Was it an insurrection, a protest, or an unfortunate event? That's the question asked by NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist Poll in a recent survey...

Shortly after the Great Recession commenced in December 2007, the Federal Reserve Board realized it had a problem. The Feds had just finishe...

The government shutdown is now in its 34th day, with an estimated 800,000-plus furloughed workers missing their paychecks. Just who are thes...

Americans are increasingly afraid. This is one of the most striking findings from the 2018 Chapman University Survey of American Fears. This...

Only 44 percent of Americans have a positive image of the federal government, according to a Gallup survey. The percentage varies by politic...

Most Americans now believe it is the responsibility of the federal government to ensure all Americans have health insurance, finds a Gallup ...

When asked which of two alternatives is the best way to promote economic growth in the United States, young (aged 18 to 29) and old (aged 65...

There's a reason why economists are invited to testify before Congress and fêted at White House events while demographers are relegated ...

That's no typo in the title of this blog post. Dwellr is a new Census Bureau app that shows you the characteristics of your current loc...

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Received this email over the weekend... The current shutdown in Washington is limiting the access that scholars and researchers have to v...

For a list of government statistical agencies that have been shut down, their web sites no longer accessible, see Pew's Federal Governme...

It's a nightmare. This is what happens when you go to census.gov: http://outage.census.gov/closed.html Due to the lapse in government...

From the CDC: Due to the lapse in government funding, only web sites supporting excepted functions will be updated unless otherwise funded...

Overall, 63 percent of Americans want to eliminate Saturday delivery of the mail. But those who are mostly likely to favor this cost-cutting...

Percentage of Americans who think the federal government threatens their personal rights and freedoms, by whether or not they have a gun in ...

The 55 percent majority of Americans aged 18 or older have ever received government entitlements, according to Pew Research Center. Here is ...

Americans want all the goodies, but they don't want to pay for them. When the public is asked which aspects of the Affordable Care Act t...

If you want to follow the latest health statistics on your iPad, then this might be the app for you: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ,...

Percentage of households receiving benefits from the federal government in 2011... Social Security: 31.6% Medicare: 28.9% Medicaid: 19.5...