15 State Economies Most Dependent on Outdoor Recreation
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US Cities With the Highest Rates of Inflation in 2021
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15 States Most Impacted by Wildfires
In 2020, fires ravaged these states more than any others.
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Wildfires have ravaged the American West in the recent past. Of the 10 costliest wildfires on record, only two occurred prior to 2017, according to the Insurance Information Institute. And this year is shaping up to be more of the same.
When considering total acres burned, 2020 was very close to being the most destructive wildfire year on record; and as of the start of summer, 2021 is on pace to exceed last year’s numbers.
The defining wildfire event of 2020 the August Complex Fire was started by a series of Northern California lightning strikes and quickly became the largest wildfire event in the state’s history. While California gets much of the attention for wildfires, several other states have been severely impacted as well. Behind California’s 4.1 million acres burned in 2020 were 1.1 million acres in Oregon, al
10 Cities Where Women Are Buying Homes
Single women make up a bigger percentage of homebuyers in these cities compared with other U.S. locations.
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A National Association of Realtors report shows that single females accounted for 18% of home purchases in 2019 (whereas single males made up only 9% of purchases in the same year). Within two age groups – 54-63 years old and 73-93 years old – single women represented a higher percentage of total homebuyers (25%).
In this study, SmartAsset took a closer look at where women were buying homes the most. Using 2019 data from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), we compared the number of approved mortgages for women with the number of approved mortgages for all homebuyers in almost 400 U.S. metro areas. For details on our data sources and how we put all the information together to create our final rankings, read the Data and Methodology section at the end.