In an interesting study of how ethnic and religious diversity affects charitable giving, researchers from the National Bureau of Economic Re...

Thirty-four percent of Americans aged 18 or older are Tea Party supporters, and a slightly larger 39 percent support the Occupy Wall Street ...

This morning the Census Bureau released 2010 poverty rates by county, with rankings of counties with the highest and lowest poverty rates. Z...

Percentage of men aged 25 to 34 who live with their parents, 1960 to 2011... 2011: 18.6% 2010: 16.4% 2000: 12.9% 1990: 15.0% 1980: 10....

Percent of Americans who have visited or attended in the past year... Museum 14.5% Live theater 13.4% Zoo 1...

As the age of retirement increases, the labor force participation rates of older men may begin to resemble those of their grandfathers in th...

Percentage who think it is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral, by country... United States: 54% Germany: 33% Britain: 20% ...

"Our people are not perfect but our culture is superior" Percentage of Americans who agree by age... 18-29: 37% 30-49: 44% 50-p...

More historical perspective from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland... "If you could hold onto your job, you actually did reasonabl...

Some historical perspective from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland... "During the Great Depression, people did not know it was the...

How much do Americans weigh? More than they did twenty years ago, according to a Gallup survey. The average American woman says she weighs ...

Is there any money in art? A new report from the National Endowment for the Arts provides the answer, and it is a resounding yes.  Artists a...

Percentage of women who have not yet married by age, 1960 and 2011... 2011 1960 20-24 80.7 28.4 25-29 ...

The number of Americans who are struggling to make ends meet with incomes between 100 and 150 percent of poverty level is huge. We know this...

Median household income fell to $49,865 in the third quarter of 2011, according to the latest estimates released today by Sentier Research. ...

The five states with the largest percentage of households receiving food stamps... Oregon, 17.9% Michigan, 16.9% Kentucky, 16.6% Missis...

Last week the Census Bureau released the first analysis of the nation's very old--the 1.9 million Americans aged 90 or older. "An i...

The number of births in the United States fell 7 percent between 2007 (the peak year) and 2010. By race and Hispanic origin, Hispanics exper...

The number of births in 2010 fell to 4,000,279, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, 7 percent below the all-time high of...

You would think that young adults would be the last bastion of mobility in the United States. Because most are renters, they are free to pic...