SOUTH CAROLINA STILL LEADS THE NATION IN MOBILE HOMES
“We’re number one! We’re number one!” Err … wait a minute. Maybe this isn’t the sort of thing we should be celebrating …
News that a reality TV show is being filmed in a Myrtle Beach, S.C. trailer park prompted us to revisit the latest mobile home statistics in [...]
Updated Trailer Park Stats
SC’s Sagging Income Levels
While S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley and the “Republican-controlled” General Assembly in South Carolina continue to grow government at recklessly exorbitant levels, the ability of Palmetto State taxpayers to pick up this soaring tab continues to shrink.
According to data published by the U.S. Census, South Carolina’s median household income fell to $42,018 in 2010 (from an [...]
Poverty Soars In SC
Poverty soared in South Carolina last year – despite the “end” of the U.S. recession.
According to data released by the U.S. Census, more than 750,000 South Carolinians were living in poverty in 2009 – a 10.6 percent increase from the previous year. That means that 17.1 percent of the state’s population – or roughly one [...]
SC Unemployment Rate Falls To 11%
By FITSNews || South Carolina’s unemployment rate fell to 11 percent in May according to data released Friday by the S.C. Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW).
After peaking at 12.5 percent in January, South Carolina’s rate has dropped in each of the last four months.
May’s employment gains, however, were driven in large part by the [...]
Census Spending Millions To Boost Minority Numbers
By FITSNews || Part of the record $15 billion that’s being spent on the 2010 Census is a whopping $350 million advertising budget that includes targeted campaigns aimed at boosting minority participation.
In fact, Census ads will run in 28 different languages and several spots are being produced with the goal of reassuring hesitant minority groups, [...]
How To Answer The Census
By FITSNews || A week after sending out a first-class letter to 120 million mailboxes telling people that the “census (was) coming,” the census has come. In fact, our founding editor’s copy of the document (above) arrived in his mailbox today.
So did he fill it out? Or did he (as promised) go black? Hmmm …
And [...]
The Census: Go Black!
By FITSNews || The U.S. government sent out a massive first class mailing this week telling American citizens that the “census is coming.”
WTF? Why not just send the damn thing already?
What a waste of money …
Anyway, these so-called “advance letters” (120 million of which were mailed first class this week) alert residents to the fact [...]
