Tag Archives: American Community Survey

Women make up less than a quarter of Maine’s top earners

It’s Equal Pay Day, when the national gap in earnings between men and women (in all its various forms) takes center stage. The Pew Research Center reported today that the pay gap appears to be shrinking among younger women, at a rate The Washington Post projected would eliminate the pay gap in Maine by about 2057. Maine’s disparity in pay is about 3 […]

Census: A greater share of Maine 20-somethings are in poverty

The U.S. Census Bureau unloaded gobs of data about gobs of places in the country today, but focused on changes among the country’s population between 18 to 34 — a group I’m just calling 20-somethings. Now, if you’re thinking not some more messy old spreadsheets, think again! In writing about a group of people who grew up alongside the Internet, the Census […]