Every six months the National Center for Health Statistics (surprisingly) examines the telephone status of households. The latest numbers ar...

Yes, households have been paying off their credit cards, but there's another IOU they don't have under control: nonrevolving (or ins...

The population of the nation's cities grew 1.0 percent between 2010 and 2011, according to estimates by the Census Bureau. Interestingly...

"Increasingly, the American economy is being defined by its healthcare sector," according to a new report, Healthcare , by Georget...

Facts 1. Fastest growing state, 2010-2011: District of Columbia (up 2.7 percent). 2. Metro with the highest median household income, 2010:...

Get ready to say goodbye to another jewel in the demographic reference genre. The Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics Online is soon ...

88% of American adults own a cell phone. 55% of cell phone owners use their phone to go online. Among the 55 percent of people who access...

If you compare the results of the 2011 American Time Use Survey with those from 2007, before the Great Recession, you can glean the many way...

Newly released statistics from the 2011 American Time Use Survey provide a glimpse of how the Great Recession has changed daily life. Those ...

Only 54 percent of the Americans would be willing to vote for an atheist for president of the United States. The percentage varies considera...

Most Mexicans do not want to live in the United States. When asked whether they would like to move to the U.S., the 61 percent majority of M...

What is the single most important ingredient needed to maintain a middle-class lifestyle? Economic security: the ability to withstand econom...

Percentage of Americans who think immigration is a good thing for the country: 66%. Source: Gallup, Americans More Positive about Immigrat...

Only 19 percent of Asian Americans identify themselves as Asian American. The 62 percent majority describe themselves by their country of or...

A new Census Bureau report examines the widely reported phenomena of what the bureau calls "shared households." These are defined ...

Take away the house, and Americans have little wealth. Median household net worth was $66,740 in 2010, according to the Census Bureau, but f...

A growing percentage of people aged 65 or older are experiencing nursing home stays. According to a report by the Employee Benefit Research ...

When families are asked how much money they need to set aside for emergencies, the median amount they report is $5,000. But the figure rises...

Percentage of high school seniors who did the following during the past month... Texted while driving: 58% Drank alcohol: 48% Used marij...

Today the Census Bureau released its own survey findings on household wealth, confirming the bad news reported last week by the Federal Rese...