News Release Historical Data Unemployment Rate: 6.9% in Oct 2020 News Release Historical Data Payroll Employment: +638,000(p) in Oct 2020 News Release Historical Data [...]

In the International Energy Outlook 2020 (IEO2020), the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects electricity generation in Africa using two cases with different assumptions about how future electricity needs are fulfilled. In the Maximum Grid Expansion case, in which a centralized grid is developed to meet electricity demand throughout the [...]

The nation's 42 federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs) spent nearly $23 billion on R&D in FY 2019, an annual increase of 7.4% in current dollars. Since FY 2014, total R&D spending at FFRDCs has increased at an average annual rate of 3.4% in constant dollars. Data are from [...]

These tables provide data on R&D expenditures for federally funded research and development centers (FFRDCs). Expenditures data are displayed for individually named FFRDCs, by source of funding, and type of R&D. Data are from the FY 2019 FFRDC Research and Development Survey, by the National Center for Science and Engineering [...]

About 25% of U.S. power plants can start up�going from being shut down to fully operating�within one hour, based on data collected in EIA's annual survey of electric generators. Some power plants, especially those powered by coal and nuclear fuel, require more than half a day to reach full operations. [...]

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