SubjectNumberPercent SCHOOL ENROLLMENT Population 3 years and over enrolled in school8,365100.0 Nursery school, preschool5837.0 Kindergarten5196.2 Elementary school (grades 1-8)4,…
SubjectNumberPercent EMPLOYMENT STATUS Population 16 years and over23,294100.0 In labor force12,62054.2 Civilian labor force12,59754.1 Employed11,60649.8 Unemployed9914.3 Percent of…
SubjectNumberPercent Total housing units12,824100.0 UNITS IN STRUCTURE 1-unit, detached9,78176.3 1-unit, attached1891.5 2 units3102.4 3 or 4 units1781.4 5 to 9 units1050.8 10 to 19…
(Encyclopedia) Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811–84, Confederate statesman and British barrister, b. Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, of Jewish parents. His family moved (c.1813) to Wilmington, N…
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(Encyclopedia) Lyric Opera of Chicago, opera company founded 1954 as the Lyric Theatre of Chicago; it was renamed prior to its 1956 season. The company performs at the ornate Lyric Opera House,…
(Encyclopedia) Office of War Information (OWI), U.S. agency created (1942) during World War II to consolidate government information services. The OWI absorbed the functions of the Office of Facts…
(Encyclopedia) Douglas, Marjory Stoneman, 1890–1998, American journalist, writer, and environmentalist, b. Minneapolis, grad. Wellesley College, 1912. In 1915 she moved to Miami and began working for…
(Encyclopedia) Clay, Clement Claiborne, 1816–82, U.S. Senator (1853–61), b. Huntsville, Ala. A legislator and then a judge in his native state, he was twice elected to the U.S. Senate and became an…
(Encyclopedia) Fort Monroe, SE Va., commanding the entrance to Chesapeake Bay and Hampton Roads; named for President James Monroe. The fortress (80 acres/32 hectares) was built (1819–34) by the U.S.…
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