In 2022, 83.3% of US homes had access to broadband or high-speed internet via cable, fiber optic, DSL, or satellite service. That leaves 16.7% of American households without access. This includes up to 26.7% of households in Alaska and 26.6% in Mississippi.

How much oil and gas comes from federal lands? In 2023, nearly 1.3 billion barrels of oil came from public lands, up 92% from 2013. In that same year, nearly 4.9 billion cubic feet of natural gas was produced in 2023, down 6% from 2013. #oil #gas #conservation

According to the Council of Economic Advisers, #childcare prices rose nearly 3x as fast as the overall prices of goods and services from 1990–2019. In New York, California, Hawaii, and Nevada, families spent more than a fifth of their income on childcare from 2016–2018.

In fiscal year 2023, the government collected $4.47T in #revenue and spent $6.16T on public programs, running a #deficit of $1.70T. The highest-ticket item on the government's list? Social Security, which accounted for $1.35T in spending, or 22% of the annual #budget .

Parents who started assisted reproductive technology treatments such as #IVF in 2021 gave birth to 97,128 babies, a 49% increase from 2012. Overall, 37.3% of cycles result in a baby, but success rates vary depending on factors such as age and health. usafacts.org/articles/how-m…

The Supreme Court is reviewing if the government can regulate privately made firearms (ghost guns). From 2016–2021, the ATF received 45K reports of suspected PMFs used in crimes. PMFs are hard to trace, often lacking serial numbers, affecting investigations and public safety.

According to the most recent data from NECS, 43 million adults (21%) have low literacy skills. The national average literacy score is 264, with MN and NH having the highest scores. The states scoring lowest are LA, MS, and NM. Read more here: usafacts.org/articles/which…

Pro-Palestinian demonstrations at Columbia University, Yale, and other colleges grew over the weekend and continued today, coming on the heels of the House approving $26B in additional funding for Israel. #Israel #Palestine #ForeignAid

Today is #EarthDay ! US Energy Trends:
🌍 Renewable Energy: ⬆️ A 350% increase in energy production since 1949
🌍Coal Decline: ⬇️ From 40% of US energy production in 1950 to 11.4% in 2023
🌍Carbon Offsets: Forests captured 13.5% of US emissions in 2022

From 2009–2021, truck sales in the US more than doubled — increasing 132% over 12 years. In the same time, passenger car sales decreased 38%. Motorcycles haven't changed as much, increasing 5% from 2009–2021. #cars #trucks #CarSales

24 states and DC have fully legalized recreational cannabis use. The first 5 states to legalize marijuana in 2021 — Colorado, Washington, Alaska, Oregon, and California — generated a collective $2.78 billion in revenue from taxes on cannabis sales.

Who is Gen Z? They're a generation born in the 15-year span from 1997 to 2012. In 2024, they'll turn between 12 and 27 years old. 46.2% were registered to vote in the Nov 2022 election, 26.2% voted. In 2022, Gen Z made up 12.8% of the workforce. #GenZ

911 outages were reported today in parts of NE, NV, SD, and TX. In 2021, TX received 778 calls to 911 per 1000 people. NE received 498 calls per 1000 people, and SD received 378 calls per 1000 people. NV did not report 911 call data. #Texas #Nebraska #Nevada #SouthDakota #outage

Today The FAA ✈️ issued a ground stop for Alaska Air and Horizon Air flights due to a system upgrade issue. In January 2024, 22.3% of flights were delayed and 3.7% were cancelled. Approximately 74% departed on time, a 🔻 of 3.4 points from the 2023 📉 #airlines #airtravel

The House is expected to vote on the $95 billion national security bill this week, with billions in military aid set aside for Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. Over the last decade, the US has provided $38.2B to Israel, $34.6B to Ukraine, and $139.8M to Taiwan.

#Homelessness in the US surged by 12.1% from 2022–2023, hitting its highest point since at least 2007. Department of Housing and Urban Development counted 653,104 homeless Americans in Jan 2023. #California had 181.4K people experiencing homelessness in 2023, nearly 30% of the total US homeless population.

The US drinks more #coffee than any single country in the world. ☕ Americans drank more than one cup of coffee per day from October 2022 to September 2023. That’s equivalent to about 164.2 billion six-ounce cups of coffee, or 450 million per day.

Outdoor lovers: #NationalParkWeek begins next Saturday, April 20 and runs through Sunday, April 28, with entrance fees waived on Saturday, April 20. In 2023, national park visitation numbers reached 325.5 million. Visitations peaked in 2016 at nearly 331 million visits.

The Department of Defense (DoD) manages over 4,790 #military sites worldwide, covering 27M acres, an area roughly the size of Virginia. These sites are home to over 1.3M active-duty military members, 169,000 of whom were stationed abroad in September 2023.

Today, Congress met with FAFSA reps to address the stalled rollout of student aid. In the 2019–20 school year, more than half of undergraduate students in the US received some form of federal financial aid. Approximately 34.6% of undergraduates received a federal student loan.