Among the nation's 74 million homeowners, the percentage who own their home free and clear rises with age to the majority in the 65-to-7...

Growing numbers of Americans are not affiliated with a religion, according to a Pew survey. Nearly 20 percent of the population (19.6 percen...

One in five Americans drinks a diet soda on an average day, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. Women aged 40 to 59 are ...

Life expectancy at birth in the United States was unchanged in 2011, at 78.7 years, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. ...

The nation's demographics are changing rapidly. Nowhere is this more evident than among Americans under age 45. Between 2000 and 2010, t...

Is a bachelor's degree still worth the investment? According to two reports by the Census Bureau, the answer is yes. The median earnings...

It is a well known fact that low-income families in the United States are less likely than the affluent to send their children to college. U...

Pounds of yogurt consumed per person per year... 2010: 9.4 2000: 4.5 1990: 2.9 1980: 1.7 1970: 0.6 Source: USDA, Economic Research Se...

The number of students enrolled in the nation's colleges climbed yet again, reaching a record high of 20.4 million in 2011, according to...

This is how far Americans aged 50 or older live from their children and siblings... Distance from children A child lives less than a 1-ho...

The Great Recession did little to change the way people get to work and the time it takes to get there. Average travel time to work was 25.5...

Among the nation's 52 million Hispanics, the 64 percent majority are native-born. Only 36 percent are foreign born. Here is the breakdow...

Every year since 2008, the American Community Survey has collected data on marriage and divorce in the United States. Here are some of the f...

Working at home was supposed to be the Next Big Thing. Turns out, not so much. According to the American Community survey, 6 million people ...

Once upon a time, a whole bunch of businesses were salivating at the thought of the impending retirement of the massive baby-boom generation...

Today the National Center for Health Statistics released its preliminary report on births in 2011, confirming the big trend of this post-Gre...

Preferred way to get news, by generation in percent...     TV   Online      Print Total pop: 50 36 10 ...

Among married women under age 65, fully 72 percent are covered by employment-based health insurance, but only 36 percent have employment-bas...

Americans are going to the doctor much less frequently as they try to control their out-of-pocket health care spending. The number of times ...

A shrinking share of the public uses paper to get news and information on a typical day, according to Pew Research Center. Between 2002 and ...