The Census Bureau is tying itself in knots trying to categorize our living arrangements based on the old-fashioned concept of a marriage lic...

Those waiting for an uptick in the nation's geographic mobility rate will have to wait awhile longer. Fewer Americans are moving, accord...

The 81 percent majority of Americans believe it is sometimes appropriate for parents to spank their children, according to a Harris survey. ...

Median annual household income was stable in August 2013, according to the latest monthly update from Sentier Research. The August median of...

Fifteen percent of Americans aged 18 or older do not go online or use email, according to a study by Pew Internet and American Life Project....

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...