Percentage who are gay/lesbian according to the American public: 25%. Percentage who are gay/lesbian according to government surveys: 4%. ...

Percentage of people who own a smartphone by age... 12 to 17: 33% 18 to 24: 45% 25 to 34: 50% 35 to 44: 39% 45 to 54: 26% 55 to 64: 1...

That's desert (empty wasteland), not dessert (yummy goodness). Yes, there are many, many food deserts in the United States--neighborhood...

Last week the FBI released its preliminary crime report for 2010, showing--once again--a decline in violent crime (murder, forcible rape, r...

Surveys consistently show that Americans aged 65 or older are happier than younger adults. The 2010 General Social Survey, for example, foun...

Percentage of American children aged 5 to 17 who speak a language other than English at home: 21%. Source: National Center for Education S...

What's up with this? According to new 2010 census data released yesterday, the nation has many more renters--and fewer homeowners--than...

Age and Sex Composition: 2010 The Hispanic Population: 2010

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg recently called the public "schizophrenic" about Facebook--admiring it for its social capabilitie...

Why parents send their children to college, according to PayPal founder Peter Thiel in Forbes : It’s basically a way to buy insurance to ma...

Where college graduates get most of their news... Internet: 42% Television: 27% Newspaper: 21% Radio: 10% Source: General Social Surv...

States with the smallest percentage of people without health insurance... Massachusetts 4.4% Hawaii 8.2% Minnes...

No matter how high gas prices climb, the 52 percent majority of Americans say they will not use mass transit as their main source of transp...

Percentage of renters aged 20 to 24 who moved in the past year: 46%. Source: Census Bureau,  Geographic Mobility, 2009 to 2010

The mobility rate of the nation's homeowners remained at the record low of 5.2 percent in 2009-10, unchanged from the rate of 2008–09. I...

The nation's geographic mobility rate barely changed as the United States emerged from the Great Recession. According to data released t...

The collapse of the housing market is transforming the National Association of Realtors, the professional association of the real estate ind...

Want to know 2010 census details about housing in your area? Check out the Census Bureau's interactive map that allows you to click and...

Average number of children born in lifetime to American women by race and Hispanic origin... Asian: 1.96 Black: 2.03 Hispanic: 2.73 No...

Percentage of Americans who believe the Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word: 34%. Source: General ...