According to 2009 figures from the State Statistics Bureau there were almost 230 million migrant workers in China.

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Also, look at data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Employment report, where you can view employment numbers nationally and by state, and from the Bureau of Labor Statistics by Industry report, in which you will find statistics related to layoffs, hiring, and earnings for specific industries.

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She did not note that he had died at a bend in the highway known by some in Israel as "sivuv hamavet, " the turn of death, where between 1980 and 2010, according to the State of Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, there were 144 accidents with casualties.

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Expenses were calculated by taking the average number of per capita miles driven in each state (from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics) and dividing them by an assumed 20 miles per gallon per vehicle (the average between cars and light trucks, used by the Department of Energy for emissions tests).

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When the Bureau of Labor Statistics released its regional and state unemployment numbers today, Texas got a bit of bad news.

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In February, a government bureau sparked widespread public grumbling when it said soil-quality statistics were a state secret.

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The state remains the nation's poorest, and unemployment, according to the Bureau of Labour Statistics, has actually increased slightly since Mr Barbour took office.

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Sources: the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and a study of state worker pensions done in 2009 by two academics, Joshua Rauh and Rovert Novy-Marx.

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