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Richmond, CA Economic Statistics

NumberPercentEMPLOYMENT STATUSPopulation 16 years and over75,004100.0In labor force46,41261.9Civilian labor force46,36061.8Employed42,76957.0Unemployed3,5914.8Percent of civilian labor force7.7…

Richmond, CA Housing Statistics

NumberPercentTotal housing units36,151100.0UNITS IN STRUCTURE1-unit, detached20,52856.81-unit, attached2,9378.12 units1,5454.33 or 4 units3,72310.35 to 9 units2,1896.110 to 19 units1,7334.820…

Richmond, CA Social Statistics

NumberPercentSCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school29,511100.0Nursery school, preschool1,6625.6Kindergarten1,5235.2Elementary school (grades 1-8)13,27145.0High school (…

Lenox

(Encyclopedia) Lenox, town (1990 pop. 5,069), Berkshire co., W Mass., in the Berkshire Mts., 7 mi (11 km) south of Pittsfield. It is primarily a summer resort. The Tanglewood Music Festival, one of…

Bontemps, Arna

(Encyclopedia) Bontemps, Arna, 1902–73, African-American writer, b. Alexandria, La. He is best remembered as the author of the novel God Sends Sunday (1931), the basis of the play St. Louis Woman (…

Richmond–San Rafael Bridge

(Encyclopedia) Richmond–San Rafael Bridge, W Calif., c.4 mi (6 km) long, part of the network of bridges serving the San Francisco Bay area; completed in 1957. It provides an essential link between…

Libby Prison

(Encyclopedia) Libby Prison, in Richmond, Va., a Confederate prison for captured Union officers in the American Civil War. It was previously a tobacco warehouse. Living conditions were extremely bad…

Freeman, Douglas Southall

(Encyclopedia) Freeman, Douglas Southall Freeman, Douglas Southall sŭᵺˈôl, –əl [key], 1886–1953, American editor and…

James, rivers, United States

(Encyclopedia) James. 1 Unnavigable river, 710 mi (1,143 km) long, rising in central N.Dak. and flowing across S.Dak. to the Missouri River at Yankton, S.Dak. Jamestown Dam on the river is an…

Indiana University

(Encyclopedia) Indiana University, main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The…