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The detailed statistical tables in this report present data on domestic and global research and development expenditures and the R&D workforce of for-profit, nonfarm businesses with 10 or more paid employees operating in the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. These data were collected by the Business Enterprise [...]

This Data Point uses data from the High School Longitudinal Study of 2009 (HSLS:09), a national study of more than 23,000 ninth-graders in 2009. Students answered surveys between 2009 and 2016. This Data Point investigates whether students told colleges about their disabilities or special needs and who received accommodations for [...]

On May 5, 2020, the National Science Board (NSB) released its Vision 2030 report (NSB 2020), which lays out four central priorities for the National Science Foundation this decade. One such priority, “expand the geography of innovation,” envisions innovation hubs operating in every state to help retain the nation’s leadership [...]

Knowledge- and technology-intensive (KTI) industries produce innovative products and technologies that are essential for economic growth and for addressing diverse social challenges from health to national security. This report analyzes data on U.S. KTI production, trade, and two enabling technologies: biotechnology and artificial intelligence (AI). The United States is the [...]

Today, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) inducted to its Hall of Fame two former employees whose impact continues to influence the agency’s programs. The NASS Hall of Fame honors individuals whose work has had a lasting impact on agricultural statistics and the service NASS provides to the nation. This [...]

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) today published its April Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), with updated analysis of current dynamics in the energy sector. EIA also published its Summer Fuels Outlook, an annual supplement examining motor fuel prices through the U.S. summer driving season. [...]

Dr. Joseph DeCarolis entered service today as the 10th Administrator of the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). DeCarolis will be responsible for directing the U.S. government's primary energy statistical and analytical agency. [...]

According to the Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates in Science and Engineering (GSS), there have been shifts in enrollment of both U.S. citizen and permanent resident and temporary visa–holding graduate students within science, engineering, and health fields. The GSS, sponsored by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics [...]

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will hold its biannual Data Users’ Meeting on Tuesday, April 19, 2022, from 1–4:30 p.m. CDT. The event will be held at the University of Chicago’s Gleacher Center. A virtual attendance option will also be available. The meeting is [...]

Producers surveyed across the United States intend to plant a record high 91.0 million acres of soybeans in 2022, up 4% from last year, according to the Prospective Plantings report released today by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). [...]

As of March 1, there were 72.2 million hogs and pigs on U.S. farms, down 2% from March 2021 and down 3% from Dec. 1, 2021, according to the Quarterly Hogs and Pigs report published today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). [...]

U.S. households have been changing the types and number of electricity consuming devices used in homes, according to the latest data released from the 2020 Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS). The latest release presents measures of how homes used traditional devices such as lights and dishwashers in 2020, the first [...]

NCES recently published blog posts on the experiences and characteristics of Black students and teachers in celebration of Black History Month; the recently released edition of the Digest of Education Statistics; the monthly School Pulse Panel survey on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic; and new projected data to be [...]

On March 30, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) will livestream the Secretary of Agriculture’s data report briefing for the first time. This and future Secretary data briefings will stream on NASS’s YouTube channel five minutes after NASS reports are released to the public. This Hogs and Pigs briefing will [...]

This report uses data from the 1990, 2000, 2009, and 2019 NAEP HSTS for coursetaking results and from 2005, 2009, and 2019 for comparisons to NAEP. [...]