2018 U.S. Snapshots

January 29, 2018

Home Sweet Home

The safest cities in the United States

1. Nashua, New Hampshire

2. South Burlington, Vermont

3. Warwick, Rhode Island

4. Columbia, Maryland

5. Gilbert, Arizona

Note: Cities were ranked on factors including crime statistics, natural disaster risk, and unemployment rate.

SOURCE: WalletHub, 2017

90

Percentage of the population age 25 and older to have completed high school (the highest in U.S. history)

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017

The Great American Spell Check

Each state’s most commonly checked word in Google spelling searches (February to June, 2017)

79 million

Number of international visitors to the U.S. in 2017

SOURCE: U.S. Census Bureau, 2017

QUESTIONS

1. Which of the devices shown did most teens say they could go more than one day without?

2. Which word was most spell-checked in the greatest number of states?

3. What is the total value of trade between the U.S. and its biggest trading partner?

4. Why might millions of people want to visit the U.S.?

5. In which region of the country are the top-three safest cities in the U.S.?

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