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2007 U.S. Population Data Sheet Reveals Newest Labor Force Estimates and a Profile of Scientists and Engineers

Filed under Career Exploration, Economic Trends, Industry News, Job Search Process
Posted by Libraries, June 28, 2007
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2007 U.S. Population Data Sheet, Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org/Publications/Datasheets/2007/2007US
PopulationDataSheet.aspx

The Population Reference Bureau (PRB) has just released statistics and figures about the number of U.S workers who have attended college, college enrollment amongst men and women, and the number of workers who remained in their home states after college.

Most notably, there are new statistics about workers in the science and engineering (S&E) fields. According to 2005 census data, there are 7.4 million people in the U.S. science and engineering labor force, but there is a notable gap in the number of women, Blacks, and Hispanics in S&E fields. Even though science and engineering makes up a very small percentage of the labor force, the PRB stresses the importance of recruiting more women and minorities into the scientific work field.

The findings are summarized at the link above, but for the full report, you can click on the PDF within the summary. There are a great deal of useful statistics, including statistical breakdowns by state, and many charts accompanying the PRB’s findings. This is an incredibly useful tool with which to learn what states in the U.S have the greatest labor needs, as well as where the salaries are the best and worst.

—Deborah Borsuk