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President Obama Announces his 2015 Budget
On Tuesday, the President released his 2015 budget, which includes funds allocated to the federal statistical agencies. Earlier in the week, APDU joined a number of other organizations calling on Congress to reconsider cuts to two BLS programs.

Read reactions to the President’s budget on the APDU Blog.

Read Ken Poole’s look at the Commerce Budget on the CREC website.

News

Find Stats with Dwellr, a Census Bureau Mobile App
The app has been updated with the latest American Community Survey statistics along with other performance and mapping enhancements based on customer feedback.

Growth of the Foreign-Born Population Since 1970

Over the last four decades, the United States has experienced what many are calling the “second great wave” of immigration.

Effects of Min-Wage Increase on Employment & Family
For this report, CBO examined the effects on employment and family income of two options for increasing the federal minimum wage.

Introducing the ProPublica Data Store
ProPublica, the non-profit newsroom, deals with data on a regular basis and hopes that some of their efforts can turn into a source of funding through the Data Store.

New & Updated Data Sources

Volunteering in the United States, 2013
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the volunteer rate declined by 1.1 percentage points to 25.4 percent for the year ending in September 2013.

Visualization of the Week

Forget the Local Cold: Worldwide, It Was a Hot January

No matter how brutal the winter was in North America, especially the Eastern half, it was b