The decline in crime over the past few decades has been unprecedented. Between 1993 and 2010, the rate of nonfatal violent crime fell 76 per...

American men had a median income of $33,904 in 2012—fully 10 percent and $3,887 less than their median in 2000, after adjusting for inflatio...

Between 2007 and 2012, most states saw their median household income decline. Sixteen states experienced double-digit declines in median hou...

In 2012, median household income ranged from a high of $71,836 in Maryland to a low of $36,641 in Mississippi, according to the Census Burea...

Percentage of households without a vehicle by homeownership status... Total: 9% Owners: 3% Renters: 20% Source: Census Bureau, 2012  Am...

Even at the oldest ages, better educated people live longer. This is the finding of a study published in Demographic Research . In an examin...

Eight million Americans lived in group quarters in 2012, meaning they live in an institution such as a prison, nursing home, or college dorm...

Median household income grew strongly in the nation's cities between 2011 and 2012, which may explain why  city populations are growing ...

According to the 2012 American Community Survey (ACS), the median value of owner-occupied homes in the United States is $171,900. Nationally...

Does buying local matter to economic well-being? This question is addressed in a Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta analysis of county level ec...

Nearly all Americans (91 percent) own a cell phone. Among cell phone owners, 63 percent use the Internet on their phone. But here comes the ...

Median household income by age of householder did not change significantly between 2011 and 2012. That stability is good news, because incom...

The $51,017 median household income of 2012 was not significantly different from the $51,100 of 2011, after adjusting for inflation. The Cen...

Yet another poll has been released showing how little Americans know about the Affordable Care Act or the nuts and bolts of their own or any...

There's something new in the 2012 Consumer Expenditure Survey. The Bureau of Labor Statistics updated the way it accounts for educationa...

"If you could live in or near any city in the country except the one you live in or nearest to now, which city would you choose?" ...

The average household spent $1,239 on telephone service in 2012, with 70 percent (or $862) devoted to cell phone service. Here is the percen...

The "perfect age" rises as people get older. When asked "If you could skip time and live forever in good health at a particul...

Percent of Americans who say the following groups contribute "a lot" to society's well-being... Military: 78% Artists: 30% ...

Women's share of the 3.6 million people employed in computer jobs is declining rather than rising, reports the Census Bureau. Computer j...