Education
% of Adults Graduating High School
1960 - 58
2014 - 89
% of Adults Graduating College
1960 - 11
2014 - 33.5
Reading & Math Scores for 17-year olds - Unchanged from 1970 to 2014
Health
Life Expectancy (at birth)
1960 - 69.7
2014 - 78.8
Crime
Property Crimes per 100,000 households
1980 - 49,610
2014 - 11,806
Violent Crimes (per 100,000 people)
1980 - 4,940
1995 - 7,068
2014 - 2,010
Murder Rate (per 100,000 people)
1960 - 5.1
1970 - 7.9
1980 - 10.2
1990 - 9.4
2014 - 4.5
Environment & Energy
Ozone (PPM)
1980 - 0.101
2014 - 0.068
Particulate Matter
2000 - 13.5
2014 - 8.8
Energy Consumption per capita (mmBTU)
2000 - 342
2014 - 309
Energy Consumption per GDP
1960 - 14.5
2014 - 6.2
Federal Spending (in $trillions)
1980 - 0.591
1990 - 1.253
2000 - 1.789
2007 - 2.729
2009 - 3.517
2014 - 3.506
2016 - 3.951
2021 - 5.124 (est.)
Changes in Budget Spending By Category Over Time
Categories
National Defense (ND)
Human Resources(HR) - Education, Social Security, Health, Veterans
Physical Resources(PR) - Energy, Natural Resources & Environment, Transportation, Commerce
Interest
Other - International Affairs, Science, Agriculture
$ in billions
|
1960
|
%
|
2000
|
%
|
2007
|
%
|
2017
|
%
|
ND
|
48
|
49
|
294
|
16
|
551
|
19
|
617
|
15
|
HR
|
26
|
28
|
1,195
|
61
|
1,758
|
63
|
2,969
|
69
|
PR
|
8
|
8
|
85
|
5
|
134
|
5
|
150
|
4
|
Interest
|
7
|
7
|
223
|
12
|
237
|
8
|
303
|
7
|
Other
|
8
|
8
|
107
|
6
|
130
|
5
|
217
|
5
|
Interesting data. Now I'm wondering what factors contributed to the changes. dm
ReplyDeleteI imagine the OMB would be gratified (if not amazed) to know that a private citizen actually read and digested some of its data. I, for one, do not have the fortitude!
ReplyDeleteJB