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Montgomery County, Maryland, was most religiously diverse US county in 2023
Top Stories Tamfitronics (RNS) — Montgomery County, Maryland, a Washington suburb, was the most religiously diverse county in the U.S. last year, according to a census released Thursday (Aug. 29) by the Public Religion Research Institute.When PRRI did a similar study in 2020, Montgomery County came in third behind the New York City boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens. In 2023 those boroughs were relegated to second and 10th, respectively.PRRI’s Census of American Religion, which focuses on U.S. adults age 18 and over, calculates religious diversity by analyzing 18 different religious and racial groups in counties with more than 10,000 residents.In the index used to rank counties, 1 signifies complete diversity, where every religious group is of equal size, whereas 0 signifies a homogenous religious population. Montgomery County received a score of 0.886.Montgomery County, with a...
L.A. County Confronts Food and Nutrition Insecurity | Mirage News
Top Stories Tamfitronics Mirage News09 Jul 2024 4:20 am AESTDate TimeUniversity of Southern CaliforniaUSC Dornsife study finds 1.4 million adults are affected by both food and nutrition insecurity, with young adults, Hispanics and Asians at greatest risk./Public Release. This material from the originating organization/author(s) might be of the point-in-time nature, and edited for clarity, style and length. Mirage.News does not take institutional positions or sides, and all views, positions, and conclusions expressed herein are solely those of the author(s).View in full here.
