SciTronics’ profit as a percentage of sales in 2008 was 5.7 %. 2. This represented an increase from 3.4 % in 2005. 3. SciTronics had a total of $ 102,000 (75,000 + 27,000) of capital at year-end 2008 and earned before interest but after taxes (EBIAT) $ 16,120 (avg.
The median age for the population of Dyer County is 36.5 years of age. Looking back at the US Census report from the year 2000 the population was 38, 335 and has only increased by 765 residents over the last twelve years. This is not indicative of a growing community but of one that is maintaining the status quo. In researching the economic status of Dyer County, it is clear according to an article in the local newspaper, Dyersburg State Gazette dated November 1, 2011 that the unemployment rate for the county is 13.7 percent. This dire statistic earns Dyers County the title of the eight highest unemployment rate for counties in the state of Tennessee.
As of 2010, with the total population of the United States at 310.2 million individuals, White Non-Hispanic Americans are 64.7 percent of the United States population. While the second largest racial group in America is Hispanics with 16 percent of the population. According to the trends, the population is estimated to be at about 439 million in the year 2050. That's quite a rise in the population in the next 40 years (129 million) and who knows the impact it will have on our economy and job availability. It is also estimated that White Non-Hispanic Americans will be less than half the population at this point with 46.3 percent of the population being that race.
Elderly as a Vulnerable Population Faustino Hernandez NUR/440 June 11, 2011 University of Phoenix Elderly as a Vulnerable Population According To the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary (2002), vulnerability is the Ability to "Be Easily Physically, Emotionally, or mentally hurt, Influenced or attacked." “As one of the faster growing segments of the population, over 70 million American citizens will be considered elderly by 2030 (Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention , 2007).” The United States Census Bureau states that, the Population greater Than 65 years old is growing at a rapid pace and by the year 2050 will duplicate and will increase from 12 to 20 percent of the population. This same percentage will be considered vulnerable population. Currently 40 million of people in the United States are 65 years or older, according to the Census Bureau these numbers will be expected to double by 2050, longevity will increased and this will bring a new number of common diseases which, will make this group more vulnerable. At Any Given Time, anyone can become vulnerable, the composition of the population has changed demographically and the elderly population has increased in recent years because of the development of the science and technology, but with this increment of the elderly population the vulnerability increases as well, due to some factors that this vulnerable population is exposed to, such as increase of the needs, physical and mental limitations, and lack of financial resources.
In 2007 The National Collation for the Homeless surveyed 50 cities and found that in all cases the amount of homeless in the city greatly outnumbered the amount of emergency and transitional living homes by as much as 24 percent as compared to 19 percent in 2005. A national survey conducted in 2007 by USA Today estimated that 1.6 million American’s live without shelter on the streets. This year the Annual Homeless Assessment Report to Congress (AHAR) estimated that 3.9 million Americans would experience homelessness in any given year, and of that 3.9 million 20 percent would remain
The official growth rate estimate is 0.6 percent, and this rate is expected to decline to zero by 2028. In the twentieth century, there has been significant emigration to China (1.9 million) and the United States (1.5 million), and about 1 million Koreans live in Japan and the countries of the former Soviet Union. More than 80 percent of all South Koreans live in urban areas. Population density is very high, with approximately 480 persons per square kilometer. Ethnic Groups: With the exception of a very small minority of ethnic Chinese (about 20,000), the Korean population is homogeneous.
In fact, rapid economic development can boost the speed of the urbanization in both The First and Third World. Let us see an example in The First World. Chicago, is home to 2.7 million residents and is the third most populous city in the United States. (U.S. Census Bureau) However, in 1833, Chicago is only a city with the population around 200. (WGBH Educational Foundation And Window to the World Communications) In 1848 , the first railway opened
(2) * Nevada was ranked number by growth in number of nonprofit theaters from 1990-2005 (3) * Based on an adult population (18+) of 185.8 million, an estimated 25.1 million U.S. adults attended live stage plays in 1992, compared to 20 million in 1982 when the adult population was 164 million. (3) * Great Recession losses were swift and measurable: The two-year decline in the Index, from 2007 to 2009, was twice as large as the gains made during the preceding four years, between 2003 and 2007 (4) * The arts industries continue to follow the nation’s business cycle: While it may be no surprise
The government want to build 240,000 houses every year until 2016 so that prices do not spiral out of control. 60% of these will target Brownfield sites. 2: the inner city Part of the demand for housing will be satisfied in inner city areas. Successive governments have had a variety of strategies to improve living in inner cities since 1945-most infamously the building of cheap, high-rise blocks of flats in the 1960s and 70s as a ‘quick fix’. Over the years,
We are living in a land populated with obesity. America is the home to the most obese people in the world. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, obesity in adults has increased 60% within the past twenty years and obesity in children has tripled in the past thirty years. A staggering 33% of American adults are obese and obesity related deaths have climbed to more than 300,000 a year. Lawmakers have even tried to impose a new tax rule called the “Twinkie tax”, which would tax unhealthy foods to try to persuade people out of buying them.