The USDA’s latest cattle inventory says that, as of January 1, 2019, there were just about 29 bovines for every 100 Americans. Divide ’em all up,…
Tag: statistics
The Department of Labor and Regulation released results of its latest Employee Benefits Survey yesterday. Among other highlights, 50% of firms responding to the survey…
According to the latest figures available from the South Dakota Department of Labor, there were 15,480 more South Dakotans with jobs in November 2018 than…
Dakota Free Press fielded 29,099 comments from 698 distinct commenters in 2018. Who talked the most? 52 individuals, including myself, commented at least once a…
Becca Simon of my hometown paper notices that FBI data show South Dakota reported the lowest dollar amount of shoplifting in the nation in December…
The Trump Administration isn’t counting how many people die in its custody, but the Legislative Research Council can tell you how many folks were living…
Maybe one check on our bloated consumerism will be the decrease in homeownership. The Census Bureau says homeownership rates have climbed a bit since 2016…
Hey, farmers! Don’t forget to tell the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service how badly Donald Trump screwed you this year! The NASS says it will…
Who’s the most awesome Democrat in South Dakota? If we can get past the laughter (awesome? in a party that hasn’t moved the needle away…
I’ve dumped the county-by-county vote totals for our statewide ballot questions and candidates into a single spreadsheet and run some numbers. Beyond the fact that…