Statistics released by the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that the country is undergoing a transformation in language and employment. The figures indicate a growing number of foreign-born Americans and a growing share of people who speak little or no English. The number of families whose mothers work but the fathers do not has increased 70 percent since the last decade, and technology has enabled an increasing number of people to work at home—an under-estimated 4 million total.
See "Census Sees Vast Change in Language, Employment", D’Vera Cohn and Sarah Cohen, The Washington Post, August 5, 2001