Government Information

http://www.dol.gov/wb/media/reports/WB_WomenColorFactSheet.pdf

Provides information on Black, Hispanic, and Asian working women especially with regard to income, employment, educational attainment, poverty, and the gender wage gap.   From the Women’s Bureau of the U.S. Department of Labor

http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/wmpd/2013/pdf/nsf13304_full.pdf

Provides statistical information about the participation of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities in science and engineering education and employment.  Covers 6 topical areas: enrollment, field of degree, employment status, occupation, academic employment, and disability.  From the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics of the National Science Foundation

http://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsrace2012.pdf

Describes the labor force characteristics and earning patterns among the major race and ethnicity groups—whites, blacks, Asians, and Hispanics.  Includes employment, education attainment, earnings, and occupation data.  From the Bureau of Labor Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db133.pdf

Presents survey results on the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension.  Hypertension was highest among  older adults and non-Hispanic black adults.  From the National Center for Health Statistics

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/databriefs/db131.pdf

Finds that more than one-third of U.S. adults were obese in 2011-12.  Features the first estimates of obesity rates for Asian American persons.  From the Census Bureau.

https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/reportcard/ogr_report.do?link=school&year=2013&rate=4

Reports on graduation and drop-out rates by school district and high school for each school district in Virginia by student demographic characteristics.  From the Virginia Department of Education

https://p1pe.doe.virginia.gov/reportcard/ogr_report.do?link=division&year=2013&rate=4

Reports on graduation and drop-out rates for each school division in Virginia by student demographic characteristics.   From the Virginia Department of Education

http://www.doe.virginia.gov/statistics_reports/graduation_completion/cohort_reports/cohort_state_rate_4_results_2013.pdf

Reports on graduation and drop-out rates at the statewide level for Virginia by demographic characteristics of students.  From the Virginia Department of Education