Between 2000 and 2007, the Tchotchke Index fell 33 percent, after adjusting for inflation. What is the Tchotchke Index? It is the amount of ...

The chart above shows the percentage of construction and food service workers on the job during each hour of the day, based on 2003-07 data ...

Percentage of people aged 18 or older who have not visited the doctor in the past year, by health insurance coverage status, 2007... Private...

Two million Americans are trying to make a living as artists, according to a new report by the National Endowment for the Arts. Every decade...

Conveniently, every six months the federal government updates the nation on how many households use cell phones only. The latest survey, tak...

The empty cash registers finally got their attention. Businesses large and small are in a panic, wondering where their customers went. Last ...

Recently released statistics from the 2007 Consumer Expenditure Survey show that average household spending on cell phone service has surged...

Oh, American consumer, how we miss you! Consumer spending is falling at a 3.1 percent annual rate, according to the latest statistics from t...

An article in today's New York Times on the rising cost of college includes the following sentence: "Although college enrollment h...

The average American woman weighs 164.7 pounds, according to the latest government measurements. Since she is only 5 feet 4 inches tall, th...

Percentage of people aged 65 or older who receive at least half their income from Social Security: 68. Source: Congressional Research Servic...

Percent change in median weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers, 2000 to 2007 (in 2007 dollars) Men aged 20 to 24: -15.9 Men ...

This is news: The number of times Americans went to the doctor fell in 2006, a surprising reversal of a long-term trend--especially consider...

Americans are standing with their mouths agape as the stock market lurches. They lie awake at night worrying about what the future holds for...

Surprisingly few Americans have health insurance through their own employer. In 2007, the figure was just 31 percent, according to the Censu...

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...