Back to School 2012-2013 U.S. Census Facts

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Back to School 2012-2013 U.S. Census Facts

By August, summertime will be winding down and vacations will be coming to an end, signaling that back-to-school time is near. It’s a time that many children eagerly anticipate — catching up with old friends and making new ones, and settling into a new daily routine. Parents and children alike scan the newspapers and websites looking for sales to shop for a multitude of school supplies and the latest clothing fads and essentials.

To help aid parents in their back to school shopping and free shipping deals for the 2012 school year, BrevardTimes.com has compiled direct links to the 2012 Back to School Sales for Amazon.com, OfficeMax, Sears, JCPenney, Target, Kohl’s, Walmart, Macy’s, and ForTeachersOnly.com here.

The U.S. Census Bureau has published these Back to School 2012-2013 U.S. Census Facts:

Back-to-School Shopping

$7.7 billion
The amount of money spent at family clothing stores in August 2011. Only in November and December were sales higher. Similarly, sales at book stores in August 2011 totaled $2.4 billion, the strongest sales month of the year.

For back-to-school shopping, choices of retail establishments abound: In 2009, there were 28,520 family clothing stores, 7,092 children and infants clothing stores, 26,651 shoe stores, 8,945 office supply and stationery stores, 21,628 sporting goods stores, 9,390 bookstores and 8,663 department stores.

Students

79 million
The number of children and adults enrolled in school throughout the country in October 2010 — from nursery school to college. They comprised 27 percent of the entire population age 3 and older.

Pre-K through 12 Enrollment

72%
Percentage of children 3 to 6 enrolled in kindergarten who attended all day, as of October 2010.

24%
Percentage of elementary through high school students who had at least one foreign-born parent in October 2010.

27%
Percentage of students ages 12 to 17 who were in a gifted class in 2009.

70%
Percentage of 6- to 17-year-olds who were highly engaged in school (children reported as liking school, being interested in school and working hard in school) in 2009.

Languages

11.8 million
Number of school-age children (5 to 17) who spoke a language other than English at home in 2010; 8.5 million of these children spoke Spanish at home.

Colleges

16%
Percentage of all college students 35 and older in October 2010. They made up 34 percent of those attending school part time.

41%
Percentage of 18- to 24-year-olds enrolled in college in 2010.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, School Enrollment – Social and Economic Characteristics of Students:.

56%
Percent of college students who were women in 2010 (includes both undergraduate and graduate students).

Rewards of Staying in School

$74,000
Median earnings of full-time, year-round workers with an advanced degree in 2009. Workers whose highest degree was a bachelor’s had median earnings of $56,000. Median earnings for full-time, year-round workers with a high school diploma was $33,000, while workers with less than high school diploma had $25,000 median earnings.

SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau