Percentage of U.S. households headed by married couples with children under age 18: 21 Percentage of U.S. households headed by people who li...

Percentage of homeowners who do not have a home equity loan or second mortgage: 82. Source: Census Bureau, 2007 American Community Survey

The latest geographical mobility statistics from the Current Population Survey were released last week. The nation's mobility rate—the p...

With the economy in a tailspin, the Census Bureau reported in a news conference this morning that median household income in 2007 had grown ...

Global warming could cause the extinction of the polar bear, but do Americans really care? Maybe not so much. When asked how much it would b...

The back-to-school season is losing its luster. The traditional college student population is shrinking, according to the Census Bureau--an ...

The most interesting thing about the Census Bureau's new population projections, released today, is the huge increase in the projected H...

The percentage of children living with two parents leaped upwards between 2006 and 2007, rising from 67.4 to 70.7 percent. But this increase...

The American Time Use Survey continues to amaze as it lays bare the details of our daily lives. Here are calculations based on time use data...

Early retirement is no longer the norm. The proportion of workers who collect retired-worker benefits from Social Security beginning at age ...

Billions and billions. Public transit ridership reached an all-time high of 10.3 billion trips in 2007, according to the American Public Tra...

OK, this is bad. The rapid rise in the price of gas is turning the nation's far-flung rural and suburban areas into gasoline ghettos, lo...

Are you kidding? Americans have a long way to go before they show the slightest hint of green. The first results from the federal government...

In the run-up to the November election, we are engaged--once again--in ritual self-analysis. Who are the American people? What do we believe...

If you want to know how family income affects college enrollment, the Census Bureau no longer has the answers. The bureau eliminated table 1...

Here is the latest nugget from the American Time Use Survey: only 16 percent of Americans exercise on an average day. The time use survey, w...

If you have ever wondered where your tax dollars go, you can rest assured that at least a few cents go toward collecting and analyzing infor...

Americans are bummed out--some might even call us bitter. When asked whether the country is on the right track, a record 81 percent of the p...

Which generation will have the most clout in the 2008 presidential election? Although younger voters are becoming more important, the baby-b...

"Tapped-Out Consumers" was the recent headline in a Business Week article about the unfolding housing crisis. The New York Times c...