The purpose of this study was to examine trends in participating schools represented in the Alabama High School All-State Band (AHSASB) from 1986 to 2019. An online library of concert programs (N = 31) was used to catalog all-state participants (N = 15,426), their schools, and membership years. These were combined with information from the Common…

The American Community Survey (ACS), a nationwide study collected continuously every year in every county in the United States, is designed to provide communities with reliable and timely demographic, social, economic, and housing data each year. These ACS estimates are not averages of monthly or annual values, but rather an aggregation of data…

This chartbook is the 14th version to be produced for the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) by the Population Reference Bureau (PRB). The Chartbook describes the diversity of the Appalachian Region on a host of demographic and economic measures and provides an important annual view of the area and its people. The data contained in the…