USAFacts

Welcome to #JustTheFacts, a new series featuring our founder Steve Ballmer and data directly from the US government. Americans deserve clear, trustworthy facts to make up their minds on today’s most pressing issues. Join Steve as he walks through the data on immigration, the economy, healthcare, and much more to help you inform your perspective. Get the numbers — not rhetoric — ahead of the US elections. Watch our first episodes tomorrow 8/1 on Fox at 9 PM ET/PT and 8PM CT/MT. https://lnkd.in/gDAes94B

How much do teachers earn in your state? K–12 teachers in New York and Massachusetts earned the most in 2021–22, making over $80,000 after adjusting for cost of living. On the other end, Florida’s educators made the least: just over $50,000 on average. In most states, teacher salaries didn’t match up to the average salaries of all people with a bachelor’s degree. New York and Rhode Island were exceptions.

What's your favorite way to exercise? If you're like most Americans, your favorite form of exercise might be: 🚶♀️ Walking (40.3% of adults) 🏋️ Weightlifting (16.2%) 👟 Using cardio equipment (7.7%) On the other hand, some of the least common exercises include: 🥋 Martial arts (0.3%) 🐴 Equestrian sports (0.1%) 🤼 Wrestling (0.1%)

Nobody will remember: - Your salary💸 - How “busy” you were💨 - How many hours you worked💼 People will remember: - The data you adjusted for inflation📈 - Your accurate graph labels📊 - How you cited unbiased sources✅ That's why we're committed to providing you with data that's free of bias and jargon.

Last year, the government spent $3.8 trillion on mandatory spending — most of which went to programs like Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Mandatory spending does not require yearly approval to fund and is automatically funded each year. However, costs can vary depending on factors like inflation and economic growth. Discretionary spending, which needs annual Congressional approval, totaled $1.7 trillion. Defense is the largest part of discretionary spending, totaling $806 billion. Nondefense discretionary spending supports sectors from education and transportation to veterans’ benefits and disaster relief. The most is spent on: 💰Transportation ($155 billion) 💰Veterans’ benefits ($131 billion) 💰Education, training, employment, and social services ($125 billion)

And that’s a wrap! Our phenomenal interns concluded their internships by presenting their summer projects to our founder Steve. He was blown away by their innovative solutions to complex challenges. From improving our data processes with AI to identifying the critical gaps in immigration data, their work has made a real impact at #USAFacts. Each intern brought a unique perspective, creativity, and energy to our mission to make government data accessible and understandable.  We are beyond grateful for their contributions and can’t wait to see what they accomplish next! 

In 2022, 1.1 million people immigrated to the US for work, making up 41% of US immigrants that year. Since 2006, work opportunities have been one of the most common reasons people legally immigrate to the US. The number of immigrant workers has increased since 2014 and dropped to a 14-year low in 2020 (618,629 people), due to the pandemic. By 2022 the number reached an all-time high of 1.1 million. In 2022, the majority of immigrant workers came from North America (45%), followed by Asia (33%) and Europe (12%).

Thousands of dogs work for the US government, detecting explosives or narcotics or working for a range of law enforcement agencies. As of February 2022, about 5,600 dogs worked for the federal government, according to the Government Accountability Office. What job does your dog have? #InternationalDogDay

When was the last time you visited your local library? If you're in Wyoming, maybe more recently than anyone in any other state — Wyoming residents visited libraries 3.82 times per person in 2022. Also topping the list were: 📗 Washington, DC (3.78 visits per person) 📗 Ohio (3.41) 📗 Kansas (3.32) The states with the fewest visits per person were: 📕 Mississippi (1.30) 📕 West Virginia (1.21) 📕 Hawaii (0.60) Outside of borrowing books, people often use libraries for internet and computer access, community events, and study spaces.

When we say USAFacts is unbiased, we mean it — and we’ve got the chart to prove it.    Ad Fontes Media just released its latest Media Bias Chart and the results speak for themselves: Out of 170 news sources, USAFacts stands out as a trusted source of impartial information. For the second time, we’ve landed squarely in the center of the partisan bias scale, reaffirming our commitment to nonpartisan, fact-based content.    We believe that an informed public is foundational to a thriving democracy. We're proud to help make that possible by being a trusted source of unbiased, factual information.