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New Year Brings New Costs
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- Created on Tuesday, 08 January 2013 12:49
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The Montana Chamber of Commerce offers this reminder for employers of what is new in 2013.
As of January 1:
* Montana's minimum wage increases to $7.80 per hour for non-exempt individuals.
* Certain larger employers must list the cost of employee health insurance on employee W-2's.
2010 Census Report Shows More Than 80 Percent of Centenarians are Women
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- Created on Wednesday, 19 December 2012 11:26
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The 2010 Census counted 53,364 people age 100 and older in the United States, and they were overwhelmingly female. For every 100 centenarian women, there were only 20.7 centenarian men.
These figures come from a special report released based on the 2010 Census that provides a portrait of the centenarian population in the United States describing their age, sex, race, Hispanic origin and living arrangement characteristics. The report, Centenarians: 2010, also compares centenarians with other age groups in the older population.
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U.S. Census Bureau Projections Show a Slower Growing, Older
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- Created on Wednesday, 19 December 2012 11:59
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More Diverse Nation a Half Century from Now
The U.S. population will be considerably older and more racially and ethnically diverse by 2060, according to projections released by the U.S. Census Bureau. "The next half century marks key points in continuing trends — the U.S. will become a plurality nation, where the non-Hispanic white population remains the largest single group, but no group is in the majority," said Acting Director Thomas L. Mesenbourg.
Furthermore, the population is projected to grow much more slowly over the next several decades, compared with the last set of projections released in 2008 and 2009. That is because the projected levels of births and net international migration are lower in the projections released, reflecting more recent trends in fertility and international migration.
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Nominate SBA Awards On-line
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- Created on Tuesday, 04 December 2012 18:45
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A new online portal has been launched by the U.S. Small Business Administration to accept nominations for its 2013 National Small Business Week Awards, including the annual Small Business Person of the Year award.
The dedicated web portal, accessible at http://nationalsmallbusinessweek.sba.gov/, will make it easier to submit and track submissions of nominees for Small Business Week 2013, and is now actively accepting nominations of noteworthy small businesses.
National Mover Rate Increases After a Record Low in 2011
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- Created on Wednesday, 19 December 2012 11:47
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The U.S. Census Bureau announced that the nation's overall mover rate increased from a record low of 11.6 percent in 2011 to 12.0 percent in 2012. About 36.5 million people 1 year and older moved, an increase from the 2011 estimate of 35.1 million. In 2012, the majority of people who lived at a different residence 1 year ago moved within the same county (64.4 percent).
Among the 11.8 million intercounty movers — people who moved to another county, either within the same state or to a different state — the most common distance moved was less than 50 miles, with 40.2 percent. Therefore, even though they moved to a different county, the largest percentage did not move far from their previous place of residence.
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State and Local Government Revenue Increased More Than 51% in 2010
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- Created on Monday, 26 November 2012 10:33
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In 2010, state and local governments brought in nearly $3.2 trillion in revenue, a 51.4 percent ($1.1 trillion) increase from 2009, according to statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau. Revenue from the federal government increased 16.1 percent from $537.2 billion to $623.7 billion between 2009 and 2010.
These findings come from the 2010 Annual Surveys of State and Local Government Finances, which include statistics on revenues (including taxes), expenditures, debt and assets (cash and security holdings) for state and local governments.
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