WASHINGTON, June 13, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
DIGITAL DEBUT
Profile America — Friday, June 13th. This date 63 years ago was a Wednesday, and it can be assumed that computer technicians and engineers at the Census Bureau were a bit nervous about the day to come. On June 14, 1951, the first commercial computer, UNIVAC I, began its 12 years and 73,000 hours of number crunching for the Bureau. The successful start-up was used to process data from the 1950 Census of Population and launched today's digital revolution. Now, over three-quarters of America's approximately 120 million households have computers, and 75 percent have Internet access either at home or outside such as at schools or libraries. Computer manufacturing in the U.S. grosses over $37 billion per year. You can find more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau, online at www.census.gov.
Sources: www.census.gov/history/www/innovations/technology/univac_i.html
http://inventors.about.com/od/uvstartinventions/a/UNIVAC.htm
http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?st=1&c=973
http://www.census.gov/hhes/computer/publications/2010.html Table 1C & 1A http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=ECN_2007_US_31I2&prodType=table011_31VS101&prodType=table NAICS 334111
Profile America is produced by the Center for New Media and Promotions of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look for "Multimedia Gallery" by the "Newsroom" button).
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SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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