Percent change in U.S. population since 1960: 62 Percent change in U.S. licensed drivers since 1960: 125 Percent change in U.S. passenger ...

A look at the latest disability statistics reveals a disturbing figure: nearly one in ten Americans has trouble walking or using stairs, acc...

"The years 1965–1999 were the closest thing to economic 'golden years' ever seen by this nation for those moving into retiremen...

Percentage of children who live with their father: 72 Source: The Millennials: Americans Born 1977 to 1994

Most of the time, demographic change occurs at a plodding pace. Some even say demography is dull. But a look at the before and after demogra...

Percentage of women aged 15 to 44 who were married before the first time they had sexual intercourse: 11. Source: National Survey of Family...

Now we know. The latest National Survey of Family Growth asked men, for the first time, about their fertility, contraceptive use, and father...

Ten million Americans aged 15 or older not living in nursing homes or other institutions need help from others to live independently, accord...

If today's young adults postpone sexual intimacy until marriage, they have a long wait. The median age at first marriage among women rea...

Fifty million Americans (19 percent of the population aged 5 or older) speak a language other than English at home. While this is a substant...

Among U.S. workers, average travel time to work: 24.7 minutes. Source: American Community Survey

The increasingly shrill discussion about immigration is nothing new. Every decade or so, the public and the politicians engage in a heated d...

The shift from defined-benefit pension plans to defined-contribution retirement accounts over the past few decades has stripped tens of thou...

That is the question posed by the cover story in the May 12 issue of Life magazine, now a newspaper insert. Depicted on the cover is a famil...

Percentage of full-time college students who do not receive any type of financial aid: 24 Source: Education Statistics Quarterly

Anyone who thinks the media are paying too much attention to every penny increase in the price of gasoline should take a refresher on the ra...

More than 1 million children in the United States were being homeschooled in 2003, according to a newly released report by the National Ce...

The more restaurants per capita in a state, the greater the weight gain of the state's population during the past 25 years, finds a stud...

With gas prices heading ever higher, it may ease the pain to know that a handful of items cost less today than they did nearly a decade ago....

Percentage of Americans who are overweight: 65 Percentage of Americans who think they are overweight: 39 Source: Pew Research Center