Among adults aged 45 or older, a growing share has two or more of nine chronic conditions, according to the National Center for Health Stati...

The 10 largest occupations account for more than one in five jobs in the United States. Here are the occupations and their annual average wa...

Median household income held steady between May and June 2012 after adjusting for inflation, according to the latest monthly update from Sen...

Here are second quarter 2012 homeownership rates by region, and the percentage point (pp) decline from the record high annual homeownership ...

Only 5 percent of Americans aged 18 or older are vegetarians, according to a Gallup survey . Vegetarianism does not vary much by demographi...

Question: How many jobs have baby boomers had in their lifetime? Answer: 11.3 We know this thanks to the National Longitudinal Survey of ...

Homeownership rate of householders aged 30 to 34, second quarter 2012: 47.5% The 2nd quarter homeownership rate of householders ag...

Want to know how many 24-year-olds live in the city of Pittsburgh? There's an app for that, and in the near future there are likely to b...

One in five Americans aged 15 or older and half aged 65 or older have a disability, according to the Census Bureau. Difficulty walking is on...

Did the Great Recession and the collapse of the housing market scare away potential home buyers? A study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Bost...

Young adults are more likely to drink soda than coffee on an average day. According to a Gallup survey , the 56 percent majority of people a...

More than one-third (37 percent) of babies born to American women are unintended--either the birth was mistimed or not wanted at all, accord...

How do the lives of today's young adults differ from the lives of their parents (baby boomers) when they were young? The National Center...

Average total health insurance premium per enrolled employee in the private sector, 2011... Single coverage: $5,222 Employee-plus-one: $1...

Percentage of prison inmates with mental health problems... In state prisons: 56% In federal prisons: 45% In local jails: 64% Source: M...

Ten percent of the federal budget is devoted to the nation's children, including programs such as Medicaid, the Earned Income Tax Credit...

Percent distribution of Americans aged 18 or older by how they describe the condition of their mouth and teeth... Very good: 34% Good: 42...

Percentage of workers in private industry whose employer offers health care benefits... All workers: 70% Service workers: 41% Part-time ...

Books sales fell 2.5 percent in 2011 (to $27 billion), Publishers Weekly reports, while unit sales climbed 3.4 percent (to 2.77 billion) as...

That's often the claim when Walmart comes to town. But a National Bureau of Economic Research study of house prices near 159 new Walmart...