What and where are the largest lakes in the United States? Lake Location Area in sq. miles Lake Superior MI-MN-WI-Ontario 31,700 Lake Huron MI-Ontario 23,000 Lake Michigan IL-IN-MI-WI 22,300 Lake Erie MI-NY-OH-PA-Ontario 9,910 Lake Ontario NY-Ontario 7,340 Great Salt...
In 1980 72.8 million acres were developed. By 2003 that has risen to 108 million. As of 2003, 5.6 percent of the area of the United States had been developed. 70.8 percent of Iowa is used for cropland. 0.9 percent of Nevada is used for cropland. Per capita water use...
Death Rates From Suicide, by Age: 1990 and 2005 (Per 100,000 population). The suicide rate has fallen 13% over the last fifteen years. Males are four times more likely to commit suicide than females. Characteristic 1990 2005 All ages, age adjusted 12.5 10.9 Male 21.5...
Age-Adjusted Death Rates by Major Causes: 1960 to 2005 Rates per 100,000 population. In the last forty five years, deaths rates for heart disease have fallen 62%, cancer 5%, influenza and pneumonia 63%, accidents 38% and Cerebro-vascular diseases (stroke, aneurysms)...
Multiple Birth Rate: 1990 to 2005 Between 1990 and 2005, the rate of multiple births has risen from 2.33 percent of all births to 3.39 percent. Although triplet and higher order multiple births have more than doubled during that time, there were only 6,694 of such...
Labor Force Participation of Women With Children There are approximately 61.6 million women aged 15 to 44 in the United States. Of this population, 42.7 are in the labor force (i.e., working or looking for work) and 19.0 million are Not In the Labor Force. Employment...
