On average, Americans say they will personally spend $704 on Christmas gifts this year, according to a Gallup survey , down from the $770 th...

Among Americans who live with at least one other family member, 86 percent say they sit down together for a family dinner at least once a we...

The five most popular vegetables in the United States are… 1. Tomatoes 2. Potatoes 3. Sweet corn 4. Onions 5. Head lettuce French fr...

Only 9.1 percent of Americans aged 65 or older are poor—a lower poverty rate than in any other age group. Without Social Security, however, ...

Are the live arts in decline, or is the latest survey by the National Endowment for the Arts simply picking up on changes in arts preference...

Percentage of Americans who are too young to remember the Kennedy assassination: 75%. Source: Calculation based on estimated number of Ame...

So Gallup reports that the 56 percent majority of Americans think it is not the responsibility of the federal government to ensure that al...

The latest Economic Security Index shows household economic security making gains in 2012. The percentage of households that lost at least ...

For the first time since the Great Recession, the mobility rate of homeowners increased, according to the latest data from the Census Bureau...

Fewer Americans moved in 2012-13 than in 2011-12, and the mobility rate also fell. With the housing market awaiting the return of the mobile...

Among all wage and salary workers aged 21 to 64, only 53 percent work for an employer who sponsors a retirement plan and just 44 percent par...

It's hard to summarize the contradictory trends contained in the Census Bureau's report, Home Value and Homeownership Rates: Recessi...

Heating and cooling account for a shrinking share of household energy consumption, according to an analysis of the most recent Residential E...

A survey of low-wage workers reveals that the 52 percent majority made more money at their previous job. Low-wage workers are defined as tho...

The inventory of rental housing is expanding, according to an annual status report on the nation's housing market, but not because devel...

The 52 percent majority of Americans support gay marriage, according to a survey by the Public Religion Research Institute . But support var...

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

It's time for another look at changes in homeownership by birth cohort. By comparing homeownership rates for five-year age groups in the...

The large and rapidly growing Hispanic population has the potential to upend the nation's politics. But so far Hispanics have failed to ...

Homeownership rate of householders aged 30 to 34, third quarter 2013: 47.5% The homeownership rate of householders aged 30 to 34 f...