Millions of Americans cannot believe what is happening to them, and with good reason. Most of the nation's working-aged population (anyo...

In 2007, a record 4,317,000 babies were born in the United States. It took exactly 50 years to break the old record of 4,308,000 established...

Percentage of Americans who say there is nothing wrong with sexual relations between two adults of the same sex, by age 18 to 29: 52% 30 to...

Percentage of people who get most of their news from 1. Television: 48 percent 2. Internet: 22 percent 3. Newspapers: 20 percent Source: 20...

In a recent online poll, Time magazine asked its readers who was most to blame for the current economic crisis. Readers rated the guilt of ...

Yes, the homeownership rate is down. According to the the latest numbers from the Census Bureau, 67.8 percent of households owned a home in ...

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...