Mary Meghan Ryan is a senior research editor for Bernan Press. She is also been the editor for State Profiles: The Population and Economy of Each U.S. State; Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics: Employment, Earnings, Prices, Productivity, and Other Labor Data; and Vital Statistics of the United States: Births, Life Expectancy, Deaths, and Selected Health Data. In addition, she serves as the associate editor for Business Statistics of the United States: Patterns of Economic Change.